Growing Bolder Community

This is a follow up post from my last one I did on my son that died in a motorcycle crash last week. The chain of events are just too horrifing for anyone to deal with. As many know when a rider dies in a crash other riders show up at the funeral and ride in the funeral procession to show respect and love. My son CJ & Kenny have another friend Anthony who's mom is a biker who knew Kenny and got a...

My heart is heavy and broken.This morning we lost our adopted son to a motorcycle accident.He entered our family a few years ago as a lost young man who was my son's best friend. He wanted to finish out high school At Lyman High with our son & friends so we invited Kenny to live with us.As his family moved to another town . Trust me with two teenage boys it was a challange. Kenny settled in and...

I can't begin to express my sadness as to the news of the destruction of that magnificent old tree.....The Senator.... located in Big Tree Park off of 1792 in Seminole County.I have lived here since 1959 and it was the first place my family went to visit .It was 3,500 years old and was one of 3 oldest trees in the united states. It is suspected arson. I can't understand why someone would want to...

What time is it ?It’s time to give up my life as I know it and go quietly to the nursing home.We enter through the big glass doors and I see strange people in wheel chairs, people wearing scrubs and one man moaning .These sights scare me, I want to go home.One lady approaches me and says “Welcome to your new homeCome lets see your new room.”I was put in a wheelchair and taken down a long...

Once again the strange and mysterious has come back to haunt me.Yesterday morning I was getting ready for work about to brush my teeth when I heard something running. I couldn't put my finger on what it was so I went out to investigate the noise. It almost sounded like water running. My hubby had gone fishing that afternoon so I was thinking he hadn't turned the water off after rinsing the salt...

The other day after nagging for a few days my son got around to cleaning out the spare closet that belonged to my mom . He and my hubby use it to store rc plane parts in it, but I knew some where there was a box of pictures that belonged to my mom and I wanted to share them with my neice as alot of them had my sister and the rest of her family in them .He came out with the box and a couple of...

With Fathers Day here I thought I'd share some of my memories of my Dad.He left my mom and I when I was just eight or nine years old.I remember the night very well,Mom was ironing my uniformfor school the next day using her walker to steady her.Dad asked if I would like to go with him for a ride...Mom spoke up and said"Tom this is a school night no she can't go".He gave me a kiss and told me to...

I am finding it very hard to find things to buy that doesn't contain loads of sugar in it.I read every lable befor I purchase anything and to my suprise just about everything has it in it. Can you tell me why they have to put sugar in frozen brocoli?I never put it in my fresh when I cook it and it tastes just fine.Take yogurt for instance,the better the yogurt is for you the more sugar they put in...

This was one happy day for me. My doctors appointment went fantastic,this is the first time I didn't get chewed out,I got a hug and a congrats! Last weigh in at her office I was at 200lbs....today I was at 161 lbs. The weight loss has put all my labs in normal range and my blood sugars are lower than they have ever been, It was 67 this morning...Big decrease as they were running in the high...

I'm betting that no one reading this looks forward to having lab work done...I'm no exception! Besides my mothers big backside she also gave me her veins..small,deep and seem to disappear when being stuck. This morning was a nightmare. I got to the lab just as it was opening. Waited about ten minutes and was called in.The girl didn't look too smart but I gave her the benifit and went with her to...