| blairstreetgirl's Blog Entries |
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Saying Goodbye to Blair Street
|
The weekend I had been putting off had finally arrived.
My Aunt T had been telling me for months to come back to the house on Blair Street and to take whatever I wanted. I didn't want to do this while she was still able to visit the house - it seemed wrong somehow to do so...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-03-25 20:40:37
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 46 |
# Comments: 2 | Tags:
Blair Street Epilogue
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
A Weekend Visit with My Granddaughter & Hope Sprin
|
I just had an overnight visit with my oldest granddaughter who is home from treatment for the weekend.
It seems like she changes from weekend to weekend. At 11, she is becoming a young woman and the changes are remarkable. She definitely is thinner, probably a side effect...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-02-16 12:13:46
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 42 |
# Comments: 1 | Tags:
children's mental health; a good visit; hope
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Dreams of Blair Street
|
Last night I dreamed I was back on Blair Street again.
I was standing in the living room of the old house; I noticed the glass ceiling lamp shade I had taken home with me had more parts I had missed, and that the living room had been separated from the middle room by a poorly...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-02-12 08:23:17
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 37 |
# Comments: 1 | Tags:
Dreams; blair street; can't let go.
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
I'm Back!
|
Hello my Thoughts Friends! I'm happy to say that I am back up and at 'em, and feeling good and feisty. My stay in the hospital was a real pain and I was quite a sick pup for awhile, but am feeling much better now! My thanks to all of you who prayed for me, at Rajah's...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-02-11 14:07:26
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 41 |
# Comments: 4 | Tags:
Good Stuff
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
My Beacon of Light - Blair Street Stories (FINAL)
|
LAST OF SERIES
I suppose we all have someone who has been an inspiration to us. The one person in the world we never lets us down, never judges us, never stops loving us. For me, that was my Aunt T.
My Aunt T was the oldest of what I believe were 8 children, six of which were girls....
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-25 16:08:44
Average Rating: |
Views: 54 |
# Comments: 4 | Tags:
FINAL BLAIR STREET STORY; PLEASE RATE
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Catharsis
|
Last night was hard.
I finally finished "The Original Blair Street Girl," which tells the story of my mother and her battle with depression and how it affected us all. This was the entry that I had dreaded the most and had the hardest time composing. Any of you who choose...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-24 13:30:34
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 53 |
# Comments: 3 | Tags:
blair street series
depression
memorines
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
The Original Blair Street Girl
|
She was the only one of the original Blair Street children to be born in the house and the only one who did not die there. She was the lone girl in a family with 3 brothers. She was quite possibly the most beautiful woman I've ever seen - alabaster skin, blue eyes and thick chestnut...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-23 22:10:33
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 71 |
# Comments: 3 | Tags:
Blair Street Series
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
My husband has decided he can quit his job... Explicit Content
|
I'm back to work and feeling sassy!
The bastards have been unusually nice - I've either scared them or they are showing untraditional signs of humanity, in which case it's about time since we work fo
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-23 08:23:00
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 46 |
# Comments: 2 | Tags:
husbands
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Watch Out!
|
I'm usually a fairly laid back person. I try not to judge others. I try to understand each individual's circumstances before I form an opinion. I tend to go by the philosopy that "we don't know what we'd do unless we walked in that person's shoes."
I have an exception to...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-21 18:33:51
Average Rating: |
Views: 54 |
# Comments: 4 | Tags:
No Excuses!
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Thanks for the prayers & Goal Report
|
Hi, All. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. The pain is still with me but is not as bad as 2 days ago, so progress is with me! I'm grateful to be home and will do what I can to avoid surgery!
I can't stand laying in bed anymore, so I'm up to look through thoughts....
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-17 10:59:18
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 38 |
# Comments: 2 | Tags:
Thanks and goals
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
To Rajah
|
Funny how things go. You live your life and you never really "see" people - as they are, as they were, whether they've changed, who they've become.
I blog a lot about the part of my family that is no longer with me. Today, I'd like to blog about someone who is.
Late in...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-14 13:32:03
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 48 |
# Comments: 3 | Tags:
Daughter
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Daily Progress Report - Days 11-13
|
Good morning!
Well, it's been 13 days since I took my last pain pill for my back. My energy is up significantly; unfortunately, so is the pain. Now that the meds have cleared my system, I have a pretty good idea of what I've been masking for the past two + years. But...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-14 08:16:41
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 29 |
# Comments: 1 | Tags:
daily goals
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Can We Ever Go Home Again?
|
I go to sleep, and in my dreams
I see the long narrow sidewalk.
The sidewalk that leads
to a life long past, one I can only dream about.
Rosebushes of my grandmother's time
burst forth with fragile buds.
And the lilac tree to the left of me
rises fragrant, toward the sun.
Looking...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-11 18:20:38
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 33 |
# Comments: 0 | Tags:
Missing Blair Street
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Daily Goals Progress - Day 10
|
Okay, gang. It's day 10. Progress - not so good.
I haven't slept since I took my last pain pill, so I am really, really tired. And when I'm tired and feeling rotten, I treat myself with sugary goodies (old habits are hard to break)!
I'm trying to be as reasonable as I...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-10 15:48:18
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 37 |
# Comments: 2 | Tags:
Daily Goals Report
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Blair Street Stories - Generations of Caring
|
I never knew my Uncle Jack. He died long before I was born. My mother was only six years old at the time.
One day my Uncle Jack went off to play baseball with his friends. He was in the outfield when the ball, hit by a pal with a wish for a home...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-10 15:41:29
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 33 |
# Comments: 2 | Tags:
Blair Street Stories
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Daily Goals Progress - Days 5-9
|
Okay, I know it's been a while since I reported, BUT, I am pleased to say that I have continued on track with my goals! I haven't lost anymore wait so far since the initial 3.5 pounds, but I haven't gained any! Sugar intake is lower as is caffeine. And that...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-09 11:45:15
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 44 |
# Comments: 4 | Tags:
Goal Report
|
| Blog Entry |
|
|
Day 4 Goals
|
Report on Day 3: I managed to meet all of my Day 3 goals yesterday! Sugar intake is much lower, but I can't in all honesty say it's "nonexistent." But I'm pleased! And, in days 1-3 I actually managed to drop 3.5 pounds! (As you can see, I was really going overboard...
|
| Read More |
Posted by:
blairstreetgirl on 2008-01-04 08:18:56
Average Rating: No Rating |
Views: 44 |
# Comments: 3 | Tags:
Goals Day 4
|
|
|
