Wednesday, September 14, 2005
The Best Road Trip Ever
I had the most amazing adventure this past weekend. I toured Civil War battle sites, explored the Battleship North Carolina, drank Corona's on a rooftop bar, even put my feet in the ocean in the face of Hurricane Ophelia...but the thing that made it so amazing was the company I was with. I can't remember ever having such a fun traveling companion. Everything I saw, everything I experienced was so much more enjoyable because I was with a true friend. And that is the difference between just passing the time and actually making memories. And all adventures should be memorable.
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too bad that is the only friend you've got now
and isn't it interesting that you had such a good time because all you had to think about was yourself and of course your one true friend now. what an accomplishment for you, after 40 plus years of living, to finally have a friend to make memories with. others who have thought they were making memories with you over the past many years, i am sure, are grateful to be enlightened by the fact that you've just been passing time with them.
This is the last time I am going to respond to this anonymous poster because as far as I am concerned this conversation is over. I have asked you repeatedly to contact me directly so we can have a face to face conversation. But obviously you prefer to take the cowardly approach of hiding behind this "anonymous" label. I never said I was just "passing time" with the "others" you refer to....I was talking about how I viewed my participation in my own life. I have always been a "follower" never a leader. I always tended to react to situations instead of acting on my own behalf. I will not apologize for how I live my life... I am not doing anything wrong except maybe not making myself accessable 24/7 to some people. And that I think is the problem.....I spent a good portion of my life living for others and now that I have decided to enjoy some time on my own I am being labeled selfish! There are two sides to every story and it is very disconcerting to me that the "other" gets to air his side and it is accepted as gospel truth but my side is never considered. I know this has been painful for him... I won't deny that and I am truly sorry for that...but there is so much he has done to hurt me. What I did wasn't intentional...but what he is doing is. I have stayed out of a lot of what has been going on because I didn't want to inflict further pain but the "other" seems to get a kick out of hurting me...which leads me to question the nature of his feelings all along. And as far as my children go...they know I love them... I have given my life to them for so many years....I cherish all my memories about them. And with all my heart i hope they enjoy the memories they are making with their lives. And if they can't be happy for me right now... well mybe someday they will understand.
hehe now you did it you made anonmous think they were left out
Kathleen, You think you know who I am, but you don't - and you never will. I have no desire to meet you face to face, but just so you know, we are face to face several times a week. I am not a member of your family and I have never been your friend, nor have I ever wanted to be. I never see you, I hardly ever talk to you, you wouldn't know me if I were standing in front of you, so you see, I really don't care if you respond to my comments or not. I just happened upon you one day and read your postings and thought, this woman needs a reality check. I do know you - be assured of that. I have watched you destroy a lot of relationships over the years in your journey to find yourself. You have been manipulating people for so long, you probably don't even realize you're doing it anymore. You have repeatedly used people to your advantage. You are so hypocrital in what you say and what you do. You're not going to change. You can't see any further than your immediate needs. So have another Corona, Kathleen, and enjoy your amazing companion. He's everything you deserve.
My my aren't we bitter? And so very wrong. If I could manipulate people I must not be very good at it because I have never had the advantage in life that you think I have. And this quest for self discovery that you speak of only recently began because I never thought of myself as having a "self" until your "other" gave me reason to doubt myself.And as far as destroying a lot of relationships....well once again you are wrong. I can count on one hand the number of "relationships" I have had. And here's a little reality check for you....you have no idea what self sacrificing love is or what it is like to care so deeply for someone that you don't know where you end and the other begins. You don't know what it's like to be so wrapped up in someone who is both a burden and a blessing... to know that he is your destiny and your final hope. I have seen the face of God...and I touch his heart everyday...I walk with His angel and many times I am humbled by his love for me. So maybe I am a hypocrite in your eyes...but there is not one among us that is perfect. If we could make it to heaven by our own actions then why would God have sent His only son to suffer so much? Faith and forgivness...of our own faults as well as others...are the keys to a perfect love that everyone posseses if only they would use them. I know I have hurt others in life as others have also hurt me...that is the nature of a fallen world. In fact we often hurt the very ones we love the most without ever setting out to. But we do just the same. There is much in my life that God has forgiven me for so in return I have made it a passion to be as forgiving as I can of myself and others. We all make choices in life...some are right and some are wrong. Some we wish we could take back and some we wish we would have tried. Hindsight is always 20/20. And isn't it amazing that people who have never walked in your shoes always seem to know better how to live your life? Monday morning quarterbacking is so easy...try playing the game.
...... It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the
strong
man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The
credit
belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred
by
dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes
short
again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who
spends himself in a worthy cause. Who, at the best, knows in the end
the
triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, at least, fails
while
daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls
who
know neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt
hehehehe i was right you did get to them
him not them
Steve needs to shut his mouth and stay out of this....isn't it obvious that he is the one that is making the problem worse? Grow up and stop being an asshole
No it's not obvious that Steve is making this worse...whoever this "anonymous" is is the one causing all the problems. The problem is that some people can't get past their own prejudice and pride...so eager to throw stones when they themselves live in glass houses.
Why don't you take your own advice?
too bad that is the only friend you've got now wow a friend like you who would need enney outher hehehehe !!!!!!!
Steve say eat shit and die
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