Life is moving along...

It has been awhile. I am happy to say there was a Star and Tribune story on our friend Jim Moore who passed away. They received a reply from this couple he had been sending postcards too for years. He randomly picked their names out of the phone book from a small town in ND. He signed them with his first name and no return address and sent them from many locations during his travels. He thought people liked getting mail, real mail, not bills. The would spend so much time on the postcards and they were great. His main rule with this was then he would never outright lie, but he allowed himself to shade the truth pretty well. Turns out the people he sent these to had kept every one and thought it was someone they had met on their travels or an long lost relative which is what Jim hoped. It was a great story!

I also have a job though it is only 9 to 10 hours a week. I really love it and it is for a nonprofit! Now if only I could find a full time job or even better another part time job.

Sadly we lost another friend to a heart attack caused by a cancer medication. Sadly he seemed to be kicking the cancer.

Time passes so quickly...

I remember when I was young I always seemed to be waiting. Now that I am older I wish things would slow down sometimes. Of course some of the speed is happily due to my new job. A job I really love. Sadly though a close friend of our passed away at the beginning of this year and I wish he had had more time! We were so sad to loose him! His funeral was one of the best I have ever attended. He included a Sea Shantee in the service and then we found he had unexpectedly recorded himself talking to us. This brought everyone to tears all the while comforting us and making us laugh. It reminded me of last movie we went to after he had his bad news. I don't go in for comedies most of the time, mainly because of the physical violence. Jim needed cheering up and I decided we should go to Bridesmaids. It turned out to be a huge favorite for all of three of us! It made me laugh and cry at the same time! It brought a smile to the face of a man who didn't smile easily.  We heard many stories from many different periods of his life. Friends from 1st grade and newer. Heartwarming, funny stories. I still can't believe I won't be able to txt him on Fridays to meet up with our other friends. I think I might this weekend just because I want him to still feel welcome. I will always remember him riding his red Russian bike with the side car. Target shooting with him when he actually shot a fly that was sitting on the target because hitting the bulls eye was so easy it had become boring. Taking a very long road trip on his bike with his dad even though it won't go much over 55. Listening to music with him. Listening to his dating stories. Going to the movies with him. The three of us playing video games. Listening to him play his many guitars. And so much more. We always thought he would become a famous righter or photographer. One thing I will always regret is that is that his journals were stolen. They were irreplaceable! We still hope to see them published by the thief some day! Next year on the anniversary of his passing I plan to have a flannel night out in recognition of his love of flannel. In face he even wrote a story about flannel! I hope he knows he will not be forgotten wherever he is. :)

A very sad day!

A wonderful friend passed away lat night! So very sad. Cancer has taken another person from my life! Admittedly it does make me angry! So much should have been done and wasn't!!! It has been a year of such high hopes only to discover that the medical system which is suppose to be number one isn't! The numbers look good until you realize that patients that don't fit the bill are put off and treatments only available in other countries can only mentioned if asked about. Kind of pointless when you are going to a doctor as your expert! It is pretty hard to loos a friend that is younger than you by quite a few years!!! Not really the way things are suppose to go! Sadder still since he recently lost his father to cancer as well! Death isn't fair but no one should have to go though what so many do!

I remember when my grandmother called at midnight asking for help. Hers was the first cancer death though my grandfather had died of the horrible Parkinson disease well before she did. I didn't forgive my father for moving away for years after my grandfather died! I remember Carrie my fathers secretary (my favorite!) who was married and died shortly after of cancer. My bridesmaid Angie whose mother and sister had the same name as mine did, and show middle name was the same as mine. She died from skin cancer. My aunt who died from breast cancer. And so the list goes on!!!


This is a night of remembrance for me! We spent so many Fridays with Jim and other friends! So many movies, I don't know that I can bring myself to go to one anymore! I remember when Jim was so depressed of late and figuring he needed cheering up I suggested we should go to Bridesmaids. Not something I would normally see but I hoped it would cheer him up! It was wonderful!!! I remember once he game me a ride home when my husband couldn't. His car was stacked up with tons of things which he moved to the back seat. As we drove home everything fell on the floor at the stop sign. His first remark was to say he hated gravity! Such a funny guy!!! We always thought Jim would be a famous writer or photographer or both, but he didn't have enough time! There was the time someone stole his journals (or idea books as he called them!) So very sad!!! I don't know that he ever rewrote them all. He did rewrite his take on plaid!!! He loved plaid!!! He was an old fashioned man that loved swing dancing and his Russian WW2 bike! Always hoping to find the love of his life but never quite managing it! I though he had more time! Very old fashioned and yet so goofy!!! He and his friends ran the local Hibbing Paper one year when the owner was sent to jail! He sailed the high seas on the Rose from Master and commander. He once dreamed of quitting one of his jobs by coming in to work in a suit of armor and a cape and he did own a cape. He found a job he loved and stuck with it as long as he could after he was sick! He was a lovely man for whom I always wished the best! RIP Jim!!!