Hello, Beautiful people.

I hope you have all been happy and healthy.

On New Year's Eve, I decided I was building a new year and a new life. February was patchy (someone tried very hard to make things difficult for me), but that has mostly calmed down. Mom was in the hospital for two days last week, discovering she was a Diabetic and leanring to deal with that. Her blood sugars actually got frighteningly high. Normal for an adult is 80- 120 mg/dl. Diabetic coma can set in around 600 mg/dl. Her blood sugars got up to 593 mg/dl. So, yes, a scare. But she is out of the hospital and thankfully as a nurse, she has the knowledge of what is needed next, so she can get stable.

When I look back at the goals I wrote down as "hopes" last January (2011), I can see that so many of them are coming true. Even personal, private hopes that I had. Wow. I am grateful.

Last year I saw the movie. "How Do You Know?"  It stars Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson. I don't want to ruin the movie for anyone, but there is a scene in which one of the main characters, confused about certain choices in her life, thinks she will see a psychiatrist, but chickens out just as it is her turn to be seen.  As she is leaving the office, she decides to ask the psychiatrist just one question. The lines from the movie are below. But I have to tell you that hearing this dialogue really sparked something in me. It planted a seed.  I sitll care about what other people want. Very much. But I am starting also to learn to define what I want- and to learn how to ask for it.

 Here are the lines:

Wow- I had not posted since February? So sorry. I am going to be more communicative for the rest of the year. I will. As usual, when there are big gaps, it means junk is happening. I had someone harassing me, beginning about February 1st. I will say no more here, but it's been rough- and I had to get bank accounts changed, phone number changed, etc. Fingers crossed that as much damage as the person can do has now been done. Hopefully. So. That tied up a lot of my time and energy. What have I missed?! What are y'all doing?

What's the best thing that happened to you in March?