stop drowning yourself in regrets and 'what ifs'....

As times goes by, The moments you remember when your life flashes past, Are never the awful memories my friend, it’s the joy, The summer nights, the lazy days with loved ones, The midnight chats and the morning hugs, Let them happen. Let them all happen. - Donna Ashworth

it comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for. - Marcel Proust

the person who watches you drown is no different than the person who holds your head beneath the water. Inaction can be just as evil as action.

things I accomplished today: looking for the old Brownie cameras and the JC Maxwell book for the standing desk, also found a couple of old family pictures and another old book.

AND this doll that Grandma Grace made shortly after I got married. each granddaughter recieved one for Christmas. her hair is not as pretty as it once was, and she needed a bit of repair. not sure what happened to her original outfit, found one of Katie's old souvenior vacation shirts in a fabric scrap box and made her a stylish dress. she has been well loved by my best friends daughter that I once babysat, hanging out with her on a lengthy hospital stay. and my girls played with her some, too. bet she's glad to be out of that tote and on the bed ready to meet some grandkids....

properly manipulated, American housewives can be given the sense of identity, purpose, creativity, the self-realization, even the sexual joy they lack-by the buying of things. - Ernest Richter

and in closing, a ghost story. 8-4-2024. turned off tv. I'm in garage. Rip in doorway . squinting at Kevin's former brand of tea he hasn't drank in a long while to see if theres expiration date. don't have my glasses on. and I hear a kids voice. I lean around and look through doorway. didn't I turn TV off? it's off. come in house. checked phone. nope. I'll put it in the ghost book.