Defining myself

i am only writing about my own life.

i've been divorced twice.
heart broken two times.
(not the first divorce)
had umpteen major surgeries,
been rich and cheated out of it,
owned two homes in different states,
worked at jobs that were very, very hard on me.......
had numerous family tragedies, the last being the death of my beloved nephew in Iraq, am watching his parents fade slowly away,
betrayed by siblings repeatedly,
molested as a child,
am chronically depressed,
live with pain 24/7,
been single 16 years,
been sick the last week.....the sickest i've been in years,
need new tires on truck,

and
have great daughters and grandchildren (and SILS)
we will all live within two hours of each other soon,
truck runs great and gets great mileage,
animals are very healthy,
tomato plants are heavy with fruit,
have great friends that i met here,
can come here and give support and receive support,
have photography show next week,
borrowed really chic dress from youngest daughter for show opening,
Bill!
yard is beautiful,
kitchen glows,
creek is absolutely wonderful. elephant ears six feet tall!
saw an owl this afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Butch is happy!
Texas legislature passed all four bills that i worked on with them for animal rights,
Dennis Quaid is having a wonderful benefit here for the 7th year,
my Pdoc is eye candy,
my Leon Russell bobblehead doll still makes me grin,
found some "new" old photographs today and a suitcase full of great frames,
have ceiling fans......it was the hottest day in Central Texas today,
neighbor is setting up surveillance camera for the part of my house that is by the "dog" abusers,
had 1-1/2 hour "session" with priest last night on his front porch..love him!
corn ears are forming in garden,
found painting that i had lost,
Bill!
have cutest elfin house,
have killer huge trees that shade me,
more birds than i can count,
a naughty, naughty squirrel named Sam,
a toad in the tomato bed,
Robert may move into garage apt next door!
Robert helped me clean house today and is coming tomorrow and will help me hang show on Sunday,
Chisholm Trail Days is far enough away that i can barely hear the country music band,
mandolin lessons (free) start next week with international folk music band leader,
used furniture store owner friend gave me computer chair, arm chair, authentic mission side table yesterday....
I FEEL A HELLUVA LOT BETTER NOW HAVING TYPED THIS~

No doubt how i'm determined to define myself....

how do you define YOURSELF?



xoxoxo pat

((((faye)))))

You've been through so much, good and bad.

Congratulations on getting those 4 bills passed.. that's amazing! Sometimes I lose faith that anyone can do anything to change our government, and there you go doing it yourself!

I'm glad you feel better after writing that all out. I don't think I can even try to define myself at this point.

thank you so much! i'm pretty jazzed about the difference we made in Texas this year.........(cruelty to horses now is a felony, being at a dogfight is a felony, your *** will go to jail, redefined cruelty to several different animals and passed strong chaining law)

Wow, those things should be illegal. I read an article when rooster fighting became illegal in my state, and people who tried to defend it were just insane. They said the animals would naturally fight. Maybe they would, but they wouldn't do it with razor blades attached to them. I don't understand how people can be so hurtful to animals.

I love it when a plan comes together!!! You go girl!

((((((((((Pat))))))))))

Hugssss
J

please post here if you'd like. that's why i started that thread.....and be sure and read inny's thread!!!! xoxox pat

Wonderful post, Pat. Congratulations on the legislation, the art show and BILL!

(((((((((Fay)))))))))))))