Do I have anything to say?: Blogoversary

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Blogoversary

Updated at 2122...Hey now, I set this post to go at 1912, but it posted right after I wrote it...boo on that one :o( I wonder what happened...oh well, it's fixed now :)

Exactly three years today, on May 22, 2007 at 7:12 PM, I posted on this blog for the first time.

This is what I wrote (it kinda makes me laugh, especially at how short it is...my first few posts WERE really short and now my posts go on and on and on...ha!):
"Okay, so in the past five months, I have opened a myspace account, a facebook account, and now a blog. No wonder I have gained 12 pounds! I haven't quite figured out myspace or facebook, but read a lot of blogs and it looks like something I can do. Of course, I am not really sure I have anything interesting to say, or if anyone would really care, but figure it was worth a try. Anyway, this is the first one. So far so good."

Well, I still have those 12 pounds and then some, have no clue how to access my myspace account, and use fb quite a bit. I still read lots of blogs (even more than I did then!). If I have added correctly, this is my 795th post (not 795 times of having something "interesting to say"...ha!) I can't believe how much has happened in three years. This blog and I, we've been through a lot together! Weddings and funerals, births and deaths, tough times and times of triumph. I have learned so much about myself and have grown in my faith. I have "met" many people who put life into perspective for me, those who choose joy even in the midst of pain, those who bring out the best in me, and love me for who I am. I was hoping that I would have "blog friends", but I never could have guessed that I would also gain "real friends" too. And, one week from today, I'll be landing in the the 'Burgh ready to wrap my arms around one of them :)

Happy three year blogoversary to me...and ALMOST 800 posts! I'll have to figure out something fun for that one :)

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Who's Who

Updated September 2013

I have one sister who is married and has two boys. "A" was born June 2009 and "I" was born March 2012. We are both really close to my parents and have lots of "family dinners".

I wrote a lot about my patients when I first started this blog. Some patients are still growing and thriving, and others have lost their battles.

My first foster placements lived with me from June 2010-September 2011. They were sisters who were 15 and almost 3 when they were placed with me and are now 18 and 5. I called M "the teen" and L "the little one". They live with their mom who still has many issues, but are doing well (ok) and I still have (not enough) contact with them.

My second foster placement came to me September 6, 2012. I call her Zoe and she turned 5 in April. She has cystic fibrosis and has been a patient on my floor at the hospital. The plan is still reunification.

Ivy is a 17-year-old whose mom died just before Thanksgiving. She has a Guardian, but is unable to live with him due to some family issues. She has no other family who is willing/able to take her. She moved in with me the beginning of February. She moved to a group home at the beginning of August as her needs were too great for me with my schedule and having another child with special needs.