I knew her and her Dad for a few years.... the little blonde girl Olivia, and her daddy Ralph, fighting like crazy to get custody of her and doing everything the courts and social service people told him to do and even doing some parenting classes and things they didn't even ask him to do, just so he could see his little girl. She was about 5 or 6 at the time and just starting school and then Olivia moved away with her mom and I didn't get to see her anymore. Fast forward 15 yrs.... a mutual friend of ours Ron died. Our old dart throwing partner and drinking buddy brought us all back together again. Not that any of us drinks much anymore, but we're still friends...... we just don't hang out like we used to in the "old days" lol. Well Olivia needed someone to watch her dogs for 4 months until she finished school. Ralph got a hold of me and I got a hold of Olivia and now she's moving in here with her two dogs for the next 4 months so she can save up some money to buy a car. What are the chances of that? We haven't seen her for all this time and now she's right here, moving her stuff in tonight and finishing her schooling and letting us help her out! Well, shes not "letting us" she's being very stubborn about things, but I'll win in the end... LOL I told her she needed to buy slippers because my floors are cement and are cold but she didn't want to so I told her I was buying them so then she REALLY didn't want to get any, so I made her get some anyhow! lol She finally agreed that after a few hours that her feet were cold and needed to put on her slippers....silly kid! Mothers DO know best! Now to get her driving permit, graduated and a car ro drive and she will be on her merry way.
The only thing I see a problem with is telling her how sick I am and that she needs to help me...I seemed to have left that part out on purpose .... God forgive me.... she was too excited about being here and stuff that I couldn't ruin it for her. I hope I can find the right words tomorrow.
You do truly have a heart of gold. In a time that you need to be taking care of yourself, you are still taking care of others.
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