...but feel very close to. I think we all have them. I've spoken of my dear friend, Carol, several times lately. We have much in common that I won't go into here but I feel as though I have known her for years. We spoke on the phone the other day and didn't really talk about anything special but isn't that what friends usually do?
I also have a man I met that is a caregiver to an older gentleman who is a recovering stroke victim with no family. He is a very nice man that speaks broken English but is learning at what he calls a *snakes pace*....LOL. He only comes online at night after his charge is in bed for the night. It's not that we have a lot in common except that we both took care of stroke victims. The PT's that work with the gentleman come to the home. I was able to drive the Beast to the Rehab Center. The caregiver can drive but isn't licensed in the state yet. Since the man he takes care of doesn't have a car, it's a moot point to him.
I also have a friend online that is much younger than I am but she recently suffered several losses of family, her mother being the first one. This is just since the beginning of the year. First her mother, followed closely by her sister (who died of cancer) and then a cousin she was close to. She was totally devastated for a while and still gets moody at times over her losses. Her sister was her only sibling so she was left with no one. Her father died several years ago. She didn't understand how God could deal her such blows in less than 3 months. I tried hard to tell her that bad things happen to good people and that God never makes anyone suffer anything they don't have the strength to endure. She didn't think she could but she managed her mother's funeral, helped with her sister's and just spent most of the time crying over her cousin. I knew the feeling well. She isn't online as often these days but I have encouraged her to get some of the things done that she was putting off. She seems to be getting back her sense of humor but I know it will take her time. If I still miss my mother after all these years that she has been gone, I know she will feel that emotion intensely for a while.
There are others. Some I have known even from many years on Pogo. After telling them of the new site I play, they have joined me from time-to-time and that is always fun. You begin to feel like they are *neighbors* of a kind. They have never asked me for anything nor I them. We just enjoy talking together about our husbands/wives/children/grandchildren/etc. You feel close to them because you know so much about them and their lives. I know Bratfink has friends like that as well as friends she knew in fact but left behind in her *other* life before Sheldon.
I give thanks for having friends like those as well as the new ones I have made. We touch each others lives in different ways. I've made friends in other countries thanks to the Internet and I am so glad I have it available to me. I know when the Beast had his strokes, it saved my sanity to be able to go on and talk to others that had gone through what I was experiencing, including some support groups for caregivers. I even gave the link for one of those to the caregiver I spoke about earlier. Even though he is an LPN, he was grateful for that since it enabled him to be a little more informed without bothering others (his feelings).
The weather here is so-so cold but warming slowly again. My allergies are making me nuts with the constant need to blow my nose (it gets really red after a while) until the medication kicks in. When it stops working, I can easily tell. LOL!
The Beast made some bean soup and ham today and, for the first time, I actually had to add salt to it. That's not usually the case with him since he sometimes over salts things. Then I find out he's filled one of our salt shakers with popcorn salt! I told him...*What were you thinking???* He had used that salt to salt the beans and it just didn't cut it. It's not made to be used that way. He admitted he made a mistake and put the salt back in it's container and refilled the shaker with regular table salt. I swear...men can be idiots at times. He thought you could use LESS salt because it didn't take a lot on his popcorn for it to be salty. **Brain dead**
Time to get this posted and put my butt back in bed. Love you all. Have a great day. ***Hugs***
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