Oh how awful!!! I was so sad to hear it burned and mad to think someone did it. Then they said they think it was lightning. That made it a bit more tolerable, but now it seems someone did while doing drugs.

Theresa, I am sorry for your loss; I lost my Mom Feb. 25, 2009. She had been sick for about a year, we expected it, but it doesn't make it any easier to accept that this is forever. I wanted to share a little with you about how I deal with missing my Mom. I went out and bought a journal with her favorite colored paper (purple), and I took her perfume (White Diamonds) and misted the pages a little with it. I take a few minutes each day and write to her about the days events, or how much I missed her, or problems that have came up that only she could have helped me with, or just a happy memory of something we shared, and although I know she is not going to give me the answers I am looking for, sometimes I can see things much clearer when I finish writing. Sometimes, days later, when I go back and read I find myself laughing that I was stressing over "that" whatever "that" might have been. The point I am getting at is the purple paper and her perfume bring me close to her memory and I find myself looking forward to those few minutes I spend remembering the good times, instead of dreading the time the feeling of loneliness is going to set in. Thanks for listening, Lisa

Thanks for posting this. She's certainly an inspiration for this 60-something Grandma!

Quirk, this may seem obvious, but I think most of the people who are in this forum ARE interested in meeting someone they can identify with. Otherwise, why call it a single forum? This is my first day of getting acquainted & reading different postings. I just like to know who I'm talking to. And by the way, I've read a lot of postings talking about on-line dating. Don't tell me there is no interest in meeting someone you can relate to on this forum. If I'm out of line, tell me & I'll stick to the Garden Junk Forum.