Joshua Robert Chambers

To my baby brother, who I think of every day.

Joshua Robert Chambers came into this world for many different reasons.
These are some of the reasons he has made my world so different.
It was just us 3 and he made us a family, giving me someone to stand by my side through all of our childhood. I would climb in his crib when he was a baby to be near him, I would try to protect him as big sisters do. But this baby brother of mine grew into a man that has taught me so much.

He was a sensitive and kind kid that made me laugh allot. We would cuddle on the coach every Saturday morning watching cartoons. We would sit next to the heat vent with our blankets, begging our Mom to turn up the heat.

We were a pair, we didn't like to part. Even when Joshua went 2,000 miles from home, I followed him to our new home. Because even across country if Joshua was there, I was home.

He is good at everything he tries at, and he has that certain thing that makes everything come together and makes it complete. I was the worrier and he just made things happen. I always wished I had that in me, and the older I get the more I try to make that happen.

He taught me to let go and believe.

We fought, we cried, we grew. We went through things only brothers and sisters do. We listened to James Taylor and hugged each other when we needed it. We took care of each other and we got in trouble together.

We are older now with different lives and Joshua's new home is far from me. But not a day goes by that I don't think of him and know he'll always be: the baby that made my family; the kid that grew with me; the man that taught me to ride that wave and close your eyes and believe.

Joshua there is no one else like you, you are that something special I have. I love you different than anyone else and thank you for coming into my life and help shape me to the person I am today.

Happy Birthday baby brother,

Love you madly,

your sister

my Aunt Patty

Well I reconnected to an Aunt today that I haven't seen in a very long time. I am close with both sides of my family and it had bothered me that I hadn't seen Aunt Patty in quite a while. She lives in a home and has manic depression and schizophrenia . Recently she had gotten sick and I don't like to admit it but that brought on some guilt. My Mom, Aunt Joyce, Aunt Linda and I went to the group home to have a little visit and when I walked out of there I felt like I had a new Aunt. No doubt it's hard to see her like that, she is very thin, not very talkative and her sickness has taken a toll on her but somewhere in that beautiful soul of hers, she let me in. And it felt SO great. When I was younger she had given me a hemp bracelet with pretty little pink beads in it, this bracelet has shown up with perfect timing and reminds me daily as I wear it that no matter what I do, there is always someone who has made a difference in my world.
Thank you Aunt Patty, I missed you.

Cassie's photo shoot

This little girl makes me melt.
Since she didnt wanna smile at the family pictures, we tried her by herself and it went like this:









One goofy lil munchkin with a smile that makes everything ok.

NOW you get mad?!

Saw this on a blog - I feel like I don't know enough about Health Care to form a solid opinion. But I do believe we were in need of a major change. So I am sitting back and hoping for the best.

I do find it SOOO annoying that even without complete knowledge of what the future holds, everyone wants to complain about what is going on and doesn't seem to remember EIGHT years of BS we went through. I don't think this will be perfect and there are things that I don't agree with, paying for abortions, or the rumor that immigrants will have free health care but ya know what?! you gotta start somewhere. And for all of you that believe that getting charged 28.00 for an aspirin at the hospital is normal, you are blinded by the ridiculous insurance companies that have monopolized health care. Time for a change.


Wanted to share:
We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, Now you get mad!? You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President. You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy. You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed. You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed. You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war. You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq. You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people. You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans. You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden. You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed. You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown. You didn't get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich. You didn't get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark. You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans...oh hell no.