Tulip's Tantrums

💔 I'm the only one to have heard her heartbeat from the inside. It soothed and comforted me, just like her voice. I got the best part of my genes from her and share many similarities. She was my first love, my protector, my confidante. She's been gone 28 years now and there is no one who has taken her place. I didn't know how much I needed her until she was gone and it was too late. I miss you, Mom. If for no other reason, cherish your moms for creating you. Without her, you wouldn't be. Because of her, I am. 💗 Toodles

I've closed my blog for business for a little while. Sometimes I'm not ready to release my thoughts to the world, especially before I've had time to process them. So, for the next little while I will be silent online, keeping my thoughts to myself while writing them for later perusal. Our 30th was fantastic. All of the kids came for supper on the 24th - the most wonderful gift. We received cards and presents but none so good as the hugs, kisses and sharing. My dad sent us a beautiful bouquet of roses. Darrin sent me a gorgeous mixed flower bouquet. We received many well wishes and felt spoiled the entire day. I'm currently feeling a little out of sorts. On the high end with the 5 I's in full force. Irritable, impulsive, irrational, impatient and insomniac. Just what everyone wants. I drove my dad to the airport yesterday and I'm pretty sure I scared the hell out of him with my road rage. I just can't tolerate anything right now. While it can seem b

Zinger and Zang are in their toddler stage heading quickly to teens. They are into absolutely everything! They were neutered last week and came home with instructions for us to keep them from running and jumping for 3 days. They didn't make it 3 minutes. They all over and feel that they are supposed to protect us from any noise in the house as well as anything near us. Quite the comical little pair. 9 weeks old: 3 1/2 months 4 months Everyone sleeping on Dad. Except for Jax, thankfully.  Terrorizing each other Our 30th wedding anniversary is coming up next week. We're doing supper with the family next Sunday, so that will be nice. Our gift to each other is a trip to Las Vegas at the end of April. We're quite excited about it. We've been making plans for a bunch of things: Secret Garden with the tigers and dolphins. Flamingos at our hotel. The Eiffel Tower. A topless burlesque show (ACK! lol). The High Roller ferris wheel

As is my style, I'm writing every 2 months. I sit down and start many entries, but then life happens and I have to leave it, then never finish them. Perhaps this one will make it to publication. I was talking with a friend's daughter tonight about family and giving to those in need. The perceptions and opinions of a 17-year-old youth is fascinating. On both topics we ended up agreeing to disagree, but learning her thought process was enlightening. I haven't talked with a lot of teens about poverty and politics and family, so I'm unsure if her perception is similar to her friends. It was certainly eye opening on my part. I'll have to get out there and see what other young people think. What's on my mind lately? Politics is definitely up there. Between Trudeau and his continual gaffs, and Notley pretending to have Alberta's interests at heart, there is always something to talk about. With Jody Wilson Raybould's testimony to the justice committee regard