Sometimes you just have to say it...
It's true. Sometimes you just have to say it, you know, those three little words....and they aren't "you're right, Dear". OK, just lightening the moment here, no the three little words are "I love you". A simple phrase really, and one that is just so misused in this day and age of "I love you, Man" and "Love ya, Girl" and everything in between.
It occurs to me that even though it is my practice to say that to my friends and family that it comes too easily sometimes and I'm sure that it makes one wonder if it is just something to say or if I really mean it. Well, if you know me well, then you know that I probably mean it.
It was once said of me by a dear friend of mine that I like everyone....although there are some that I like more than others. This is a true statement. There are very few people that I genuinely dislike, and they know it, but there are more than that that I genuinely love with all my heart and would jump in front of a bullet for; my Husband, Chris, my Children Andrea and Bethany, my Son in Law, Stephen, my Grandchildren, Khloe and Devynn, my parents, Brother and Sister in Law, my Mother in Law, my "adopted" daughter, Lauren, my Brother in law and Sister in law, nieces, nephews, my BFF Sandy and another dear friend, Manny, not to mention a few choice other friends and relatives. All of these I would give my left kidney for not to mention my life if I had to, and yes, I tell them all that I love them when I speak to them.
But that begs the question; do they really believe that or do they think that I'm just pumping sunshine? Truly, I am not. For the last almost thirty years I have had the unique opportunity to experience unconditional love, albeit peppered now and again with a "kiss my a**" or a "bite me" under the breath when things aren't going according to plan. Such is the world of the Mouse, or more commonly known as Andrea. The aforementioned muttering was made today when I took her off of Days of Our Lives. It came to our attention last night that she had been using her tablet to cruise YouTube. That in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing, until you look at the history....she's obsessed with kissing and weddings and now the occasional not so common, guys kissing. Thank you Days for your gay story line. I'm not saying that I dislike the LGBT community...I've said it before, I'll say it again...your lifestyle is your business and God's, not mine. I will respect you as a human being and if we are friends, then you know that...I like you, not your lifestyle. My problem is that now that Days has introduced the gay storyline that they are taking it down the road of the what most people believe (myself included) is a fairly normal if not a loose lifestyle and giving us maybe a bit too much of it for comfort. For a Downs kid who has watched the evolution of this show from the time she could focus on a television screen and who believes that Marlena can still have her eyes turn green and go all evil on us and that the characters are real, well, this is a problem. So, without fanfare we pulled the plug on Days.
Oh, the YouTube thing. Well, in trying to set the security on her new tablet (you know how hard that is?? Sheesh!!), I checked her history to find that she had a number of so and so kissing so and so....a few girl on girl and a few of guy on guy...and then the bomb.....porn. OUCH. Time to realign the tablet. It took me a good four hours to get that thing so secure she can't watch Barney without having it shut down the video. When she found out about that, she was understandably upset...when she found out that Days was now off limits, she stormed off, uttering the words that almost made me come unglued...."kiss my a**". Where the heck did she hear that? Days. **sigh**
So where do the three little words come in? Right about there, because even though I was visibly upset over the language skills, I had to realize that even though they were used quite in context, it was still probably a product of the show and because of that I was remiss in reeling in the things that could damage her either mentally, physically or emotionally.
Getting off of the Mouse track some and onto another bunny trail...my two friends, Sandy and Manny. Both are roughly around my age and while one is still in fairly good health (although being beaten up with fibromyalgia and CFS), the other is not and is set to undergo open heart surgery at the Mayo in Minnesota next week. These two people are and have been a blessing to me in more ways than one and are as important to me as my flesh and blood family. That bullet? You betcha, I'd step right in front of it...I'd act a crazy fool if anyone ever messed with them in my presence and probably get myself obliterated in the process. I remember one time when Beth was younger that some crazy redneck woman threatened to come over and beat the bewhoozitz out of me (that's not what she said....I really, really lowered the verbiage wattage there) and I told her to come on over. Beth thought I had lost my mind, but then she realized something. You mess with my baby and I will beat you down, especially if you bring a constable with you and threaten me at my own front door...trespassing and assault baby and I have a peace officer witness...bring it. That's how I feel about anyone who would mess with those two...mess with them and you have one lunatic polish woman in the fray and while you might get in a few really good blows, it will cost you some flesh.
OK, that was a bit of a rant. Sorry. Anyway, this really does all go back to the words I love you, because really I do. This is not just a phrase to me and if you hear these words from me then you are not just a friend, acquaintance or whatever, you are valuable to me; God put you in my life for a reason, for a lifetime, even if you are not physically present for that said lifetime. The fact of the matter is that you are in my heart for my lifetime and no one can ever take that away from me, ever. God put you there, He's the only One who can take you out of there.
So if I haven't said it to you lately.....I love you.
It occurs to me that even though it is my practice to say that to my friends and family that it comes too easily sometimes and I'm sure that it makes one wonder if it is just something to say or if I really mean it. Well, if you know me well, then you know that I probably mean it.
It was once said of me by a dear friend of mine that I like everyone....although there are some that I like more than others. This is a true statement. There are very few people that I genuinely dislike, and they know it, but there are more than that that I genuinely love with all my heart and would jump in front of a bullet for; my Husband, Chris, my Children Andrea and Bethany, my Son in Law, Stephen, my Grandchildren, Khloe and Devynn, my parents, Brother and Sister in Law, my Mother in Law, my "adopted" daughter, Lauren, my Brother in law and Sister in law, nieces, nephews, my BFF Sandy and another dear friend, Manny, not to mention a few choice other friends and relatives. All of these I would give my left kidney for not to mention my life if I had to, and yes, I tell them all that I love them when I speak to them.
But that begs the question; do they really believe that or do they think that I'm just pumping sunshine? Truly, I am not. For the last almost thirty years I have had the unique opportunity to experience unconditional love, albeit peppered now and again with a "kiss my a**" or a "bite me" under the breath when things aren't going according to plan. Such is the world of the Mouse, or more commonly known as Andrea. The aforementioned muttering was made today when I took her off of Days of Our Lives. It came to our attention last night that she had been using her tablet to cruise YouTube. That in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing, until you look at the history....she's obsessed with kissing and weddings and now the occasional not so common, guys kissing. Thank you Days for your gay story line. I'm not saying that I dislike the LGBT community...I've said it before, I'll say it again...your lifestyle is your business and God's, not mine. I will respect you as a human being and if we are friends, then you know that...I like you, not your lifestyle. My problem is that now that Days has introduced the gay storyline that they are taking it down the road of the what most people believe (myself included) is a fairly normal if not a loose lifestyle and giving us maybe a bit too much of it for comfort. For a Downs kid who has watched the evolution of this show from the time she could focus on a television screen and who believes that Marlena can still have her eyes turn green and go all evil on us and that the characters are real, well, this is a problem. So, without fanfare we pulled the plug on Days.
Oh, the YouTube thing. Well, in trying to set the security on her new tablet (you know how hard that is?? Sheesh!!), I checked her history to find that she had a number of so and so kissing so and so....a few girl on girl and a few of guy on guy...and then the bomb.....porn. OUCH. Time to realign the tablet. It took me a good four hours to get that thing so secure she can't watch Barney without having it shut down the video. When she found out about that, she was understandably upset...when she found out that Days was now off limits, she stormed off, uttering the words that almost made me come unglued...."kiss my a**". Where the heck did she hear that? Days. **sigh**
So where do the three little words come in? Right about there, because even though I was visibly upset over the language skills, I had to realize that even though they were used quite in context, it was still probably a product of the show and because of that I was remiss in reeling in the things that could damage her either mentally, physically or emotionally.
Getting off of the Mouse track some and onto another bunny trail...my two friends, Sandy and Manny. Both are roughly around my age and while one is still in fairly good health (although being beaten up with fibromyalgia and CFS), the other is not and is set to undergo open heart surgery at the Mayo in Minnesota next week. These two people are and have been a blessing to me in more ways than one and are as important to me as my flesh and blood family. That bullet? You betcha, I'd step right in front of it...I'd act a crazy fool if anyone ever messed with them in my presence and probably get myself obliterated in the process. I remember one time when Beth was younger that some crazy redneck woman threatened to come over and beat the bewhoozitz out of me (that's not what she said....I really, really lowered the verbiage wattage there) and I told her to come on over. Beth thought I had lost my mind, but then she realized something. You mess with my baby and I will beat you down, especially if you bring a constable with you and threaten me at my own front door...trespassing and assault baby and I have a peace officer witness...bring it. That's how I feel about anyone who would mess with those two...mess with them and you have one lunatic polish woman in the fray and while you might get in a few really good blows, it will cost you some flesh.
OK, that was a bit of a rant. Sorry. Anyway, this really does all go back to the words I love you, because really I do. This is not just a phrase to me and if you hear these words from me then you are not just a friend, acquaintance or whatever, you are valuable to me; God put you in my life for a reason, for a lifetime, even if you are not physically present for that said lifetime. The fact of the matter is that you are in my heart for my lifetime and no one can ever take that away from me, ever. God put you there, He's the only One who can take you out of there.
So if I haven't said it to you lately.....I love you.
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