it's not life that matters but the journey...

Oh I think I told you about my foot - this is a comment I forgot to reply to sorry! they get lost in the shuffle - LOL!
well my mom has been making decisions for her and my dad for a long time since his Parkinson's started to get bad - perhaps about 5 years ago or so. she was doing the taxes and stuff in the last couple years and all the shopping and decisions. so it was hard in some ways with my dad still around. yet after 50 years of marriage, it's always hard to say goodbye!

Nicky is a great cat - did you see the pics I posted of him?

well at this point my plan is to return to the states if things continue to go as they are here. My husband's not working so I need to get back to my own country and start again. Probably i will go back to Washington and see if I can get a job in Seattle. if things don't work there we may return to Chicago - who knows right now. it's hard for us to live here in Japan. I do hope it works out for us this time - I have to get him another green card too so there's lots to think about!

thanks so much for the love and support! that helps a lot!!

*hugs tight*