In a few days a new adventure will be taking place...I'm SO excited to be moving again although am very stressed about it. I HAVE NO TIME!!! Also it seems everyone is busy that weekend, some I can totally understand but others really makes me question their lack of help...or even replying for that matter. You always find out who your true friends are when you have to move!!!
This will explain the lack of updates lately, first I was away...now house sitting and packing and then moving on Sunday. After that I promise I shall be around more!!! I have big plans for this blog and am very excited about it :)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
ONLY Child
Do you know what it's like to be an only child? Not just the only sibling in your family but a real only child...but a real only child...perhaps I should say only family! Don't get me wrong, I am very blessed to have my Mom and Dad...I don't think I would change it for the world as it has made me who I am today, and I truly believe that is stronger and more emotionally inept than many.
My parents moved from Hamilton, Ont. to Vancouver, BC before they were married....they left both sides of their family as well as my half sister for a life on the West Coast. I don't blame them although my heart for many years tugged East...one life altering "move" changed that (perhaps I'll blog about it one day) and now I know why they fell in love with this amazing city.
BUT....
Birthdays...a card in the mail, a gift that the wrapping is often ripped in transit. Easter egg hunts alone...sure I get all the chocolate but there is no race, although it is great finding the candy a month later! NO summer BBQs, no Birthday parties...I found a photo the other day of an ice cream cake my Uncle Rick & Aunt Judy bought me because they knew it was my fave...sure it was a few weeks late but it was special because it was shared with family. I can't feel sorry for myself because I DID have it great but I've always wondered what it would be like to have a huge family meal!!!
I have an amazing memory...the last one I remember I was 3ish...I was at Aunt Bevs not all the kids were born yet but Grandma and Grandpa were there! I really wanted this wedding to have all the family (moms side) together but 2 of the cousins won't be able to make it. I do want to make up for time though...in todays day and age we have the internet, texting and all that stuff so I want to catch up and keep that family vibe going! I hope they know how important it is to me!!!
I mentioned my half sister...I wanted nothing more to have a sister growing up. Someone I could talk about New Kids On The Block with, share clothes, learn about make up, talk about boys....I knew I had a sister but I didn't know her. I'm staying with her and her family....MY family this week! I'm SO excited about it....I really don't think anyone knows how much it means to me. As I sit here writing about it I have tears in my eyes...I'm excited! I want to see everyone...I bet my other cousins don't even know I wear their COP shirts all the time and smile thinking of that side of the family every time my pinkies go up! My Papa used to do that and if you look at me closely I never use my pinkies ;)
Next family dinner/gathering...tell them you love them! Because some of your friends don't get to!
My parents moved from Hamilton, Ont. to Vancouver, BC before they were married....they left both sides of their family as well as my half sister for a life on the West Coast. I don't blame them although my heart for many years tugged East...one life altering "move" changed that (perhaps I'll blog about it one day) and now I know why they fell in love with this amazing city.
BUT....
Birthdays...a card in the mail, a gift that the wrapping is often ripped in transit. Easter egg hunts alone...sure I get all the chocolate but there is no race, although it is great finding the candy a month later! NO summer BBQs, no Birthday parties...I found a photo the other day of an ice cream cake my Uncle Rick & Aunt Judy bought me because they knew it was my fave...sure it was a few weeks late but it was special because it was shared with family. I can't feel sorry for myself because I DID have it great but I've always wondered what it would be like to have a huge family meal!!!
I have an amazing memory...the last one I remember I was 3ish...I was at Aunt Bevs not all the kids were born yet but Grandma and Grandpa were there! I really wanted this wedding to have all the family (moms side) together but 2 of the cousins won't be able to make it. I do want to make up for time though...in todays day and age we have the internet, texting and all that stuff so I want to catch up and keep that family vibe going! I hope they know how important it is to me!!!
I mentioned my half sister...I wanted nothing more to have a sister growing up. Someone I could talk about New Kids On The Block with, share clothes, learn about make up, talk about boys....I knew I had a sister but I didn't know her. I'm staying with her and her family....MY family this week! I'm SO excited about it....I really don't think anyone knows how much it means to me. As I sit here writing about it I have tears in my eyes...I'm excited! I want to see everyone...I bet my other cousins don't even know I wear their COP shirts all the time and smile thinking of that side of the family every time my pinkies go up! My Papa used to do that and if you look at me closely I never use my pinkies ;)
Next family dinner/gathering...tell them you love them! Because some of your friends don't get to!
MY Angel
Two weeks ago a stopped over at my parents place and was sitting on the deck with my two cats, Halo and Angel, as they sunned themselves. Angel came up to me for a tail pull...yes she likes that, she's kinda odd...I noticed that her gums were yellow then with the light of the sun I noticed that the inside of her ears were bright yellow as well!!! All her skin was yellow!!! Jaundice :(
Over the next week she lost ALL her body weight, she's a small cat as it is but when I saw her next she was a skeleton. I hated petting her, her back had nothing but fur on it and her hips were sticking out worse than I've ever seen on an animal. She wouldn't eat or drink and hid in my bedroom :(
During the second week she started drinking the liquid from canned food and I've been giving her water with a syringe but the jaundice has gone too far and she's just wasting away into nothing. Mom came over last night and said she's not walking right anymore and hardly coming downstairs again....she told me to come say goodbye this weekend.
When I moved back home at 20 I brought Halo, my cat I had since she was a day old...someone left her in a parking lot in a box! Mom thought Halo needed a friend! She saw an SPCA was closing in Port Alberni and shipping kittens to Vancouver on the news so she went and lined up to get Halo a friend. There were only a few kitties left by the time she got there and some how she connected with Angel. She's a crazy cat, she hardly ever blinks...she'll stare at you like she's on E...and if she's walking by and you call her name she makes her tail into a question mark! She also will rub your leg until you pet her and will keep coming back forever if you pull her tail so that her back legs come off the floor.
Mom brought home Angel and she walked into the office, I didn't want to go near her cause "If she's not staying here I don't want to pet her she's too cute"....for the next while Angel slept under my blanket tucked into my tummy like a baby.
I'm reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally going to miss my lil E-Tarded cat, whenever I spend the night there she always has to wake me up or not let me sleep by pacing across me. When I'm having quiet time with my fat cat Halo...Angel always has to jump up to make Halo jealous and leave me. I will say goodbye to get tomorrow and tell her how much I love her, I hope she understands.
Over the next week she lost ALL her body weight, she's a small cat as it is but when I saw her next she was a skeleton. I hated petting her, her back had nothing but fur on it and her hips were sticking out worse than I've ever seen on an animal. She wouldn't eat or drink and hid in my bedroom :(
During the second week she started drinking the liquid from canned food and I've been giving her water with a syringe but the jaundice has gone too far and she's just wasting away into nothing. Mom came over last night and said she's not walking right anymore and hardly coming downstairs again....she told me to come say goodbye this weekend.
When I moved back home at 20 I brought Halo, my cat I had since she was a day old...someone left her in a parking lot in a box! Mom thought Halo needed a friend! She saw an SPCA was closing in Port Alberni and shipping kittens to Vancouver on the news so she went and lined up to get Halo a friend. There were only a few kitties left by the time she got there and some how she connected with Angel. She's a crazy cat, she hardly ever blinks...she'll stare at you like she's on E...and if she's walking by and you call her name she makes her tail into a question mark! She also will rub your leg until you pet her and will keep coming back forever if you pull her tail so that her back legs come off the floor.
Mom brought home Angel and she walked into the office, I didn't want to go near her cause "If she's not staying here I don't want to pet her she's too cute"....for the next while Angel slept under my blanket tucked into my tummy like a baby.
I'm reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally going to miss my lil E-Tarded cat, whenever I spend the night there she always has to wake me up or not let me sleep by pacing across me. When I'm having quiet time with my fat cat Halo...Angel always has to jump up to make Halo jealous and leave me. I will say goodbye to get tomorrow and tell her how much I love her, I hope she understands.
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