Brenda , what a beautiful thing of you to say that. But I feel the same about my friends here.... Young or old. New or long timer. From GA, TX or any State. We come here and we are all one thing: FAMILY and love our Brugs and share our lives. Hope you have a very blessed Christmas my friend. Lucy

Merry Christmas to all! Wishing you a safe and happy holiday! Fun Christmas gift arrived this morning in Fort Myers. A bald eagle egg hatched at about 10:30 AM! We have an eagle cam and we all got to watch. Now the real fun begins - watching them grow up! If you are interested - Here is a link that might be useful: SWFL Eagle Cam

What a beautiful picture Julia. Hope you have a great holiday season, too.Mine is off to a bad start already. One of my daughters sent me to the eye Doctor to have my eyes checked and fitted for new glasses for Christmas, I have been wearing these I have for at least 10 yrs, and have got to where I cant read the paper with them, so she was going to get me some new ones for Christmas. Well, the eye doctor wouldn't prescribe new glasses. Said I have Cataracts on both eyes,and right one being the worse,and wanted to schedule me to go have them removed right away, I told him not so fast dr,I never rush into anything without thinking it over awhile. He asked me 3 times if I have had a stroke and 3 times I told him no I have not..I guess because I was walking with a cane. don't know, but he sure was fixed on the stroke idea.he has sure scared me to death with this surgery idea. and especially when he says they don't put you to sleep for it,as it only takes about 15 minutes.My daughter was in there listening to him and said later he acts mighty queer to her, like he might be on some thing. I have no idea, but, I want to ask questions about any surgery on my eyes before anything is done.he did tell me I could go blind if its not done,and that scares me even more,as all I think about now is spring and seeing my daylily blooms again and being on the forum to see every one elses, too. Have a very merry Christmas Julia and a happy new year. Jean

I so agree with lone piper....When i first started seeing my SO, I had a question why he waits so long for me to meet his grown kids? And I remember sylvia said: this man lacks commitment for you, didn't recover from his divorce and has no concern for meeting your emotional needs. three years past, things changed but the issue is still there, there is still lack of commitment, still not over his divorce and still disregard of my needs... Sylvia knows what she says...it is tough to listen sometimes... She is great!