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I was asked to give thanks at a recent family reunion and I couldn’t think of anything better to give thanks for than my Mom:  I think I speak for each and every person in this room.We would like to give thanks to our mothers and fathers for all they have given us in life. I especially want to thank my Mother and Father for teaching us to do what is right in life, to love each other as a family above all else.  My parent’s especially have taught me not to let outside forces ever interfere with my family coming first.  As we have fought many battle in our lives we have overcome and it was through the love and respect that our parents had for each other and taught us to have for each other,. Teaching us not only by their words, but their examples.  I only hope I can be as good of an example to my kids as my parents have been to me.  I also hope that I can always live up to the expectations of my parents, and to do what is right above all else, and put my family first.

We are all gathered here because of the love of our parents and their parents, and so forth.  We share a common bond that is only known in families who love and respect each other above all else.

Many of us here have lost our parents, children, sisters, and brothers and would give anything in the world to have even one more moment with them to tell them how much we love them.  I am one who is lucky enough to still have my parents here.  I treasure every moment I can spend with them, Time is something you can never get back, so in our busy lives we need to take time everyday to tell the ones we love how much they mean to us and to give them, as they have given to us, the gift of our time, because at the end of the day all that matters is our family. 

Thank you all and above all I want to thank my Mother, I love her more than life itself, she has given unselfishly, she has put her family above all else and if ever there were an angel on earth it is my Mother.  I love you Mom. 

Life is so hard at times, your teen years of adolescence, your years of first loves, then off to college, leaving your Mom and Dad and other members of your family.  Out into the world at such a young age.  Then there you are parents yourselves eventually, and loving and raising you kids and realizing “Mom actually knew what she was talking about”. 

Then there are the empty nesters, whose kids have moved on with their lives you see them when you can, you have an empty feeling, and the house feels really strange without all the kids and their friends.  You get used to it and get a routine, and then the kids come back home for some reason, maybe stay a few months.  Yet I am glad they can always come home, that is how I want it to be. 

Many people say “Life begins after 40″.  I don’t know what the heck they are talking about.  Life is the hardest after 40 to me, reading glasses, kids leave home, trying to figure out what to do with your time that you never had before, and then there are the aging parents. 

I worry about my kids making the right decisions and going down the right path in life, and in the next thought I worry about the health of my parents, whether they will get senile, and I will have to deal with that in a gentle way.  Whether one passes away before the other and how the one left will deal with the loss.  I worry about them falling, or forgetting things that are important like something cooking on the stove and they catch something on fire.  I am the one left to care for them, as my sister and brother don’t live in the same town.  Yet I know I am glad I am here for them.  My Mother tells me every day that she doesn’t know what she would do without me.  I love her so very much; she is an angel on earth.

I worry, I worry, I worry, I guess that is what I do because I love so deeply.  I worry about my kid’s happiness and my parents aging.  

I guess that is “The Circle of Life“.

I guess I have actually been with him more than half of his life. 26 years of marriage, and he is 50. And they said it would never last. lol

I have made many contacts through my journey of affiliate marketing.  I have met people from all over the World, from different backgrounds, and different cultures.  Each person has their own voice, their own opinion, and their own lifestyle.  I have made contact with a very nice young man whom I will meet in Boston next month.  He has a lot to say about his opinions and his lifestyle on his website.

I feel lucky to get to meet people from all over the world from every walk of life, we are all different, we all have our opinions, our lifestyles, etc.  but we all have one thing in common, “We are all people”.  

My Favorite Video about Dating Services.

I Laugh everytime I watch it !

Tell Someone ! Please ! It is so important not to let the bully control you. You take control, tell a parent, a sibling, a friend. You have the right to be safe from this abuse.

I am MAD. I can’t put into words the feeling I get to hear of bullies and abuse. It has happened to too many people in my world, and it is ruining the lives of the people I love. I won’t allow this to happen anymore, I am taking a stand against this. Two of the most important women in my life are victims of relationship abuse, and it has affected everyone in their families.

If you have a Daughter, Sister, Friend, or Mother that you think might be in an abusive relationship, please visit:

I will be going to the Affiliate Summit, in Las Vegas in February. One reason I mention this, last July I went to the Affiliate Summit in Miami.

My Sister went with me, and when we got off the airplane and started to get a taxi, I heard the man behind me tell his cab driver he was going to the same hotel we were. I don’t usually do this but I guess I wasn’t being myself…(sometimes, I am over cautious), I asked the man if he wanted to share a cab. “My thinking was I need to save as much money as I can, since I am not working at a regular job at the moment.” We could split the cab fare.

This was one of the nicest men I had ever met. Turns out he was going to the Affiliate Summit, and was working with www.match.com. He was so helpful. When we saw him at one of the social events, he introduced us to some of his clients. It was good to see a familar face at the event, being I am new at this business, and know no one.

All I can say is match.com is lucky to have such a nice man representing them. Hope I get to see you in Las Vegas.

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