mtnrd, unfortunately it doesn't work that way as there's no way of telling what kind of luck you'd've had if you remembered...or the kind of luck we'd have if we'd forgotten. Certainly June and into July was most unlucky for us for DH's issues...and then again most lucky as he survived them. As I said before, my Mom was convinced it only helped her find good parking spots...

The full story: Decades ago we went to Hawaii and I, against all better advice, took home a piece of lava off the Big Island which was said to anger Pele and she would bring on all kinds of evil. When I got home, one after the other, bad things were befalling members of my family...broken leg, surgery, etc. So then I started saying "Pele Pele rabbit rabbit" as a way to keep her happy, and it generally seemed to work. Now, DH has been in the hospital several days and finally came home on 10/31. So I told him to be sure to say rabbit rabbit. He says he did before he started moaning in pain. I, having had only about 4 hours sleep over the last 3 days managed to say "Rabbit rabbit" then remembered Pele and said "Pele Pele" after that, so she wasn't first on the list. Uh Oh. Well, last night she got me back. Last night, I had a glass of wine (I'm not supposed to be drinking because of my health issues) and managed to fall asleep on the couch. Woke up about 9:30 and went to bed and went right back to sleep. Then at midnight, I wake up to this high-pitched alarm. I run to DH thinking it's his cpap and he's stopped breathing! I get in his room and he's up saying, "What the h@ll is that!" I check the alarm system and it's the waterbug under the refrigerator. I try to stop the alarm and sort of manage. So then the two of us are in the kitchen trying to look under the fridge to see if anything is wet. We then struggle to figure out how to move the darn thing...pry bars and wood and such. The alarm co. calls us to tell us we have an alarm (thank you so much). We finally move the fridge out (Oy! The dust!) I'm digging around back there and the water bug is completely dry! The alarm went off for no reason! I'm reading the alarm manual and somehow figure out how to do a bypass for the unit on the system and I think I finally managed. Finally, back to bed. After a few hours, I was finally able to get to sleep again. Hooray! We'll call the alarm people today and have them fix it. As I'm cleaning up the dust behind the fridge at 5:30 this a.m. it dawns on me: Pele was punishing me for not putting her first! Yes, I hear you Pele!

"Luck" of the draw 😉 the tornado could have landed on house, someone could have been in a car accident... It really could have been worse!!!! My child will get there. It's what we all suffer, and grow from. I'd rather they experience it, they'll grow from it. If you don't experience it, you don't live!!!

I was up watching the Thin Man movies, woke DH up at 11:45pm. We watched the ball dropped then said our stuff...then heard fireworks at our neighbors and watched them go off while I rang my Tibetan cow bell and shouted Happy New Year!! Please oh please, may 2022 be an easier year on us than either of the prior two...and if not, may we find the resilience and strength to survive to see 2022 out as we have with 2021.