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Monday, 07 December 2009
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"It is because you believe that you are born that you fear death. Who is it that was born? Who is it that dies? Look within. What was your face before you were born? Who you are, in reality, was never born and never dies. Let go of who you think you aer and become who you have always been." Stephen Levine
This is a quote from part of my Dying, Death and Grieving class, and one of my favorite ones. It gives me hope and who doesn't need that?
Happy Winter all!
Tuesday, 01 December 2009
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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break. ~William Shakespeare
Thursday, 22 October 2009
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I've been taken over by Facebook - ahhhh!!!!!!
Kids, home, school, practicum - that's my life in a nut shell. Getting ready for Halloween. Samantha will be Belle, Braeden is debating between being the Beast and being Batman, and GAbrielle will be a flower
. I hope to get their pictures taken in the next couple of days so I can print out some greeting cards to send - I always enjoy doing that.I'm rather distraught b/c I seem to have "lost" all my writings. They do not appear to be on the computer anymore and when I looked in the drawer where I thought I had all my hard copies, they weren't there. My husband insists he did not throw them out (by accident when cleaning) but I have been looking around some and have not been able to locate them and am getting a little worried.
One more month till my practicum is over though I may stay over as a volunteer or even an employee as they are going to be short 2 people after next week. Working on my research project/presentation on euthanasia for my Dying, Death and Grieving class - happy stuff
.Have not yet talked my husband into us having a 4th child, but I haven't given up hope yet!
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Life is busy, but good. We've recently celebrated my daughters first birthday and my dad's 80th birthday. My oldest started first grade and my little boy is in 3 day (21/2 hours a day) preschool. My practicum continues to go well and I am learning new skills - getting to do intakes and assessments on my own which is exciting for me
. I started my Dying, Death and Grieving course - the professor's pretty cool, but after 3 hours of talking about death I'm ready for a drink... or 3 .I wish I could say we were house hunting but we are not. My husbands grandmother (God rest her soul) passed away on mothers day of this year and there was inheritance money that was left to the 3 grandkids - nothing was left to my husbands father (her only living child), and though (as executor of the will and power of attorney), my husband has arranged it that each of the 3 grandkids will give some of the money to his dad to make sure that we all end up with equal amounts of the money, he is still unhappy. He spent 2 weeks calling and yelling at my husband, as did my mother-in-law - and I got so stinkin tired of it I told James "just give the damn money to charity" b/c no matter what we did/do with it (his grandma intended it to go towards our kids' college funds or towards a new house) if his dad doesn't get all of it he's going to be mad. It infuriates me the way people can treat one another. His dad has a bad temper and this is the second time, in our 9 years of marriage, that he has "disowned" James. The first time he disowned him was about 2 months after our first baby was born and James gave his grandmother A RIDE to a card game at her friends house. His dad and grandma never got along and he was always wanting us to take sides, but James had a good relationship with his grandma - at least SHE never said he could have one or the other (relationship with her or with his parents) but that's what they were always doing - are still doing now after her death. I think this is what people mean when they say "money is the root of all evil." Perhaps not money itself, but greed is definitely not a good thing. I'd rather live in a cardboard box then deal with this crap on a daily basis.
The weather has been fabulous, so far we have all been mostly healthy so I really can't complain
! Am starting my gerontology special project - a demographic study on Adult Day Service clients. will have to utilize spss again - ugh!
Sunday, 16 August 2009
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It was a long, but good weekend and I am exhausted. I got the house pretty well cleaned, which is good b/c th en I don't have to mess with it in the morning. I am stressing mildly about schedule changes and class changes and back to school for the kiddos and new babysitters and all of that jazz. Breathe. One day at a time. Organize. Plan. Breathe. These are the things I keep telling myself. My baby girl turned one last week and we are having her "official" birthday party this coming weekend. We will have a houseful and are hoping to host the event primarily in our backyard as our home is small for the number of family members and friends that are coming. Please pray for nice weather!
Ok, well, I could write more but I am just plain exhausted and need to go to bed. I am sleeping in my sports bra and work out clothes in the hopes that I'll have enough discipline to drag my fat, lazy butt out of bed at 5 am and get in a work out before my husband leaves for work!
Sleep well, all
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- Name: Rachel
- Country: United States
- State: Nebraska
- Metro: Omaha
- Birthday: 9/25/1975
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 4/22/2006
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