Apr 20 2002
First anniversary
It’s the first anniversary (birthday?) of my blog today. You can blame the inimitable Candi, of the late, lamented Spitfire!, who thought it would be a good idea to unleash my trivialities upon an unsuspecting world, and even hosted me for the first few months. Thanks, girl! You are the bestest.
Those of you who have been following my adventures on and off my blog know that 2001 was the worst year of my life. Almost exactly a year ago, my 70 year old mother, in poor health after battling breast cancer, was abandoned by her second husband. He is half her age and a Marine. So when he abandoned her, he also abandoned the US government. Unlike the US government, however, my mother is now penniless and subsisting on welfare.
In August, my beloved father, who was also one of my closest friends, my true companion and confidant, died suddenly in his native London. This was a staggering blow to our entire family, and we are all still struggling with the magnitude of our loss.
And to round off the year, on the Monday of Thanksgiving week, John was laid off after almost 10 years in the same firm.
But good things have come from these tragedies. We have survived them all. I have been comforted, supported, and loved through all this not only by my family, but my friends (you know who you are) and my father’s friends. I have grown closer to my older sister and my mother. John is happier doing a contract job than he was at his old job. The cats are healthy and happy. John and I still have each other. And I am so very lucky to have so many people who care about me.
Borrowing an idea from the fabulous Becky, who earlier this week celebrated two years of entertaining and enlightening the public, here are some of my favorite entries from my past year. Enjoy, and thanks for reading!
2 Responses to “First anniversary”
Oooh, one year! It seems like much longer. I don’t know what we did before you had a blog! Congratulations. 🙂
The 23rd would have been two years for Spitfire.
Happy 1st! Many more to come i’m sure… And candi… you are coming back, right? It’s so sad! With that little thing on the page where your blog used to be and you wrote the little “one more smartass remark, did you?” thing, it was really upsetting. You better come back once you’re married and settled in…