kyburg | Because I'm just stubborn that way -

Folks in Las Vegas, when would you like us to come visit? We're needing to see at least two shows, and we want a vacation that won't suck. That means we want to see people who love seeing us. Ante up.

Folks in Cleveland, it looks like it'll be the week of June 2nd - yes, we'll be nearby for a family reunion, and I want a replay of the roadtrip in 2000. You want us, all ya have to do is ask for it. Uh, US.

Folks in Switzerland, I'm considering a trip in August or September. SERIOUSLY considering. You want us, you can have us - all you have to do is say so.

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To me, heaven is not a place where you stop doing everything. Hell would be where I'd stop doing everything and never do a single thing again.

And I freely admit it - when life was going south for Cliff, the only thing he could think about was taking a trip. I'm afraid that's rubbed off a bit on me.

Struggling to maintain equilibrium here - she's been in my life over 25 years, and we are not alike in any way; she is difficult to deal with, opinionated as all hell and we had little in common.

Yet, we never argued. Never fought. We were never angry with each other. She never created issues with my BIL or my sister over issues she may have had with me. She always, always remembered me no matter what - in marriage, in death, in every Christmas...in short, she was family who never gave me grief. (She gave plenty to others, but not me.)

Hers is another passing I can't begrudge. I only hope it won't take long to let her go. She's been terribly unhappy for too many years.