That's all folks!

I want to write about this little weekend trip. Pam and I have “known” each other for about 2 years, I suppose. We have talked on the phone briefly, and emailed each other extensively. Our lives parallel. Sometimes you run into people that are like family and that’s what has happened here, for me. I have made several trips now, to see various family members from the quit smoking website. And every single time I have met this person or that person, I have felt close to them.

I don’t know what brings us together. I don’t know what strange breeze blows our paths into each other. But I do know that sometimes we have a lot more in common than we ever realized. That’s how I felt about Pam. She and I have both experienced incredible changes in our lives this past year and we have managed to survive with hope still intact.

This weekend we laughed and laughed and laughed while we shared bits and pieces of our lives. We didn’t come to any significant conclusions except maybe this one … we’re still alive and kicking! And it isn’t over yet. We have a lot of life left to live and we are finally able to fly without those horrible chains that held us down. I told her that I feel like gravity has let go of me and that the past and all of the bad times that we lived through, is dying finally. Like gray embers in a fire that once blazed hot and roared loud and threatened to consume our lives, it is now quieting down and slowly burning out. And like any wildfire that rages across our earth, new growth is waiting for the right time to burst forth and bloom. I know it. I feel it! And I am sooo grateful for the time we spent together. Love you, Pam! (ruby)

Take me home now, George

The meeting with Kathy in Canada

Virginia Beach with Donna and Kathy

Life is a mystery