Super Powers ... and all that jazz!

Do you have any super powers?

Have you ever wished for something that would set you apart?

Do you wish you could fly when traffic is as thick as mud?

Do you wish you could read the thoughts of others when you believe they are talking about you?

Have you ever wished you could withstand high heat or extreme cold?

Perhaps you would have super strength?

or 

Would you wish to be able to connect to the dead?

I think we all have wished for super powers at some point in our lives.

I think if I could have one power, it would be that of the flash.  

I would want to move so quickly that I could travel back and forth to visit family and friends without it taking hours and or days to get there.

My mom always told me not to wish away my time,

because it goes so quickly on its own.

I never understood that though until I was much older.

As a child, we have no worries, the days go by slowly and we long for days to come, perhaps a trip to the beach, or a family vacation.

I guess we all have a bit of a super power in our memories because we get to relive them over and over again.  

We don't go back in time, but sometimes a quick trip back in our memories is good enough.

I have a few little quirks, or should I say super powers that I've always taken for granted.

I have a super smeller, yup that would be by nose.

I smell everything, good and bad.

Strong smells and weak smells ... it there is a smell you can bet I'll mention it even when others don't smell a thing.  Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's my thing.

I also have a really good memory for faces.

Don't ask me to remember everyones names, but faces I almost never forget.

Recently I ran in to someone from my childhood, someone I hadn't seen in over 35 years.

We came across one another at a farmers market where she was a vendor.

I knew when I saw her that she was familiar to me in some way.

Sure enough, after a bit of conversation we realized we had gone to church together and that our sisters had been good friends.

It's a small world, but you can bet if you are someone I have met or known in my past, I will remember your face.

It can drive me crazy when I can't figure out who someone is, but I'm not shy, so I'll probably ask.

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Now those aren't big things, and they probably aren't really super powers, but since they are the closest I'll ever come to being able to claim that I have powers ... and super at that, I'll take them.

It makes me smile to wonder what everyone else's super powers are!

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Speaking of using my super powers, my favorite is when I get to smell the amazing chocolate cake my father in law used to bake.  I've only made the recipe once, but I hope to make it again soon.  It's amazing and SMELLS so so good.

Now don't you wish you could smell this cake too?

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On Grieving ...

Saw the following quote on Facebook today... and thought it was perfect for all those who think that I didn't grieve long enough, or hard enough.  Everyone's grief is different, everyone shows it differently as well, some are outwardly grieving while others are very quiet and personal about their grief.  Don't be to quick to judge another's feelings, they are very personal and not so easily understood.  Life continues for the living, you must put one foot in front of the other and keep on keeping on.

Grief never ends,

but it changes.

It is a passage,

not a place to stay.

It is the price of love.

- Author Unknown -

Heaven must be a wonderful place, it's filled with so many people I love and who's love I feel every day even though they are gone.

Friends on Facebook ... are they really my friends?

This is a post that I made to my Facebook page this evening, I thought perhaps it should have been here but since so few people come here, and so many go to Facebook, I shared it there and just copied it here.  It's long but I was feeling pretty grateful tonight and thought I'd share.

How many friends do you have?  I've been asked by people how I could possibly be friends with 172 people because that's how many people I have on my friend list here on Facebook.  Well ... here's the answer.  I know all of the people on my friend list in some way, shape or form.  I have not met all of them ... in fact 28 of them alone are friends I met online through various scrapbooking websites.  I do call them friends and count them among some of my very best friends.  I have met probably 10 or 12 of them in the past.  We felt comfortable enough to meet because of all the interactions we had online.  We shared personal information, secrets, loves, losses, betrayals, illnesses, good news, bad news ... pretty much everything.  When one of my scrappy friends would go off the radar, we would check on one another, we exchanged mailing addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and shared photos through our scrapped pages.  I haven't met all of these people, and sadly may not ever be able to, but occasionally we get the chance.  In moving here to California, I am mere miles from one of those scrappy friends.  Both she and I will meet for the first time this Saturday and even better, we are meeting up with another one of our online friends who is visiting from Utah with her family.  It's going to be so nice and I am very excited.  Michele and Marcie, I truly can't wait.  I am currently rooting for one of my scrappy friends whom I have met as she battles cancer, she's going to beat it though, she's got courage and hope and lots of spirit, if I were cancer I would be sorry I picked her to attack.  Gabi girl ... I love you.  Monica ... is my best friend, and the first time we met I truly thought I wouldn't like her one bit, gosh was I wrong, we hit it off and have built a wonderful friendship over the years, I've even traveled to NC to visit her and stay in her home with her family numerous times.  I hate that we are on opposite coasts now, but she knows she's always in my thoughts and owns a huge piece of my heart.  Patti, Abby and Bernie ... my southern NJ friends ... we've all met as well, and had a blast getting to know each other.  Loved every minute we spent together in Wildwood and then again right near your homes.  Carrie ... my CT. scrappy friend ... we spent lots of time and money together, shopping for supplies and then scrapping together for hours on end, we enjoyed each others families and I was so sad to say goodbye, but you're on the move again soon as well, and I know our paths will cross again.  There are so many I haven't mentioned ... you all know who you are if you scrapped online with me, I hope we get to meet someday as well.  

Some of you are friends met through Brian, teachers he worked with and loved with all his heart, and college friends whom he spoke about until the day he passed away.  

I have a whole bunch of new friends since moving here to California, most of them people I've met through Patrick, we're having lots of fun getting to know one another ... I never thought that these wonderful people who Patrick hung out with and called friends would like me too.  :-)

And then of course there is the family members ... I have lots of them, sisters, my daughter Morgan, her family on her dads side (I still count them as mine, I'm kind of greedy that way), cousins, aunts, uncles, 2nd cousins and there kids and the list goes on and on.  I love them ... and miss them ... and I'm so happy they are in my life.  

Friends ... I love you all, and I'm so happy you're all a part of my life.

Family ... I didn't get to pick you, but I'm a lucky girl to have so many to love and to be loved right back by so many.

Thought I should let you all know, because I'm not sure I express my appreciation nearly enough ... <3!

Thanks for stopping by my friends!!!