I want to take this one diary to say “Happy Birthday” to Tracy. She has had to endure much in her life. When she started to speak out with us, a long time ago, over on the orange, I knew she was special. Her heart is in the right place always. Her struggles in her personal life have been tremendous!!!!..to say the least. For all these struggles, she has grown to become stronger than most.
I salute you, Tracy. You are one of my hero’s here. Lots of great things to come in your life. Stay true to who you are and I personally am so fortunate to have gotten to know you.
Best wishes for a special lady on her special day.
HUGS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
DEAR TRACY,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU…..and many, many more….
I’m glad I clicked on your diary Brenda. I was expecting a diary on veterans but am very happy to second your birthday wishes for Tracy and the sentiments you mentioned.
Happy Birthday Tracy and I hope you have many more birthdays that bring you joy and peace.
from the meetup diary, it’s more appropriate here.
Happy Birthday Tracy!!
Nice tribute, Brenda!
and many, many more to come.
peace dear lady, may it accompany you and yours always.
wado
ps. Tracy, I’ll be back at the swamp to close things out the end of this week. Let’s have a cup of coffee.
I will email you and we can meet up and share a cuppa. I will bring my little man too who is out of school now for the year. Wish I could get my teenager to agree but we adults fall so short of being functional that it is hard spending too much time around us. If my husband can come I know that he will also!
OUTSTAND’N….HOOOOOOOOOOO LAAAAAAAAAAWWD
Bring them all, we’ll have some grub…; )
LOL..it will be a pleasure, and hopefully your husband can join, that will be wonderful.
See ya soon
peace
Happy Birthday Tracy!
I brought the cake
Thanks maryb…ej brought the ballons and you brought the cake…now we really are ready for her party….;o)
I have been trying this evening to ger her in here…am playing tag it seems…;o)
They made me a Death By Chocolate cake. My husband also made T-bone steaks, salad, and fresh corn on the cob that he even had to shuck.
you had a good excuse for being late for your own party 🙂
It sounds like a great birthday dinner.
thankfully! And a new leather wallet.
…and what with the Y membership, you are thinking of getting more exercise than what you already do now???!!! :o)
right now. This asthma thing really snuck up on me. I never had what could be termed an asthma attack, but I stopped challenging myself physically as my breathing became more and more restricted. My allergies were so bad last month I went to the ENT. He gave me the once over and said that I was a mess. He put me on prednisone for five days which I only took for a 24 hour period because I hate it! He also put me on Singular at night, Clarinex during the day, and Nasonex. Two weeks later he gave me a breathing test and I still tested that had 25% blockage so last week I started Advair…what a difference the past three or four days have been. I never realized how easily fatigued I got all the time. It happened so gradually over a two year period of time after moving here. When I took my son to San Antonio for his last surgery was when I noticed how horrible my allergies had become. I’m so glad that I was the one who took him this last time so that I could get away from everything that was irritating me and realize how crappy I was doing.
I totally missed your diary while I was researching and writing my Haditha diary today. I don’t know what to say accept wow, ummmm errrr gee, I’m sort of wordless! I hope you know how much your friendship has meant to me this past year. Another soldier from another war and also a woman, you have understood so completely the vast gray area surrounding everything that our military families are facing right now. You know all of the horrors and the long hours and all of the tears and all of the fears and all of the prayers. I love you very very much and hope some day soon we can hug each other in person. I miss Sallycat lots too right now, and I hope that she is doing well and knows that I carry her in my heart and in all of my meditations! Thank you Brenda….thanks so so much for sharing all of your knowledge, your giant life experience, all of your love, and above for sharing YOU!
Well, Tracy, Dear Heart, you deserve this and much more. I am so glad your hubby gave you a special day. One that you will always remember.
My heart goes out to you with your wonderful family on this day of yet another day older…
We women of the corps stand together…now don’t we…:o)
Love goes out to you on this day, by so many.
Many happy returns on your special day…and yes someday, we will meet, that I am very sure of…hugs
NOW LET THE PARTY BEGIN….THE SPECIAL PERSON IS HERE….
about you and love you anyhow. I have been well loved here. From the first moment when just about all I could type was Fuck, up to today….where I have worked my way up to full sentences and I can even spit out the occasional paragraph and not even have to use the “F” word in the whole thing.
Hell, Tracy, It don’t mean fucking nothing! That is just the way it is…don’t ya know…;o) See, there, I can talk like that too..once one gets on with things one can seriously write. You are a prolific writer…God bless your little heart…:o)
Do not change a thing, I like you the way you are….honest an sincere…
Happy birthday Tracy! I wish all the best for you and your family :o)
Tracy, I said it yesterday and I’ll say it again today…
Happy Birthday!!
I consider you my sister, if that’s alright with you. And like a few others here that I’m especially taken with, I think about you and your family much. Hoping all good blessings for you and yours :o)
I know you have chosen a life of love, rich with connectedness over one that could have been termed “easier”. I carry you in my heart. Some people infrequently touch that place within them that contains their greatness and some people spend a lot of time living in that place and the challenge that that can sometimes pose!
Tracy I hope you had a wonderful b’day. I don’t think Brenda could have said it any better, or yea, what Brenda said. 🙂
Happy Birthday and many many more.
D’oh…
Happy Belated B-Day Tracy. Glad to hear it was a nice day. I just want to take a moment to thank you for sharing your own unique perspective as both a military wife and a mother of a diabled child. You really have opened my eyes in ways I never expected. Thank you and here’s to many more years!