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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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 Posted - May 27 2008 : 05:34:00 AM
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I just found one of my cousins. We used to be pretty close in my childhood and then life went on...yada, yada...
Well, Sunday I called her (we'd been talking a bit here and there) and she told me a LOT about her/our family and the pieces all came together!
NOW I understand why I have such a *bleeped* up family!! We are flat out of our minds...well, almost anyway! Maybe it HAS been a good thing that my family and I kept our distance for years and I grew up not knowing them very well.
Holy smokes...my family is extremely well educated (Doctor's and attorneys and things like that) but in the Life department...we're something else.
I drive down the highway and just have to shake my head to rid myself of some of the info that my cousin imparted to me. My hubby just sits there and consols (sp?) me.
Life goes on and in 100 years it won't make much difference but Good Grief!! Honestly, if I were to tell you, you'd think I was making it all up. It's better than fiction!
*Gah!*
Winona 
When you lose, don't lose the lesson!!
http://goneriding.wordpress.com/
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - May 27 2008 : 06:16:56 AM
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Ya think we were separated at birth??????
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 27 2008 : 06:17:54 AM
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Winona- I believe ya because my family is just as crazy!! People can't believe when I tell them true things that a family would act like that. I don't have anyone to verify it but I know I am not the crazy one!!
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
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Posted - May 27 2008 : 09:48:25 AM
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I think that there are goofballs in every family. Believe me, I have my share and some in my family may even think that I am goofy! Just go with the flow and enjoy YOUR life friend! Laugh at everything else!
Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter
"What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger"
Farmgirl #152
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - May 27 2008 : 10:10:06 AM
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You have one of those family trees too??? Sometimes I think I am living in a "made-for-tv-movie" because it sure doesn't fit with my sense of what should be reality! Choose your battles or avoid them if you can. =)
Farmgirl #208
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - May 31 2008 : 2:20:48 PM
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A good comparison...you know the family in the TV show, Arrested Development?? Well, we'd make them look NORMAL...hehehe..
Actually, now that I've had a chance to think about it, it makes me sad and I've had some good cries over this. Such a waste.
Winona :-(
When you lose, don't lose the lesson!!
http://goneriding.wordpress.com/
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2008 : 6:04:42 PM
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Well, now you know the rest of the story, Winona, or at least enough of it to let you rest your mind about feeling like the odd one out! Hope your newfound reconnection to your cousin continues, and just maybe, that's all the family you may need?
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2008 : 7:18:44 PM
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Which may be the reason reality shows seem so popular.... Makes our "stuff" not seems so bad LOL....I keep telling myself.. you cannot expect people to give what they aint got......Sometimes "reason" is one of those things.
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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juliet79
True Blue Farmgirl
112 Posts
Heather
Worland
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Jun 02 2008 : 09:58:21 AM
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I think we all have those "days of our lives" moments! But you know what? If everyone were so normal...who would we talk about? Hahahha, just kidding, but honestly, I'm sure we could all get together and laugh over some of the drama life brings us!
What good is pecan pie without the nuts huh? |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 11:53:14 AM
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This is why God picks our family for us! I have plenty that I love because they are my family and I have too. But then I might be the only person who does love them the way they are and we all deserve to be loved. Family; good laughs, good cries. Thank you God for the adventure. 
http://www.bboopster.blogspot.com
3 Blue Star Mother and Proud of it!
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jun 04 2008 : 06:39:33 AM
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| Winona, there's a lot of stuff about my family and the family's of my friends that makes me wonder whether maybe I'd rather not know (incest, suicide, mental illness, that kind of stuff). But if it's the truth, it's best to have that knowledge even though it's painful. I think when you get past being sad, you'll feel like things make more sense now with that missing piece of the puzzle in place. I hope it all settles in for you in a way that helps you. |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 2:50:41 PM
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Wow. I can so relate to this. My family was full of lunatics!!! Sadly, many of them have passed on-- including both of my parents at young ages-- Mom was 47, dad left us 6 years and 10 days later at the age of 54. They divorced when I was only two, so I always had TWO families to deal with. One side (dad's) seemed relatively "normal" (would anyone care to define that word for me?), while the other side was full of crazy half and full-blooded "Portegues!!!" Sigh.... but I loved them all, each-and-every-single-one. Even the ones I didn't (and STILL don't) like.
Like that old saying goes "You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you CAN'T pick your relatives!!!" (although we used to laugh and change that last part saying "You can't pick your FRIEND'S nose!!)
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2008 : 09:08:40 AM
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I believe that my life is a snapshot of the TV show "Everybody Loves Raymond"...except the title would be "Everybody Loves Dusty"...even live RIGHT NEXT DOOR to my in-laws...and oh are they crazy in a good way and dysfunctional in a bad way...guess you just have to take the sweets with the sours...
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
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Posted - Jun 12 2008 : 09:35:32 AM
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My best friend has her phd in psychology and has just retired from practice but anytime I say anything because I'm always thinking it must be me; she tells me...."if you knew how many REALLY crazy people there are out there you would be afraid to go out your door in the morning".....and that's after a lifetime of dealing with them...so.....I take my Rottweiler with me everywhere! LOL! (and actually my Rott doesn't have a mean bone is her body but I always hope that if puch came to shove....)
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