Paloma Ford - Hit Of You

Music is my saving grace as of late.



Darlene and I are spearheading her eye and nerve issues. We are going to beat this if it takes everything from me.



We are making plans to head to Vegas this week. I'm excited to relax.



In June we are going to head to Laughlin for a satellite tournament. 1st place is an entry into the 2014 World Series of Poker OR $8000. That would be a tough decision. Cashes start at 50 players or left. I almost wish that Harrahs wouldn't send out email like this so others didn't know. lol. That's me being selfish. I can feel my poker game changing. I am much more patient, and I am going to learn how to play when I'm card dead if it kills me.



Wish us fruitful luck in life and in poker.

Busy life of a step parent

Things have gone crazaaaay. Dar and I have been so busy that we have seriously neglected our regular lives. My birthday was the first time we have had an opportunity for social interaction in nearly a month. The house looks insane. I need some help, but it seems so far away. Between 2nd grade classes, dress rehearsals, dinners, and life there is just no time.

I've had the biggest scares of my life recently. Dar could be going blind. She has lost central vision in her left eye, and is missing chunks of vision in her right. The retinal Doctor we saw the other day has high hopes for recovery, but there are serious hurdles in our path. The pseudo tumors have built pressure. Instead of steroids helping, it could make the pseudo tumors worse thus creating a crappy quality of life full of debilitating migraines and more loss of vision. I need prayer so badly. I ask God everyday to bless our little family and guide us on the path that has been designed for us. It's scary. I can't imagine how we would make things work if my woman was blind. I need her to have eye sight. Not to mention so does our daughter.

I really need you Lord. Please bless Darlene and the doctors working with us to get her healed. Lead us in the direction that you need so that we may glorify you God. We need you more than ever. Thank you for your blessings. She has been the biggest blessing of my life. There is literally no bigger gift that I could have ever received. She's my match; thank you. Please help us with her vision. Please please. I am begging you Lord.

#AskAmy

It's not the first time Dickinson’s column has gone viral. Back in November, a father wrote explaining that his 17-year-old son was gay and that he was concerned about how his church friends would react. The father wrote, “He won’t listen to reason, and he will not stop being gay. I feel as if he is doing this just to get back at me for forgetting his birthday for the past three years — I have a busy work schedule. Please help him make the right choice in life by not being gay. He won’t listen to me, so maybe he will listen to you.”


Dickinson’s response: "You could teach your son an important lesson by changing your own sexuality to show him how easy it is. Try it for the next year or so: Stop being a heterosexual to demonstrate to your son that a person’s sexuality is a matter of choice — to be dictated by one’s parents, the parents’ church and social pressure.”

Simply amazing. I have a new found respect for advice columnists. Go Amy!