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Monday Morning

You never know what your path is in this life until you are on it and walking it.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful weekend. Kids are back in school and complaining already.  It is time to start thinking about Christmas break and what to do with them. I know shopping will be on their minds, hitting the bookstore and the mall. I know there will be a practice or two on the calender. 

Time to find some things for them to do.  There is alot of free things for the kids to do. Kids are out of school starting the 21st of Dec to the 4th of Jan.  If we have a nice day it would be nice to go to the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle. Pack a lunch, watch the water, and see some great sculptures. I also know that the Burke Museum in Seattle on the campus of UW is free the first Thursday of each month.  So there are things to do with kids. 

I do not like the end of this month very much.  Nov 29, 1999, I hate that date.  It changed my whole life and the lives of my children.  Now do not get me wrong, I love my life today and believe that it is the path that I am to be on, but the feeling that day of my heart breaking in half and yes, you can feel your heart break when you lose someone that close to you and that had changed my life so profoundly. Losing Judith was the one thing I never thought would happen.  We were together many years. We had kids together. We traveled together. We bought a house together. We fought for rights of Gays. We fought the Church in SLC.  We loved many that we had lost before her. She changed my whole world and let me become a person that I am today. She taught me how to love with out strings, to open your heart and mind, to be the woman I am today.

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But on that day, we lost her with out warning. Having to tell two small boys that she was never coming home. Tell them their whole world would change. My baby girl was to young to understand but she felt the loss just as much as we did.  It was not fair to anyone of us that we lost her. I have watched 3 children turn into wonderful teenagers and people. I do get angry when they do something and she is not here to see it or them.  They do have a wonderful Mama that gives them so much love and guidance. They have 2 more brothers and 2 more sisters. They have a home filled with love and family.

Do not get me wrong, I love my life now. I have a partner, 7 kids now, and 4 grand kids.  I have love in my life that I have never felt before.  I have a Partner that allows me to grieve and cry when I miss her. A partner that loves me without strings.  I have 4 other children that I did not have. I have 4 grand-kids that I love and adore.

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You never know what your path is in this life until you are on it and walking it.  But you do feel heartache and pain along the road, but that can lead you to such happiness and joy.

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