Through the eyes of a writer and traveler ๐! Life and some spiritual musings. |
Welcome Y'all ๐ค . I'm into animal rescue and rights. Positive vibes and activism! ๐ป๐ It's been interesting for the past 20 years. Good folks on here and a great ๐ writing community. It's time for rethinking my writing and growing as a person . Sharing how to help others and ourselves ๐ has always been my motivation! Hugs ๐ค to new and old peeps! " The journey of 10,000 miles Begins with one step ๐ช. --Lao Tzu What you don't like Don't do to another. Rabbi Hillel Do unto others as you would have someone Do unto you. Jesus ๐ |
I started writing this blog post in my notebook ๐ last week. I never do that. It's all freehand on my phone ๐ฑ. I wrote about my late uncle who served in the Korean war. He never talked about it and I didn't know much about it until decades later. I thought about my grandma Rose ๐น and how in her last year of life ( 1967) we really got to know each other. Even though we lived in the same 4th-floor walk-up since I was born. I don't think she knew how much I loved her. She had problems people didn't talk about in the 1960s. She spent time at the diner drinking coffee โ. My grandpa Moe took me to many wonderful places like Yankees and Mets baseball games. We went to Coney Island and took day cruises up the Hudson River! She never came. And didn't seem to have much use for me. When I was 11 she got sick and I didn't know it was the C word. (People didn't say the word Cancer out loud for the genuine fear that they could catch it, if they spoke that word...) At that time we moved to another place in Brooklyn NY called Crown Heights. She picked out a beautiful white with gold brocade couch and it had plastic covers on it. One day I was 12 and walked into the bedroom. She looked at me with so much fear in her eyes and when I looked at her stomach, she was gluing a red rubber bag to it. All at once I understood what a colostomy bag was for. I smiled at her and said " Grandma, can I please help you?" She seemed surprised by my reaction to her plight and said "No Diane but thank you." She shyly smiled. " Ok tell me if you do Grandma. I love you" She answered " I love you too " She never said that to me before. We walked our dog prince together ( usually she didn't want me to go with her but things changed that last year. There's more to this story like hearing a voice telling me what time she would pass. For now I must go the kitties need to be fed. I'm wondering if I should go back to my last blog or forge ahead with this one. Blessings ๐ ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ป |
Wow hi glad you could make it! It's taken me a month to get this baby off the ground. From idea to writing this first official page! In the meantime, I've had so much support from people here. Thanks so much to each one of you ๐ ๐. ( Just wait for the ๐ฅ drumroll!More like the user tag coming soon ๐!) What's new here ๐ค? ๐ฒ
An oldie but goodie lol And rewriting
A lot of what's happening here is because I have good friends and people who I never met, who took the time to Review me! To help me see my strengths and weaknesses. To show genuine interest in things written here and how ( and that) it could be better! It's hard not having writers in my area or someone to look over my stuff and give input! I've hardly ever gotten feedback good bad or something from posting on Facebook! Except my public page that I don't visit much. So if you think reviewing isn't important to do or get you may want to rethink it! Thanks for your time in being here and will be back with the Stars weather and other entertaining chat! Hugs ๐ค and stay safe! |