I'm so very tempted to change my profile name again...
"Surreal" doesn't really seem to fit me very well here anymore. But I don't know what to go by. And I hate trying to think up new names.
*THIS* is why I rarely change things up around here LOL.
"I am grateful for all of my friends that I have made over the years here...and so very thankful that you kept the threads talking about Ann, because November is a hard month for me - I lost both my father and Ann that year, and seeing everything both makes me weep but also reminds me of the good times.
and I'm very thankful that my profile wasn't purged somehow over the years. I would have lost a lot of important memories if it had."
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I needed to be reminded that there are still kind people in this world today. Especially after the events of yesterday & this morning.
In the meantime, let me introduce you to our newest member of the family...Belladonna. Our little pirate kitty.
She's a stray that we took care of when she (and her niblings & the rest of the outside kids) started coming around. And since she lost her eye somehow while outside, we couldn't very well leave her out there could we? So we slowly gained her trust, until we could bring her inside with the other 7 *inside* furkids that we have, and now? She's a ball of energy first thing in the morning that has even the youngest of the inside kids cracking open a very sleepy eye & going "wtf ARE you doing? It's too damn early to have this much energy. GO TO BED FUZZBALL." She wears them out.
Such a pretty girl. Our little Bella.
I have an announcement to make. I've been playing it pretty close to the vest....and to be honest I don't even know why. It's not like either one of my ex-husbands hasn't already remarried.
So let me announce it here as well as on my other socials (which have known about it for a year now LOL)....
**I'M GETTING MARRIED AGAIN!!!**
We've been engaged since last October, and since we're paying for everything ourselves, have set a date that's a few years out. It *USED* to be next May, but now we're looking at 2026. Which is a massive bummer....but gives us plenty of time to make sure it's the perfect wedding that I never got before. I actually get to wear a real wedding dress...have the perfect flowers...my friends and family will actually be there to celebrate with me this time...all things I have wanted but never gotten in my previous two weddings. Hell, I'm not sure I'd even consider one of them a real "wedding" tbh. Courthouse, Tripp pants, T-shirt and Dickies. Doesn't sound like one to me. Ironically enough, that's the marriage that lasted the longest (almost 13 years.)
It's hard to believe that I've been on VR for over half my life - even with taking this extremely long break. Pretty sure I first joined here when I was like...18. And I turned 38 this year. So a sizeable chunk of my life and that of my kids' was chronicled here over the last 2 decades. Two toxic and disastrous marriages. The loss of my father. Made some amazing friends here though. That's something that my Alpha has taught me over the last 2 1/2 years together to do - look for the silver lining in every dark cloud. It's not easy, but as time goes on, and I practice what He's taught me diligently, it becomes easier, even as the trials become more challenging at times.
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Congratulations!
Wishing you all the best.
Thank you both, I definitely appreciate it. :)
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Joli
22:49 Nov 07 2024
Good luck whichever way you go.
Cadrewolf2
03:42 Nov 08 2024
What best suits you is the way to go.