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Posted by YarnWright on April 11, 2008, 6:09 pm
Not Likely spun a FINE 'yarn':
>Hi everyone! I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I checked my mail and
>found a post card from Mirjam waiting for me. Thank you Mirjam!! hugs By
>the way, I love camels, they are so cute looking. ;o)
>
>So because of Mirjam's post card, saying she missed seeing me and hearing
>from and about me, I thought I would pop on very quickly to let you all know
>that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth.... at least not entirely. ;o)
>
>Best wishes for all birthdays, anniversaries, births, etc that I may have
>missed. And of course condolences to anyone (Noreen hugs)
THANK you, Gem!
>who have lost
>loved ones... please know that they are always with you.
>
I know that life is eternal!
>Nora and I keep in constant contact, so she knows that I'm still around. So
>if anyone ever needs to know anything about me Nora will know. ;o)
>
>Things are a little better for Matthew and myself (for now) at the moment...
>he did the requested (by the government) "Focus Workshop" thing where the
>group of them discussed all sorts of things good and bad that have happened
>throughout their lives, but most especially over the last year or so, and
>talked out how things might be improved upon. The workshop helped to raise
>Matthew's self-esteem (which had taken quite a beating after being out of
>work with no luck finding a job at all for 16 months) and confidence quite a
>bit. In fact he had an interview two days before the Workshop (six weeks)
>was over and went in with such confidence and good positive feelings about
>himself, that by the time we drove the 25 minutes home he got a phonecall
>from the interviewer saying he had impressed her a great deal and that he had
>the job. :o) The down side to it is that it is only until mid July... that
>is all the time that this job is scheduled for, so there is no possibility of
>an extension for it. However, during this job the workers are in contact
>with a lot of different people which will open doors for some of them to have
>another job to go to after this one is finished.... if not, the supervisors
>will all give letters of recommendation (and a couple of them have good names
>in the area, so that will help in finding future jobs too) and their names
>can be added to resumes as well. So hopefully, by the time this job is over
>in July, Matthew will have another job lined up to go to. *fingers crossed*
>
Sending out positive vibes to you and Matthew, Gem!
>Liam (my sister cousin Linda's son) has been talking to Matthew online a lot
>lately and is saying how he would like to move up this way to be near us. He
>is afterall all alone in Toronto now with both his grandmother (3 years ago)
>and his mother (last November) gone now... so he would like to be near us to
>have some family (most especially Matthew, being only 8 months older than
>himself) around. So we are looking into apartments.. low-rental.. etc, etc
>for him. I personally think it would be good for Matthew to have Liam
>living closer too, that way he has a male close to his own age to hang out
>with and do "guy things" that some of his female friends aren't interested in
>doing. Since Matthew's best friend moved further away (and the cost of gas
>going so high), he has no male friends around here to just hang out with...
>and the female friends he has only want to go to movies or go for a walk...
>they don't want to play pool, go to the gym, or even go bike riding. So I
>think if Liam were living in our town they would both have someone to hang
>out with, which will do them both good... and of course we could have Liam
>here for holiday meals, etc too instead of him being totally on his own.
>This past Christmas (only 1 month after losing his mother) and this Easter,
>were his first on his own, and he just didn't want to even think about it
>even though a couple of friends of his mother had invited him to dinner... he
>just stayed home alone. :o(
>
>Well, other than the above, not much else has been going on... so I will sign
>off.
>
>Everyone please take care of yourselves... and please know that even though
>I'm not on the newsgroup anymore, it doesn't mean that you aren't always in
>my thoughts and prayers.
>
>*hugs*
>Gemini
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Gem
thanks for stopping by! Yours was the first post I saw when I reappearred
after a two week hiatus...
Love,
Noreen. . .
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