That is so cool, that you would go to the library to get books out, I didn't even think about it, sigh, I was so brainwashed.lol

I had to laugh about the "Pollyanna", thing, I get the same thing, I have so much hope for the kids I work with and always am upbeat at work. (Can drive people mad) But I guess after what we came through, I tend to think that there's hope for all, that no matter the circumstances changes can happen. Hope means so much more to me then it used to!

I lost my Dad about ten years ago, and I'm pretty scared about getting a phone call saying my Mom is gone. It's hard because the distances are so great. I guess that's why my kids mean so much to me, and my friends. I'm really thankful that I've been able to make some really good girlfriends.

> Lydia:

> It's so true... I realize I don't have the
> energy anymore with my younger kids that I
> did with the older ones, including reading
> to them at night, etc. Some of it during The
> Family years was rather "forced",
> and reading them Mo Letters was pretty
> questionable fare (I was one of those who
> would sneak in wholesome kids books from the
> library under the guise of them being
> "nonfiction"), but the reading
> habit I think was a good one anyway.

> CB, "aging gracefully"- there's a
> mouthful. If anyone knows a surefire way to
> do this, I think they could write a best
> seller. In my case, I really don't think
> it's a vanity thing- it's not my physical
> aging that gets me down nearly so much as
> not wanting to see family members and loved
> ones pass away, the regrets of things I have
> missed out on over the years both in and out
> of The Family, etc. etc.

> But most of the time I am a very upbeat
> positive person- to the point that one of my
> co-worker friends sometimes teasingly refers
> to me as "Pollyanna"- so I guess
> it's just the recent spate of funerals that
> has set me on this "growing old"
> thread.

> Laura