Girl you rock...I am so dam proud of you for all of this girl...A
lot of women should take a lesson from you..Never say never..Give
your self credit..Things like this show others just how strong you
can be. You just keep believing that you can do anything and you will
see how much you get done...So like I said I am so proud of you..And
a Happy Mothers Day to you too...Love ya...Mike
















--- In anewbeginning2@yahoogroups.com, purplejune <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> I am just movin' and groovin' these days! 1st - I gave my little
> mower a tune up myself and got it started so I could mow my little
> yard. I knew I could ask my friend because he fixed my riding
mower,
> but I hate to bother him unless I absolutely have to. So I grabbed
the
> manual and figured it out! Yeah! Then I changed the head on the
> weed-wacker (in spite of the directions, which were WRONG!). So I
got
> most of the yard work done before the weekend and before the rain.
For
> Mother's Day, all I want is some 'down time' and now I'll be able
to.
>
> Then, my daughter came home with a 90 on a physics quiz!!! I've
been
> helping her with her homework and we both had a hard time with it.
Of
> course, When I looked at the quiz, truth be told, I don't understand
> ANY of the answers she got or why they're right.
>
> I fixed 2 broken chairs, one that my husband swore could not be
fixed,
> fixed my broken vacuum cleaner, AND got my dishwasher working after
it
> quit (again!) on me!
>
> Once upon a time, I was quite resourceful and independent. Then I
got
> married and pretty much left all of these types of chores to him.
> It's been so long that I guess I just forgot what I am capable of.
> Part of problem these days is age - things that were easy years ago
> just wear me out much faster now.
>
> What makes this a big deal is that when my husband was first
arrested
> and I realized that he was active again, I was so overwhelmed with
> fears. I wasn't sure if I could survive financially, emotionally,
or
> physically. But I've learned that I can. And that I can make do,
do
> without, do it differently. In the end, all my needs are met.
>
> At first, my son was really worried about me. So much so that he
> wanted me to move down to NC and move in with him and his girl
friend!
> I just felt terrible that his impression of me was that I needed
to
> be rescued. I don't care how old he gets, I'm still the mom!
>
> Of course, when I'm 75 I hope he still wants to take care of me,
cuz I
> have no retirement LOL!
>
> So - this is a good day! Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out
there!
>
> Deb K.
>