New from dry New Mexico

[early]

Camille, Dolly, WW, Rbarata, d.Coco, Thanks one and all for the warm welcomes. I have a friend in NY from the Netherlands, She is also an RN. I have great stories about growing things in MO, especially from when I was a youngin in my grandparents garden. WW
I too love Taos. I worked there one winter, 5 feet of snow once. My daughters loved skiing there. Rbarata, I had to look up your city to even know it was on the Iberian Pen. I really miss the ocean from 30 yrs in SoCalif. loved to swim. I would love to visit Portigual but alas, at 78 yrs, I will probably travel only on this side of the pond. Dirty Coconuts, I read you are an attorney. I play one on..just kidding. I do boss some attorneys around tho at our district court where I out of boredom between a nursing job, ask for a volunteer job there. I have run/coordinated a free legal clinic for 7 yrs. I work with4 to 5 attorney monthly and the only one I boss around is the staff attorney when she is frazzled, telling her to do the civil case, and I will run the clinic, along with my helper who is our translator. Almost as good as being a nurse.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by early

Camille, Dolly, WW, Rbarata, d.Coco, Thanks one and all for the warm welcomes. I have a friend in NY from the Netherlands, She is also an RN. I have great stories about growing things in MO, especially from when I was a youngin in my grandparents garden. WW
I too love Taos. I worked there one winter, 5 feet of snow once. My daughters loved skiing there. Rbarata, I had to look up your city to even know it was on the Iberian Pen. I really miss the ocean from 30 yrs in SoCalif. loved to swim. I would love to visit Portigual but alas, at 78 yrs, I will probably travel only on this side of the pond. Dirty Coconuts, I read you are an attorney. I play one on..just kidding. I do boss some attorneys around tho at our district court where I out of boredom between a nursing job, ask for a volunteer job there. I have run/coordinated a free legal clinic for 7 yrs. I work with4 to 5 attorney monthly and the only one I boss around is the staff attorney when she is frazzled, telling her to do the civil case, and I will run the clinic, along with my helper who is our translator. Almost as good as being a nurse.

I hope to be half as engaged in life as you are at even 3/4 your age.


don't even pretend to be a lawyer, i can already tell, it is beneath you

I got to do Child support enforcement for a brief time when i was a State Attorney and let me tell you....you are never that Right with a capital R as when you are there on behalf of the financial interests of a minor child....not easy( either in practice or on the soul) but that was good work to do well

[early]

DC I was a mediator for a few years, and was a CASA (court appointed special advocate) s4o I know about working with kids. I worked with kiddos and foster parents, wrote detailed reports for the Judge when I went to all the hearings. It was a very rewarding job and my heart still aches from 6 yrs ago when I and all concerned recommended a 4 yr old be given a trial back with the birth mom, who had never taken care of him but a couple of months since birth. One week after she finished not six months as required but three, she gave the child to someone in Las Vegas. who actually was a felon from TX. She six yrs later. lied to the judge saying she is his aunt, and after one week was able to adopt him after a short hearing without notification of his grandparents. Don't get me started on abused kids. sorry for the off topic rant.

[WaterWitchin]

You’re not off topic Early. It’s the getting to know ya thread.
As a former paralegal in a prior lifetime, and a great bosser around of attorneys, I truly understand the kid situations. Past sad. And criminal and divorce work... sometimes also just sad. I finally just couldn’t do it any longer. Just thinking about some of it still makes my blood boil.

Namaste.

[early]

this little guy that I visited a few x a week for a year was so bright and fun. when 18 months someone mentioned a snake and he asked if it was an anaconda; lol.
the foster family had another child since NICU days, that they adopted/ He was 4 months younger than the other foster boy. they were together for over a year. Even months after the other one went back to bio mom, when I would visit the family I would take a gift and offer him one of two. He would say, maybe I could give the other one to my broter. He is 8 now, plays bb and base ball, and is a delight. the mom contacted me after my not having been in tough for a few years and connected me with the ggmother of the child in NV. She is 84 and is fighting to get the adoption annulled due to the NV woman being a felon and comitting perjury by claming to be the aunt. I called the CASA in NV and they are the one that told me. case closed, child adopted. Yes it takes a toll when one connects with a severly abuse child that deeply. I applaud the ggm for her determination to see him or get him back in the family.

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Sorry, WaterWitchin, I thought I was still answering Dirty Coconuts post. I live alone currently and run off at the mouth/fingertips too often.

[DirtyCoconuts]

it really breaks one's heart....fortunately, there are people with hearts big enough to get up the next day and do it all again.....

salute!!

[Fuerte Rav]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

We do have members in your area, just check the member map (maroon bar on top). You can pm them from the column on the left if you so desire.

Hi.
1. I can view the Member Map but how do you identify who the members are in order to PM them?
2. Are the red crosses representing members allocated solely by country or does it come down to a regional level? For some countries, ie USA, they look to be spread across regions but in my instance what I take to be my red cross is about 1000 miles away from my actual location.

Sorry if this is hijacking the thread, if a mod would like to advise a better place for my questions I'll be happy to repost elsewhere on the forum.

Oh, and welcome, Early. This forum has been a great source of knowledge, help and reassurance for me in the relatively short time I've been a member. I also grow in a very, very dry climate - last year was our driest for 30 years (official). In my garden I measured just one half of an inch of rain in total for the year!

[Dollythehun]

Fuerte Ray. You want to be here:

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