Case in point …

First things first … someone needs to deal with my Mother before I do. I’ve mentioned time and again that the woman is bat-shit crazy. And today she gave the world a glimpse of it … but hold that thought …

So on Facebook I have been doing the 30 Days of Thanksgiving. I have to say, I am really enjoying myself. It has been more fulfilling than I thought it would be. I just hope that I don’t run out of things to be thankful for before the end of the month lol. I doubt it but there is always that fear. I encourage you all to give it a try. I’ve seen people do it in years past but never gave it a second thought. But this year it was different for me … I felt compelled to participate … maybe because 2012 has been nothing but kind and challenging and life changing for me. Whatever the reason, I’m glad I started it and I can’t wait to see what I am thankful for each day. No I don’t have a list. I just sit there with my hands on the keyboard and I just start typing, figuring it out word by word each day. At the end of the month I will copy and paste them all into one entry here so that I will have it for future reference.

So back to my Mother … for whatever reason, she decided to take today’s FB Thankful Post out of context. Why? Who knows. I speculate it was jealousy driven … the fact that it wasn’t all about her … the fact that she hates that my world does not revolve solely around her … the list goes on and on. Normally when she has a double meaning comment on a post of mine I call her & we discuss it. Today, I didn’t. I felt that she cheated out the recipients of today’s Thankful Post and she deserved to have everyone base an opinion on her words. I’m kinda sad that no one jumped into it but at the same time I am glad it didn’t turn into a big mess of meaningless drama. I did enjoy pointing out her false assumptions though.

So here is the post … complete with her comments and mine …

Day 6 – Today I am thankful for all the Military Wives I am honored to call friend. It was because of you that I was able to survive being a Military Wife myself and manage to keep some sort of sanity intact through all the years I was an Active Duty Military Wife. Because of all the wonderful role models I had, I was able to pay it forward and pass on everything you had taught me. Because of you,
I was never alone when my husband was deployed or TDY. Because of you I was able to laugh when all I wanted to do was cry. Because of you, I learned to hold my head high and keep on going when everything seemed to be falling apart around me. Because of you, I learned to show pride in my husbands commitment to God and Country, when so few people have the courage to do it themselves. So to each and every Military Wife, past and present, friend, family or foe, I thank you for being you.

A FRIEND: And I thank you for being you! 🙂

MY MOM: so……u didnt need us after all, hummmm.

ME: What do you mean Mom?

MY MOM: u only need ur military wives friends.

ME: That’s not what my post is saying. My post is saying thank you to all the friends I have made as a military wife, thanking the ones who took the time to show me the ropes, especially when we were not living near family. Not once did I imply that they were the only ones who were there for me. If you read my last sentence I thank ALL military wives. Besides, it’s supposed to be common knowledge that family support is much different than that from strangers who turn into friends.

MY MOM: cant live without friends .sorry if i misread ur post,

Why people? Why?

Now to turn the tables …

Day 5’s Thankful Post got a surprise compliment.

Remember last week me talking about meeting people over the internet and how some have turned into life long friends and/or complete strangers becoming a part of your everyday life? Anyway, I have like 150+ people that I have added over the past year strictly for gaming purposes. I have always been adamant that my FB friends list was not a popularity contest to see who could have the most friends. If I didn’t know you in real life, then you had no business being on my friends list. But then all my friends playing the games I did stopped playing. It was becoming difficult to go anywhere in the games. So my MIL convinced me to friend some of her gaming friends. And well to make a long story short, a year later I have increased my friends list by about 150+ people. But they are very friendly people. And people whom I enjoy talking to outside of the games. There’s this one guy in particular – he’s retired Army and that’s about all I know lol. He has some very strong political opinions that he does not mind sharing with all of Facebook also. Anyway, we never talked until we found out we were moving to Kansas. Then he would leave a comment here or there. But really, it’s nothing really to write about lol. Until yesterday …

Let me post Day 5 …

Day 5 – Today I am thankful for my daughter. As most of you know, she is our 1st attempt success at IVF. We came so close to not having her in our lives. I often sit back and try to remember our lives before her and I can’t. I am so very thankful that God lead us to be in the right place, at the right time, at the very last minute. She has brought more joy than I ever thought possible. She has shown me the true meaning of love. I cherish every moment with her (even the hair puling, cause of wine drinking, frustrations she sometimes provides for my entertainment) because I know how precious a gift from God she is.

THE GUY: What a wonderful description of what it means to be a "parent". You enrich my life by your intuitive observations.

THE GUY: And…reinforce my personal observation that there are REALLY go parents (people) out there. Respect.

THE GUY: uh….that was suppose to be "good parents" out there. Has to be Korea…..Land of Almost right! 😉

MIL: She was a precious gift to us as well.. Love our Granddaughter 🙂

A FRIEND: I remember the process of getting her here! She IS such a blessing!

Totally was not expecting basically a complete stranger to pay me such a compliment. But just goes to show that sometimes you luck out with meeting some pretty decent folk on the internet …

And finally – Oh my friggin’ gosh! Facebook has totally gone bananas!!! I had to threaten to block people on my news feed because quite frankly I am embarrassed with some peoples posts. I’m seeing sides of people I never knew existed. And all because of a Presidential Election? Seriously? How about redirect that passion towards helping the people still being affected by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy? Especially when they have another storm system headed towards them again. I’m ashamed to call some of them people my friend!

AND NO I DON’T CARE WHO YOU VOTED FOR. I DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU VOTED FOR. I DON’T CARE WHY YOU VOTED FOR THAT PERSON OR WHY YOU DIDN’T VOTE FOR THE OTHER. I DON’T CARE. I DON’T CARE. I DON’T CARE.

So please don’t leave notes telling me. MKay? Thanks.

Till next time ….