[marianne237]

Have been reading the notes posted since I last was here. I have to tell you how much your notes about old homes and new homes at TV have really cheered me up. I'm now in Indiana for my moms funeral. I had been taking care of her full time for a number of years and then the family placed her in assisted living while I was recovering from surgery. She loved it there and wanted to stay put. My husband was anxious to move to Florida for his health. I was really torn and in a lot of conflict...wouldn't all of us be.
Mom never did have the chance to see my Florida house. She loved my sending her pictures of things down here, flowers and green grass when she had winter up there, and shots of places we might visit down here..postcards meant a whole lot to her and I found her favorite ones tacked up on the bulletin board.

Anyway, the point is, she made new friends and new life and I wasn't. I had my FL house and a couple of friends but it still didn't seem right. So, admittedly, there has been some soul searching the last few days, and I now have a feeling that I can make the FL house now a HOME.

I'd really like those who post here that reading some of your notes helps shy people like me feel that there are friends out there that I just haven't met yet.