Chix Chat

From: Michele
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:09 AM
Subject: Gram’s getting the VIP treatment at the Pearly Gates!

Hi Anne

Well, as you probably know by now, my Gram did pass away early Saturday night (around 2:30).  My aunt Mel and two of my cousins, Beth (who is a nurse) and Hope were with her at the time.  She was 88.  She died peacefully, what we all had been hoping and praying for.  I’m sad and I know I’ll miss her, but I also know that she is with God now, and she is happy.  I feel peaceful about it.  Those last few days in the hospital, I could just feel God’s presence so strongly.  It’s times like this when I wonder how in the world could someone not believe in God?  Thank you so much for your prayers and support.  Even though we only known each other for a few months, you’ve been such a great friend!

Thanks for the pic of Ray.  He isn’t a bad looking man.  Too bad he turned out to be a ….well, a loser.  Yes, if you could scan that pic of Darrell and send it to me that would be great!  Who cares if you can really see his baldness?  I find (some!) bald men to be sexy!  That’s wild about Ray and Darrell having the same birthday.  Too bad Ray wasn’t the one who was married and Darrell was the one who was single and persuing you.  Didn’t you say that Darrell was a Christian?  When was the last time you saw him?

Thank you for keeping the situation about my book on your prayer list.  As you can imagine, I’ve put that on the back burner for the moment.  When I feel I’m up to it, I’ll send out my next query letter.  I know there will be times when I’ll get very frustrated, and I’ll just want to give up, but I also know I just need to hang in there!

How’s Sara holding up?  You’re right when you said that most jobs have good and bad qualities.  No job is "perfect".  Hell, if there was, everyone would be applying for it!  I think it also has a lot to do with a person’s attitude towards a job.  And it is true that you have to "give a little to get a little."   I hope Sara takes your advice.  I can understand her resistance, though.  Speaking on behalf of "older siblings" everywhere, sometimes it’s difficult to take the advice of the "lowly younger siblings". .  Sometimes when Danielle tries to tell me something, deep down I’ll know she’s right, but I still bark, "You just don’t understand!"  Then when I’ve cooled down, I’ll admit that she was right.

Speaking of giving a little and getting a little, I was thinking about that rude lady with the invitations.  I don’t know about you, but for me the nicer someone is to me, the more I want to help them.  When a person is rude and impatient and demanding, I just want to get rid of him or her but if they’re nice and patient and appreciative, it makes me want to go out of my way to help him or her.  I don’t know what people think they have to gain by being nasty.  Is it some sort of twisted power trip?  And in the end the nice people are the ones that are treated better!

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tv show- Rock & Roll Jeopardy!

movie- She’s Out Of Control (thought Dance Til Dawn was cute)

song- Money For Nothing (I want my, I want my, I want my MTV!)

cd- Dire Straits- Brothers In Arms

funny moment- from The Golden Girls.  Blanche  wanted to take a stab at writing.  She walks into the kitchen one morning, holding a stack of notebooks.  It is obvious that she hasn’t had a wink of sleep in a very long time.  She is babbling on and on and she mentions something about her being a tortured soul like Van Gogh.  Dorothy says, "Blanche, Van Gogh was a painter."  Blanche says, "It doesn’t matter.  We’re all artists.  Maybe I’ll cut off my hair like he did."  Dorothy says, "Blanche, he cut off his ear!"  Blanche seriously ponders over this for a few seconds, then dismisses it, saying, "I have too many earrings."

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new questions answered

do I use the term Whoo-Hoo a lot?-  Ever since I started e-mailing you, yes!  Whoo-Hoo!  Yee-Haw!  Yahoo! (giggle) 

 > Have you ever been stung by a bee? I was stung by a yellow jacket when I was about four - I was swinging on my little old metal swing set, and apparently I upset it. ("Woo hoo" was not the phrase I used!) Oh my gosh, the same thing happened to me!!! But I was older than four, I was about eight.  And I had been stung by bees a couple more times since then.

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> Has a bee or wasp landed on you and not stung you? No
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> Ever had stitches for a cut? No,
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> Every been attacked or chased by an animal? No, but I would like too- I mean after all isn’t a man considered an animal? (lol)
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new questions

are you a person who cries in front of everyone or are you more of a "private crier?"- I’m more of a private crier.  I know I’m going to cry at my Gram’s funeral, but I think I’ll save my deepest tears for when I’m alone.

do you and Sara do a lot of things together- Me and Danielle do a lot together.  We’ll go to the mall or the movies.  We’ll go to Barnes & Noble just to "hang out".

do you "doodle"?- yes, all the margins of my notebooks for my books and stories have little drawings in them.  Hearts and cubes are my specialites!

do you consider yourself a "people person"?-  no, and sometimes I was I was!
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Well, that’s all for now.  I probably won’t be able to write back until Wednesday.  Thanks again for your support!  Take care, and God bless!

Michele