Wowza! I just got my Spring 2009 edition of Burda Plus, and I’m enthralled. I like both the 423 jacket and 403 trousers. The jacket is a basic jacket with some elements similar to my favorite style, jeans jackets, and the pants are trousers with a princess seam and pockets. I like my current pants [...]

Barack Obama is only the second person in US history to hold an office in the executive branch who has acknowledged non-European ancestry. Charles Curtis, vice president for Herbert Hoover, was 3/8ths Native American. Now you know.

Hopefully, you’ll never need them. More after the cut. Child Loss Help Be sure to check the article on what not to say. I think it is helpful for those of us who are trying the help and for parents, so that parents have an idea what to expect. Teaching Others About Our Grief by [...]

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Your result for The Great Minds Advice Test… Do Good Works 33% Mother Teresa, 25% Franklin, 8% Freud, 25% Wilde and 8% Leonardo! Your life advisor is Mother Teresa.  She has the philosophy of living life by a spiritual commitment for the benefit of the masses.  With this in mind you may be well served [...]

I’m sad. Jack, Eina, and Vivian are flying back to New Zealand. I had a really tough day. I waffle between really wanting to eat crap and really wanting to not eat and having an upset stomach. Oh, that’s between the crying bouts. I was able to get the kids to school today, get Pulguito’s [...]

It sucks! He looks so much like Jack here. He was a beautiful, perfect little boy. I miss him so much.

Your Friendship Style is Empathetic You deeply care about each person you’re friends with. For you, friendship is all about the personal connection. You tend to know everything about your friends’ lives… and they know everything about yours. Your friends are your confidants. You are always there for your friends. You celebrate their successes and [...]

These are some pix that I found on my harddrive from June 2007. I can’t believe he is gone.

Jack, Eina, and Vivian were going to go to the city to see Eina’s grandmother, Ba-ba (I think). That got cancelled. And while I’m sad for Ba-ba, I’m glad for me because they are going to come visit me! I get one more day.