My Inner Life
I have not spent much of my life contemplating.
I have always been a doer.
I just plunge headlong
and let the chips fall where they may.
Tired of high school-graduate early.
Tired of college? Graduate early.
(Getting good grades along the way, mind you).
Want to get married?
Go ahead-no job, no money-oh well!
Want a baby two years later?
Get pregnant,
even though you have no health insurance.
Need to work full time
to help hubby support the baby?
Take the first job that's offered.
The good news is-it all worked out.
By deciding to graduate early from college,
I had to go to summer school.
Guess who I met while there?
My husband of 24 years and counting,
thank-you very much!
That baby was the first of 4 kids.
The job provided a stable income
and a down-payment on a house,
before I got laid off after nine years.
I kind of floundered around for several years
after the layoff-working a part time job
then a full time job;
never staying at a job more than two and a half years.
Always trying to decide if I really should stay home
and if I did, how we'd pay for it.
I finally got my Master's degree,
and love my job.
I am also old enough to appreciate good benefits!
I am not
the most confident person in the world.
I hurt in deep places
when my children say unkind things to me
and when my husband never responds that he loves me too.
Although my husband sends me E-Cards that say
I Love You,
and brings me flowers for no reason.
And, yes, that counts!
I have only a few friends-
and they're all at work.
I have no life outside of work.
I stopped going to church
when the priest left me cold,
and I haven't worked up the energy to find another church.
My husband works nights and weekends,
so our social life is zero.
He's so tired anymore
we rarely go out together.
I don't feel confident enough
to go places on my own
(except the mall-I'm talking about church dinners
and other social gatherings).
I have some beliefs I hold close-
and my kids make fun of them,
but they are mine.
I don't read horoscopes.
I don't get involved with fortune-telling
and anything that is not Christian.
I believe in helping people.
I have worked in customer service
most of my life-either in health insurance
or medical equipment rentals and sales.
When I got burnt out on that,
I went back to school and got the Master's.
While in school, I helped lead a Sunday Service
at a retirement home,
then worked in recreation therapy
in a nursing home.
My work now helps people,
but in a long term capacity,
in that the research we conduct
affects policy and sometimes even laws.
I wish I could adopt every child I see on photo listings.
My husband however is burnt on adoption
( the reason why he won't adopt again ).
I always wanted 10 kids-some by birth and
some by adoption.
We should have started adopting
earlier in life
and when our other kids
were too young to object.
I still would like another one
and I remind my husband every few months.
Our kids (except the one who was adopted)
are burnt on adoption for the same reason
as my husband, and would
never accept another child.
We are still young enough
to adopt once these kids leave home.
To help others to adopt, I make myself available as a resource.
I enjoy encouraging others on their journey.
We have two cats .
I feed the two that sleep
on our steps outside too
(I wish I could catch them and get them to the no kill shelter.)
Spiritual Journey - Part II
Life Could Be... My Journey Continues
Some things that are important to me...
My Dream-A Log Cabin
Good Poems to Enjoy!
I Want to be Six Again
The Dash
Tears An Original Poem
Sonya's Graduation
An Original Poem Written in Honor of Sonya's High School Graduation
The Graduate
Another original poem honoring my daughter, Lara, as she graduated from college
My Biggest Challenge Right Now
Raising a Teen with Fetal Alcohol Effect...
LEGAL STUFF Copyright 2000, 2001
Jean Marie Wilson
Written Text Cannot
be Reprinted Without Permission.
Must be referenced in all documents
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My Web Pages
This page has links to my other pages.
I have pages on adoption, travel
(including links to live cam shots of various places,
like Yosemite and Geneva, Switzerland),
education, my family and children (pictures included)
my cats (more pictures),
cooking,
and my herb garden.
Please check them out, and enjoy!
View Old Guestbook
If the above Guestbook does not work, try this one.
I adopted this angel in honor of my mother,
Olga Sobolowski Morris Milligan,
who died October, 1982 from Breast Cancer.
If your doctor tells you that you have cystic breasts,
because cystic breasts hurt, and breast cancer doesn't,
run to another doctor.
That advice cost my mother her life
at the age of 52.
If you want a Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Ribbon for your page,
click on the Pink Ribbon above, or HERE
Angel Bug's Place
I "adopted" these butterflies
because I love butterflies!
Some graphics from Graphics by Shawna
I am a member of Misker's Den and,
as a sign of the friendship of the Den,
Teresa sent me this globe.
Email me at [email protected].
Since I have done a little foster parenting,
I think this is a great idea.
Support The Teardrop Project
These angels are in remembrance of children
who have died from neglect or abuse.
Please visit the site below,
and learn about child murders
and what you can do to make a small, but important, difference.
PLEASE TAKE A CANDLE AND ALLOW IT
TO BURN FOR ALL THE MISSING CHILDREN
An Original Poem Written in Honor of Sonya's High School Graduation
Another original poem honoring my daughter, Lara, as she graduated from college
My Biggest Challenge Right Now
Raising a Teen with Fetal Alcohol Effect...LEGAL STUFF Copyright 2000, 2001
Jean Marie Wilson
Written Text Cannot
be Reprinted Without Permission.
Must be referenced in all documents
My Web Pages
This page has links to my other pages.
I have pages on adoption, travel
(including links to live cam shots of various places,
like Yosemite and Geneva, Switzerland),
education, my family and children (pictures included)
my cats (more pictures),
cooking,
and my herb garden.
Please check them out, and enjoy!
If the above Guestbook does not work, try this one.
I adopted this angel in honor of my mother,
Olga Sobolowski Morris Milligan,
who died October, 1982 from Breast Cancer.
If your doctor tells you that you have cystic breasts,
because cystic breasts hurt, and breast cancer doesn't,
run to another doctor.
That advice cost my mother her life
at the age of 52.
If you want a Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Ribbon for your page,
click on the Pink Ribbon above, or HERE
Angel Bug's Place
I "adopted" these butterflies
because I love butterflies!
Some graphics from Graphics by Shawna
I am a member of Misker's Den and,
as a sign of the friendship of the Den,
Teresa sent me this globe.
Email me at [email protected].
Since I have done a little foster parenting,
I think this is a great idea.
Support The Teardrop Project
These angels are in remembrance of children
who have died from neglect or abuse.
Please visit the site below,
and learn about child murders
and what you can do to make a small, but important, difference.
PLEASE TAKE A CANDLE AND ALLOW IT TO BURN FOR ALL THE MISSING CHILDREN