April Michele

There is this one couple that has been coming here for the past 4 years.  I see them several times a year in fact but there was something a bit different about the lady this time.  Come to find out, she had plastic surgery done.  It was absolutely amazing how much younger she looked.

Now I’m not as old as she is but it sure started me thinking just a bit.  If you are going to have something like this done, please make sure you find a reputable plastic surgeon.  We have all seen and heard about the nightmares of a bad plastic surgeon so what ever you do, make sure you find a good one and not some fly by night doctor.  I sure will if and when I have something like that done.  In fact, I’ll ask Mrs. Thompson who did hers since she looks so good.

I have an older brother……………well he’s my foster brother that moved in with my family when I was 12 and he was 15.  I used to want a big brother so very bad until I got one.  They can be a real pain, ya know!!  But I loved him anyway and consider him my brother and not just a foster brother.

Well today he turns 55 years old.  That means it’s been 40 years since he became my big brother too.  I am so proud to let you know that he is a Catholic Priest too even though our family isn’t Catholic.  He does wonderful things for his ‘flock’ too.  The only thing I hate is that we have not seen him in about 15 years or more.  That’s okay, he’s doing Gods work so ‘Happy Birthday’ to you brother of mine!!!!  Love and miss you lots!

I had heard about the young woman that had been held in her parents cellar for 24 years along with her 7 children that her father fathered with her.  What an absolutely awful thing this so called man did to his daughter.  I’m sorry but his wife should have been charged too.  There’s no way she didn’t know what was going on.

Well now I have learned about an 18 year old young woman that was abducted when she was 10 years old and held captive in a mans basement for 8 and a half years.  She managed to escape and the man committed suicide.  That’s a cowards way out if you ask me.  The worst part of both of these stories is what the younger woman said:

“Life in freedom doesn’t feel as good as I once imagined,” she told Austria’s Krone newspaper. She said her life had “changed radically” on the day of her escape, but that she still does not feel “really free”.

She told the Austrian Press Agency that the public’s expectations of victims of crime were “astonishing”. She said that if victims tried to hide away, they would be faced with accusations that the public had the right to know what happened. But if they gave in to pressure and told some of their story, they would be accused of seeking the limelight, and consequently be seen as public figures with little right to privacy, she added.

She may face more questioning by the authorities over the next few months, as the investigations continue. “I’m not afraid of more questioning but I find it unpleasant,” she told the Kurier.  “I feel like an uprooted orchid,” she said. “Some people try to plant me where they would like to have me. But I want to grow in a place I’ve chosen myself.”

I love the 4th of July!!  We really go all out to decorate, well we do that for every holiday but there’s just something about Independence Day that I love!!  We always have a huge community picnic type party with grilled hot dogs and hamburgers with all the fixin’s and of course potato salad, baked beans and we can’t forget the banana pudding and homemade ice cream.

Then there’s the fireworks display.  I love all of the laughter, ooohhh’s and aaahhh’s from the children when the fireworks start.  It’s just a wonderful time for all!!!   I hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful 4th of July and remember what the celebration is all about, our independence!!!