SOUP FOR THE SOUL
Written at 8:03 a.m. on 2004-09-07

RELAXING, THAT IS ALL I FOUND MYSELF DOING THIS WEEKEND.....I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!

SATURDAY SCOOBY AND I JUST LAYED AROUND THE HOUSE,WATCHING T.V. I MADE ONE OF MY MOMS FAVORITES SOUPS(HAM&CAB)SINCE SHE AS BEEN GONE,I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO INJOY HER COOKING. SO I FIGURED I WOULD MAKE IT MY SELF. AFTER ALL THE CUTTING WAS DONE,I THREW IT IN THE POT,SCOOBY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID...MOM THAT DON'T LOOK SO GOOD,I TOLD HER TO GIVE IT TIME(IT WAS NOT LOOKING SO PROMISING TO ME)ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT MY MOM COULD NOT HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB HER SELF(IT WAS GREAT!!!)

I THINK IT'S WEIRD HOW A FLAVORE IN YOUR MOUTH CAN BRING BACK SO WONDERFUL MOMORYS.I FOUND MY SELF BACK IN TIME,SITTING WITH MY MOTHER AT THE KITCHEN TABLE TALKING ABOUT LIFE.....WELL THAT DAY DREAM CAME TO A END REAL FAST!!!

!!!!!!!!!!MOM THIS STUFF STINKS!!!!!!!!

WELL I HAVE TO ADMIT CABBAGE DOES NOT LET OFF THE BEST SMELL.

I ALSO FIGURED SINCE I HAD ALL THIS TIME TO MY SELF,I SHOULD TRY TO GET READY FOR THE WALK I AM DOING ON SEP,12(THE AMERICAN HEART WALK)I FOUND MYSELF READY TO DO SOMTHING. I KNOW I CAN NOT CURE HEART DEASE,BUT I CAN HELP. I RAISE MONEY FOR HEART RESEARCH, I DID PRETTY GOOD,BUT I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER!!! I AM WALKING FOR MY MOM WHO I LOST ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO,AND BOTH OF MY GRANDFATHERS THAT PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,AND THE MILLIONS OF OTHERS THAT HAVE PASSED, AND THE MILLION THAT WILL LOSE THE BALLTE THIS YEAR AND YEARS TO COME....

ON SUNDAY,I HEARD FROM MY LOVE,HE WANTED TO LET ME KNOW HE WAS NO GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO ME FOR A WILE.THEY ARE SENDING HIM FURTHER SOUTH:( WELL THEY SAY... ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT. I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY CHRISTMAS WILL BE EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR (WITH HIM IN MY ARMS)

MY COUSIN I ALREADY PLANNING THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.I GUESS SHE SEES IT THE SAME WAY I DO,EVERYONE WILL BE IN THE STATES,OR ATLEAST ON THE EAST COAST,FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999... IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE!!!!!

WELL TA-TA FOR NOW:

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