RB EB Happenings

Sometimes life just sucks.  Today, was that day. On top of the small chore of dealing with our home being flooded, and in repair requiring us to live in a hotel, and today moving to an apartment, the day got worse by the moment.   I really try to be a positive person.  I really try to look at the good, and look at the humor and remember that there is always someone in this world who has it harder.  Has a tougher day, a tougher life.  I am truly truly blessed and grateful for every single ounce of every moment, hug, kiss, accomplishment, material 'thing' that I may have.  But today.  Well, today sucked. My fathers best friend passed away from that horrible thing we label Cancer.  He was a dear and amazing friend to my Dad.  For that, forever grateful to him.  It's hard to hear a parent wounded, and crying, upset.  This friend was a doctor.  He helped my Dad on many levels, including being his doc.  I was fine with being supportive until my Dad told me that the native a

It's late on a Monday night.  I'm sitting in a hotel room.  Working, listening to music, surfing the Internet.  The things we do in this day and age.  Thoughts abound in my head, scattered.  It's the eve of 9/11. A fateful turn of events in our American history just a dozen years back.  I remember the day.  I remember waking up in our home, my husband and I both witness to the attach.  Dumbfounded.  What was happening, was it real?  I remember going into work, and everyone waiting, watching, in horror.  The planes grounded.  The nation silent.  Waiting.  An event that changed our path, our history and the way we lived our lives, our lives of freedom in this country.  I will never forget.  I hope to explain this to my son, someday.  The sacrifices.  The loss felt by so many.  The shock felt by the world.  The evil nature and spirit.  Yet, above all, the rising from the ashes.  The American people standing together.  Life was forever changed, and so many heroes lost their l