Snowflake Challenge 2024 #4 Ice breaker

[pattrose]

I will attempt to answer these questions. I chose five instead of 20. Twenty seems daunting.

Challenge #4: Ice Breaker






1.What animal do you think best reflects your personality? Sloth. Lazy and slow. LOL
2.What is something that you don't mind waiting for? Surprises
3.What's the last thing that you gave up on? Are you happy or disappointed? My daughter who is on drugs. We raised her two children, even adopted them, but would have been nicer to have her around the children when young. The youngest is now 18 and she's darling. So is the 34 year old. I always wanted 5 children when we got married and with the grandchildren we raised, it makes it five. I got my wish.:)
4.If you knew you could live forever, how would you spend your days differently? That would be awful. I don't want to live forever.
5.What's the last thing that you broke and how did it happen? Doing dishes, I broke a glass. Soapy hands and it just slipped right out.


Here is something just about me.
I'm 72 years old and married to the same man I met in high school. We have 5 children and many grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
My favorite thing about my life is Family, Friends and Fanfic. The three f's. I love writing it. I'm not good at it, but it makes me so happy. I found out I loved it 25 years ago and never stopped. I've made so many good friends, one of them became so close that we see each other once a year. She lives in Texas and I live in Arizona. We make the time and have such good memories every year. I volunteer at a group home for Developmentally Disabled Adults. This is what I did for my entire life, so when I retired, I continued to see them. It's wonderful. If you were ever looking for a volunteer gig, check out some of the state places. Most of them have no family and love company once or twice a week. I bake for them and sit with them for hours. It's very uplifting.

I write in the Sentinel Fandom, they are my favorites but I also enjoy reading Due South, Stargate SG1 and many other fandoms.

Comments

[alexcat]

I met my best friend through fandom and we visit at least once a year if we can... she's in Germany and I'm in North Carolina/.

[pattrose]

OH my gosh, that's wonderful. I love my best friend too. Isn't it amazing that we can be friends with people online? I remember when we get together we talk about we never worried about meeting because we felt like we knew each other well.

[narya_flame]

Fandom friendships truly are a gift.

Your grandchildren sound like they're lucky to have you.

[pattrose]

And we them. They turned out so well. We’re proud of them.

[musyc]

I'm 72 years old and married to the same man I met in high school. Oh wow! That's impressive. My parents are a couple of years from their fiftieth.

[pattrose]

When my mom dies I was going to take her Precious Moments statue for 50th anniversary. On our anniversary 6 years after she died we got a package from my brother. In it was the statue. He saved it for us. My parents had been married for 66 years. I treasure that statue.

[musyc]

As you should! And many kudos to your brother for keeping it safe for you. He knew how much it meant!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> 4.If you knew you could live forever, how would you spend your days differently? That would be awful. I don't want to live forever. <<

You are wise. Most humans are dumb about this.

>> I'm 72 years old and married to the same man I met in high school. We have 5 children and many grandchildren and four great grandchildren.<<

That's so wonderful.

>>I write in the Sentinel Fandom<<

I like that one too.