This past week, I had lunch with a friend who used to be in my critique group. I asked how she was doing, and she said she was fine, and she was happy.
Those words, I'm happy made me start thinking. What makes me happy? I started compiling a list in my mind and decided write about them in my blog.
Here's my list: my faith, my hubby, my family, friends, our kitties, Midnight and Dory, baking for friends and co-workers at holidays and other occasions, and writing.
After answering the question of what makes me happy, I had to ask myself what makes me unhappy. The number one answer to that was pain. The next reason is dimming sight, which I feel sure will be temporary once I have cataract surgery. Anyway, I'm hoping that's the problem as I know I have cataracts.
Okay, I said writing makes me happy, but promotion goes along with being published, and I detest promotion. Why? Because it takes me away from all the things that make me happy. Promotion is a necessary evil if you want to make a name in the publishing world.
My question for you is what makes you happy and what makes you unhappy.
Have a great week. See you next Sunday.
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Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Sunday, October 9, 2011
How Many Friends Do You Have?
Hi Everyone,
On one of my loops, a lady lost a friend of twenty-five years, and she was devastasted at losing someone who had been a special part of her life for so long.
This made me start thinking of my own special friends. I got to thinking about how long we've been friends and some of us go back a long ways.
Mary Ellen and I met as sophmores in high school and have never lost touch with one another after over fifty years. She lives in Canada, but we talk to one another four or five times a year.
Janice, I met in high school, too. Even though we were friends there; it was my sister who brought us together again a few years ago. We keep in contact through email and get together once in awhile. We've known one another over fifty years.
Pat worked as a nurse's aid at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with mom. One day, mom brought her home one day to meet us so Pat would have someone her own age to be around. We always keep in contact by seeing, emailing or calling one another. It's been fifty years since we first met.
When I first started working at TWA, I met a special person named Perkie, and we later became roommates. We worked together, partied and lived together. One of the nicest people you could ever meet. We have remained friends for over forty years. We never lose touch even though she lives out of state.
Another long time TWA friend is Linda B. The stories I could tell you about Linda would have you laughing. She was one of my party friends when we were younger. We still get together frequently, and we've been friends over forty years.
Also, Susie was another TWA party friend when I was younger. We talk a couple of times a year and send letters. We've been friends over forty years.
Linda H. is another old TWA friend that I keep in contact with, but I didn't meet until almost ten years after I started my career at TWA. We have been friends for over thirty years and still keep in contact.
There are many other friends, some newer that I keep in contact in with, but we don't have as much history. The closest friends in my life have been my mother and sister. They keep me grounded.
Now, I have men friends including my husband but for this blog I'm only talking about women friends. Smile. These are the ladies, I have shared a lot of history with and I would miss them terribly if they weren't here.
Do you have friends you keep in contact with no matter what happens in your lives?
Have a good week everyone.
Best always,
Sandra K. Marshall
http://www.eirelander-publishing.com
On one of my loops, a lady lost a friend of twenty-five years, and she was devastasted at losing someone who had been a special part of her life for so long.
This made me start thinking of my own special friends. I got to thinking about how long we've been friends and some of us go back a long ways.
Mary Ellen and I met as sophmores in high school and have never lost touch with one another after over fifty years. She lives in Canada, but we talk to one another four or five times a year.
Janice, I met in high school, too. Even though we were friends there; it was my sister who brought us together again a few years ago. We keep in contact through email and get together once in awhile. We've known one another over fifty years.
Pat worked as a nurse's aid at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with mom. One day, mom brought her home one day to meet us so Pat would have someone her own age to be around. We always keep in contact by seeing, emailing or calling one another. It's been fifty years since we first met.
When I first started working at TWA, I met a special person named Perkie, and we later became roommates. We worked together, partied and lived together. One of the nicest people you could ever meet. We have remained friends for over forty years. We never lose touch even though she lives out of state.
Another long time TWA friend is Linda B. The stories I could tell you about Linda would have you laughing. She was one of my party friends when we were younger. We still get together frequently, and we've been friends over forty years.
Also, Susie was another TWA party friend when I was younger. We talk a couple of times a year and send letters. We've been friends over forty years.
Linda H. is another old TWA friend that I keep in contact with, but I didn't meet until almost ten years after I started my career at TWA. We have been friends for over thirty years and still keep in contact.
There are many other friends, some newer that I keep in contact in with, but we don't have as much history. The closest friends in my life have been my mother and sister. They keep me grounded.
Now, I have men friends including my husband but for this blog I'm only talking about women friends. Smile. These are the ladies, I have shared a lot of history with and I would miss them terribly if they weren't here.
Do you have friends you keep in contact with no matter what happens in your lives?
Have a good week everyone.
Best always,
Sandra K. Marshall
http://www.eirelander-publishing.com
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