Yup. That's me.

Moi' ♥

Diary of a Woman Crazed

http://www.geocities.com/charmingrebel_xoxo/crazed.html
Just a poem I wrote that I thought I would share.

Sweet Glorious Sleeping Late~

Start:	Oct 27, '07 07:00a
End:	Oct 27, '07 10:00p
Location:	Home In My Own Bed

Nothing is sweeter than sleeping in! I get to do that... It's scheduled in. hehehe

My Ma ...

Lisa Y put out a challenge. Write about momma. Such an easy task, I thought. I have been reduced to a puddle of emotions when writing about the woman I revere most in my life.

My Ma.

She didn't want me. That's how I started out in this life. Daddy wanted me. Ma wanted daddy to stop drinking. They compromised. He got me and she got him to stop drinking. She says she wouldn't have given me up the second she laid her eyes on me. She has never given up on me. Clumsy as I have been throughout this life, Ma has always steadied me. She's picked me up dusted me off and set me straight again.

She has been the my most influential teacher. She has taught me everything I ever needed to know in life. She let me learn to cook at age seven, standing tiptoe by the stove. By age nine I was producing gourmet meals. Her pride in the little things in life gave me a good understanding of what it is to strive for to be successful. Family is the backbone of life. She lives that, and showed me how to as well. Huge family gatherings three or four times a year, babies and old folks, always welcomed. During these times you can't walk through Ma's house at night without tripping on someone. People laid out sleeping in every room. Love and laughter in the moment is Ma's forte'.

She was standing next to me when my children were born. She was standing next to me when my grandchildren were born. She is the foundation of our family. As we grow older the bond between us has strengthened. We are best friends first now, mother and daughter second. There is nothing that my mother doesn't know about me and yet, she remains my biggest fan.

Ma is 69 in November. Her will and tenacity has served her well. She is quirky, adorable, fun and beautiful. I am proud to be able to say I am Shirley Butcher's daughter.

Cloey Jo has arrived October 11, 2007

I met my granddaughter today at 2:59 pm, she arrived weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. She is the most stunningly beautiful baby girl I have ever seen. Looking at her took me back 21 years to the moment I first set my eyes on her mommy. She is her mommy made over, except somehow more beautiful.

love me later~tj

Somedays you just get beat up

love me later~tj

Entry for October 07, 2007 - Hug A Stranger -

If we all went out today and hugged a complete stranger imagine what effect this would have on human nature throughout our world.

FREE HUGS!

Sometimes, a hug is all we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, a man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. In this age of social turbulence and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

As this symbol of human hope spread across the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign banned. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as inspiring.

Watch this incredible show of human spirit and then I ask you to go out and hug a stranger, 13 million people the world over already have:

How Do You Feel Right Now?

love me later~tj