Archives
4:46:00 PM HST
Feeling Sad
Hearing Green Day
Tragedy In Sumatra
I heard from the families of my 2 friends who lost their lives in the devistating earthquake and tsunami in Asia, where the death toll is now 117,000.
My college friends, Elizabeth and Marni, both medical aid workers, were in Pulau Bangka, on the SE coast of Sumatra when the wave hit. The small island is flattened and desolate. No one survived.
The girls were there delivering much needed medical supplies and food to the villagers there. Fishing hadn't been good there for sometime and the villagers were hungry and sick. My friends gave their lives while trying to help others to safety. Or so the version of the local "Coast Guard" says.
I wish I could remember them more. I have gone through my old photos and I see them, but I don't remember them.
I went to church today and lit a candle for them both. It was the least I could do.
The surf here is getting rougher. Could be what's left over, I'm not sure. I sat on my deck and looked out at the view I so have grown to love and wonderful how something so beautiful could kill.
Well, enough of the depressing stuff.
I go in for the last of my reconstructive surgery next month. Than god!! I've had 9 of these and this is the final one. After this last one, I have been promised to look even better than I used to...LOL. Not that I'm bragging, but when I look at older photos of myself I always think of Julieanne Moore. Only blonde.
That photo of me in the about me box was taken, according to the back, 6 years ago, when I was 24. It's the only photo of me I have. I guess I didn't like my picture taken. I don't even have any of my wedding. Mom is sending me some.
So, I'm supposed to look better than I did before or so my surgeon promises. I tried to get him to make me look like Audrey Hepburn or that new girl Anne Hathaway from that movie The Princess Diaries-The Royal Engagement, but he said he wasn't a miracle worker. I called him a smart ass. He told me I was gorgeous either way and to shut up about it. I think I fell in love with him right then and there. It felt so nice to be called gorgeous. It's too bad he's married...LOL.
My home nurse, Kathy, leaves on January 17th. That's her last day fetching and carrying for me. She seems sad about it. I don't. It means I'm getting better.
I wanted to thank the 2 lovely women who actually read this and ahd the good hearts to leave me comments. Honestly, I never thought anyone would read this even when I left a comment in Nelle's journal. Who would want to read some cripple's anguish and recovery anyway? Ok, so maybe 2 people.
So to my 2 new friends, thank you sweeties. You ROCK!
Sooki
p.s. if anyone knows how to add those cool pictures that move please let me know. I've tried a few things with html code and can't get them to show up right. I'm still working on it though and may just get it one of these days. I got the photo of me to show up, but that's it.
Written by sooki2u Blog about this entry |
Add to del.icio.us | 
digg this
-
If you want pictures that move, they are called gifs. You have to upload them to your FTP space and they have to have .gif after them in order for them to be able to move. Once uploaded you can either click on the picture icon and put in the link.....OR you can click on hometown and then you will see a box with a list of what's in your FTP. Click on the pic (gif) name and it will appear in the box. Then, click copy and paste it in your journal in your entry.
1/9/05 7:44 PM