I dreamed we all were eating a pizza I was 9 yrs old. For one second it was gold
My parents already had big marital issues a kid would not understand nor should about that.
My parents divorced soon after that, then the years of quiet & not so quiet despair. My rotten brother really really needed a firm presence, our Mom could *not* do that. He got into much much much legal trouble & served many many many years of deserved prison time.
My father died in August 2011, I only learned of it because his brother tracked me down one Saturday afternoon. I told my mom & the rest of them a week later.
Last time all of us 5 kids & my Mom were in the same room was the day before Mom passed.
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Please know you are cherished here! 
BTW, I just made sloppy joe's for breakfast. LOL
I'm not always awake when you post your breakfast thread, but I think of you daily when I begin stuffing my face. 
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