HELLO......Is there anybody out there????

Yep, that's me.  I love to blog.  I love to write.  I love to share stories with people.  Unfortunately I can't seem to find anyone to follow this blog.  This is something I am not use to.  I have had several blogs with hundreds of followers but I am just not sure what to tag this blog under.  It's about love, about a family, about illness, about surviving, about dreams and making them come true.  It is about a lifetime of things, good things, bad things, happy things, sad things.  It's about life and feelings.  It's just a story like so many other stories out there but it is mine and I would love to share it with you...whoever you are.  But I need to know that you are there.  Is there anybody out there?  I would love to get past that first hurdle of my first comment on this blog.   So if you are reading this please let me know.  Ask me a question, anything you would like to know.  Ask about Wil, about our family, about myself, about our crazy obsession with Porsche's, ask about our two crazy Great Danes.  Here's a little info on myself and our family that maybe will strike up a conversation, or another topic you would like to see me blog about.  So here goes the top things that maybe you can relate to about me.

 1.) I am a redhead...in fact my son is also, my daughter is, my daughter-in-law is and all three of my granddaughters are.  So basically Wil and I are single-handedly repopulating the world with redheads.  Oh and out of all of us none of us have the exact same tone of red in our hair.  Amazing!

  

2.) I am a grandmother!!!! My life's greatest accomplishment!

  

3.) I am Italian.  My family came from Tuscany, Lucca to be exact.  I am the forth generation to live in the United States since my family immigrated.

  

4.) I met Wil when I was 15.  I married him when I was 17 (No I wasn't pregnant!! Just very much in love.) I have been married to him for 31 years next week!

  

5.) I have two Great Danes and am absolutely addicted to them!  I will never have any other type of dog!

6.) I love speed, fast cars and racing.  Before I became ill my favorite way to reduce stress was to drive....fast!!!! 

 

7.) I love to write...hence this blog.   I am working on several books, who knows maybe some day I will be famous!!! LOL

  

8.) My daughter has Asperger's Syndrome.  This is our greatest challenge next to my illness.

  

9.) I am disabled with an Autonomic Nervous System disorder that is slowly shutting down a lot of my major body functions.  My prognosis is guarded, no one knows how much worse this may become.

 

10.) I have the most awesome husband in the world who is my rock, my strength, my life and has now had to become my caretaker and to whom this blog is dedicated.

11.)  If I had one dream come true it would be to be able to repay Wil for his strength, love and being my rock during these difficult times. 

 

12.) I am the type of person who always puts others before myself.  Some people may see this as a weakness.  I see it as my strength! 

13.)  I am completely confused as to whether or not there is a higher power out there.  Thought I had this figured out but then Wil lost his faith and now I struggle daily with mine.

14.)  I am 48 years old, I have always lived in Northern California, I would love to live somewhere else someday but not sure where or if that will ever happen.  

 15.) If I was healthy again the first thing I would do is to take my three granddaughters to the ocean and walk on the beach for hours with them.

So there it is.  A little about me.  I hope you find something there that interests you because I will probably at one time or another talk about each one of these subjects on this blog.  I hope you will join me and please if you enjoy my blog let me know and share me with your friends.  It really would mean a lot to me!