Wow .. we coulda been neighbors, XLady!! Left the Bahamas in '68 and lived in My-Amee, off Biscayne Blvd., close to downtown .. then headed to South Dade County .. took rides up Old Cutler Road a million times for the next 25+ years ..until I lost it all in Andrew '92. Re-located to suburb of Tampa until last summer, when the terror and fear of the 4 storms in 6 weeks last year DID put me temporarily in the insanity "ward" of life ... couldn't take it .. and my two great sons answered my 911 call. They both have established lives here and LUVVVV Chicago...I knew they were never coming back to their birth "home."
So, after years of saying "never" to snow, winter .. even though I missed them so ... here I sit .. in a city for the first time in my life, without a car for the first time in my life, looking for a job so I could eat now and then, and feeling some days like I've been abducted by aliens to another planet .. LOL. Never dreamt in a million years I'd end up here, but God is surely directing this play .. and I'm just trying to learn my lines ;).
I'll make one exception to my love of the Atlantic shore ... I took my dream trip to San Francisco, Monterey and Carmel 15 yrs ago ... I was stunned speechless at the glory and beauty of God's handiwork, standing on a precipice over Big Sur .. that is a slice of heaven on earth, for sure... just magnificent.
I'll make one exception to my love of the Atlantic shore ... I took my dream trip to San Francisco, Monterey and Carmel 15 yrs ago ... I was stunned speechless at the glory and beauty of God's handiwork, standing on a precipice over Big Sur .. that is a slice of heaven on earth, for sure... just magnificent. Yes, that's what I meant about the California coast having it's own beauty. I agree Big Sur is God's country. No more beautiful place on earth. It is only about 3 1/2 hours away from where I live, but I don't go up there often enough.