PonderEthereal

My sister, Holly was in a really bad car accident on Sunday. She’s doing better and she will recover well - but her medical bills are piling up. People from all over the area have been stepping up to help. Here are two events to that end.

The Roxanne Lemmon Band is going to be playing tonight (FRIDAY, January 11) at Love’s Sports Bar and Grill in Hernando, MS. Roxanne will be donating a large portion of her proceeds towards Holly’s medical benefits fund. There will also be a way for everyone else to help donate as well! Please join us to support her!

Also

Benefit concert Sunday, February 24th at the New Daisy!

The Bayou Blues Company
Radiotron
Roxanne Lemon
The Jimmy Hudson Band
Eddie Smith
Infusion
and more!

There are several other bands ready to make this happen so I’ll keep you posted. Make sure you are there! This will be an all ages show w/ no guest list. Proceeds…

… Holly, was in a really bad wreck. Her car hydroplaned and she hit the brick bridge thing at Getwell and Winchester. She is in ICU at The Med. She broke lots of bones and has some head trauma. She’s able to breathe on her own but it’s still painful so machines are still doing it for her. No permanent brain damage is expected. She’s responsive.

If you have it in you, please send Reiki or pray or light candles or ohm or whatever you do.

If you know her, I have contact info.

Thx.

When I was young and still living with my mom, I was very responsible for my little sister. When we walked to school, I had to keep the key and make sure to walk home with her. When we got home, I started dinner. When we went to school, I made sure she had what she needed and got to where she needed to be. “Carrie, go with her.” mom would tell me. Although she was awfully smart, she was a little absent minded and could get side tracked or confused and she wasn’t street smart at all. I was her street smarter older sister and that translated to caretaker-away-from-mom.

When she went to college, she came and stayed with me for a little while before she had to be there. I hadn’t seen her in several years and we’d been living apart for quite some time - she with mom…

There is a lot that kids don’t pick up on about what goes on between adults, there is a lot they DO pick up on and there are some things they could not possibly grasp. As an adult though, I’m fairly confident of my ability to spot bullshit. When I was growing up, my mom talked a whole lot of smack about my dad. About how he didn’t want to talk to us, didn’t want to see us etc etc. She spent a lot of time and energy hiding us from him. Granted, he was at a bad point in his own life wehn they divorced and I’m not saying he is completely without fault.

Ethan is 6 years old. In that time, my mother has seen him once when he was 6 months old. She generally has made very little effort to see him, call him etc. My dad,…

So.. this year, Ethan and Emma will be here for Christmas. That makes four of us in the household with very different religious beliefs and backgrounds all celebrating a religious holiday that none of us celebrate for religious reasons. Through and through, I’m a witch. Ryan is Athiest/Agnosticish and very anti-religion. Ethan spent the last 2 years in catholic school (much to my chagrin) as well as attending and participating in various Pagan events and Emma has been carefully shielded from all things religious. Wow.. what a diverse group just WAITING for religion to explode all over the place. Like a bowl of spaghetti in the microwave. Or something.

Plan A is we’re going to try to get through Christmas without the topic of God, Jesus or religion coming up. I’m sure Ethan is getting a healthy dose of The Reason for the Season in school right now so that will…

So I’m sitting at my desk with my NoHoHon nodding happily atop my monitor and my lunch before me. Today, I’m having chicken florentine, an apple, graham crackers and shredded collard greens with zesty italian dressing. For a snack today, I shall have Triscuits with a sliver of Gouda. Yum. I can do this! It’s filling and it lasts energy-wise. Last night, I got the shakes over chocolate. that blew. But I exercised yesterday.. like actual get-my-ass-in-gear-cardio and today is toning day. I will get back on track health-wise, damnit. No dumpy middle aged woman here. Nope.

D’s parents have decided on Thanksgiving at their house this year. I’ve never been to their house.. so that will be new and interesting. And my mom and my step dad have been invited. That will be interesting too. My mom and I talk a couple times a week through email and phone - but…

It's been an adjustment for us all.. Ethan and myself.. and Ryan and Emma. I think we're figuring it out pretty well. I cherish the time I get with my angel. He is so amazing. So much like me. smile.. And Ryan is awesome with him and helping me out with him. He is an amazing angel himself.. smile.

We all went to Sea World yesterday afternoon when I got home from work. That was one of Ethan's birthday presents. Very long day. Ryan snapped a really good pic of Ethan petting the dolphins. Emma didnt want to…. and I dont much blame her. When they came up and opened their mouths for the treats, it was a bit daunting to see all those teeth. They didnt look so cute and dolphinie anymore.. heh.

Then of course they got to see Shamu (or 'shampoo' as Ethan calls her) - which…