Bonus Post: Thing 79

100 Things I've Always Wanted To Say But Never Did And Now Maybe Should Since The World Might Be Ending -->

Thing 79:

File this under "'tis better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all" ... but if the world does end in 79 days (according to the Mayans) AND the whole afterlife thing is as described (according to my judeo-christian beliefs), then it will be great to see JoAnn D again.  It's been a few years since she passed from pancreatic cancer in October (this month is always a sad month for me ...), but I often think of her whilst missing our weekly phone calls that we did just to check in until she got too tired to do so any longer.  And, as 2012 represents the 20 year anniversary from when I first landed in Uniontown (JoAnn became my surrogate grandmother earlier that year, and helped me tremendously with that move and all that came after), I'm just remembering more and more of all that she did for me -- freshly squeezed orange juice amongst those memories -- but mostly about how she just loved me unconditionally as one of her own.  So -- maybe see you soon JoAnn?