Hello,
my name is Vicky aka Spiritwalker,
I was born in 1951, that
was a good year. LOL!!
I
was lucky enough to grow
up in a wonderful small
town called Greenville,
Pa, it was a great place
back then to grow up.
I was 8 days old when
I was adopted. I have
a sister who is also adopted,
her name
is Roberta, I
called her Birdy, she
is married and lives in
Akron,
OH. My father was
a pediatrician there in
Greenville and my mother
was a SAHM before there
was such a thing, but
she raised us and did
a good job of it.
Although
as a teenager I didn't
think so, but it was a
teenager thing,
I now
realize. I consider myself
lucky as I look back on
it to have had the
parents
I did and to have the
sister I have. I feel
very blessed.
This first picture is with my mother's Mom and Dad,
Donald and Trixie MacCormack
We visited them in Mass. every chance we got, we also
had other cousins there
the other person there is my cousin, James,
He and both my Grandparents have since passed.
The picture below is of My Mom and Dad
And me and my sister Roberta, or as I called her, Birdy
Birdy and I were both adopted into this really neat family
And we called it our home
I got married in 1970
and have 2 children;
Bob who was born in '70.
He is a Radiation Therapist
and after doing the travelling
bit,
now works and lives
in Philadelphia, Pa.
Heather
who was born in '74. Heather
is now working
for Plastics CO. in Meadville, Pa
and lives in an apartment there also..
I had moved to Pittsburgh in 1969
to go to school and got
married instead,
oh boy
what a mistake. I think
my sister was the only
one I told that
I found
my real mother when I
was 28 and along the way
discovered a few other
interesting facts. Which
I haven't told too many
people. I have let on
to several
, but not to
many. This wonderful lady
who I think would be my
great-aunt, Goldie Barkley,
told me a few facts about
my father, which I found
out later is why I got
the nickname
I have now.
Unfortunately Goldie died
a few years ago. I don't
have too much
to do with
that part of my family,
which is okay. Brenda,
my half-sister, keeps
in touch by email once
in a while.
No matter what road I
went down or discovered
my the parents I grew
up with
have always remained
my parents. I was lucky
to have the family I did
and
to grow up in the
time I did, it was a good
time to be a kid. I miss
my dad,
he was great man,
although I didn't tell
him nearly enough. Mom,
I want you
to know just
how much I love you, and
Birdy, I love you too,
you are very
lucky to
have Terry in your life.
Always cherish what you
have, never question
it
always love it, remember
you told me that? My father
died in July 2001,
my
mother still lives down
in North Carolina. My
sister and I are very
close more
so than blood
sisters could ever be,
she is my best friend.
I love the family
I have
and I want to tell them
that every day because
you just never know
when
it will be your last and
I never want them not
to know.
I always want
them to know how much
they mean to me.
My dad had finally retired and he and mom
decided to move South out of the snow
So they moved down to North Carolina.
Daddy retired in 1982 and had almost 20 years of retirement
before he passed in 2001
You will be missed, I love you Dad.
It wasn't until a couple
of years later I might've
been when I was 30, when
I was shocked
to learn
that I had a name or rather
the "nickname", thus the
name
of my email was confirmed
by several. Okay I said
to myself so now I understood
some of the whys and wherefores
of certain things. I knew
God had gifted
me and
had guided me along the
path, but now he was in
total control,
because
I didn't know which way
was up. But I did understand
things more
about me now
and who I was. I have
woven the spirituality
and
the Christianity of
both worlds and let God
guide me and it completes
me.
As you will learn if you
read the page "Cancer
Within", I lost my husband
of 34 years
to lung cancer
Sept. 2004, it was a 6
mos. illness and death
watch,
but he is at peace.
He knew I would be moving
back home and
told me
to go for it. I miss him,
but I know he is at peace.
Someday I hope to meet
that one person who will
mean everything to me
and that I will
mean everything to, I
would like to have someone
special in my life
and
to spend time doing things
with no matter what that
may be.
I miss the cuddling,
being goofy and spontaneous,
doing whatever comes my
way.
Feb./March 2007
Praise be, the good Lord
smiled on me and I have
found a love so true and
gentle
in a good man,
he loves me with everything
he is and I am everything
to him,
and he is everything
to me. I love you, James
Frederick Parisio with
every beat of
my heart
for always. I have moved
up to New York to be with
him,
how about that!!!!!????
Love gives your heart
wings!!!!
In the process I was hospitalized
and we found out that
I have
Chronic Kidney
Disease, so I have to
be careful with myself,
so please keep me in
your
prayers and keep us in
your prayers, Jim is hopeful
that we will have
many
years together. I pray
that the God in his mercy
will smile down
upon us
and grant us the joy of
his love to spend the
last few years of our
lives to be together and
to finally have found
the wonder of love and
having someone who truly
loves you and wants to
be with you,
for that
is what God is all about-Love.
So keep us in your prayers.
Dec. 2008
Jim and I will be getting
married sometime in Jan.2009,
my sister wants to come
and I want her to be there,
they still have
not found
a kidney donor for me,
I may have a year before
I have
to go on dialysis,
so keep me in your prayers,
I know that God will come
through, I have faith.
Jan. 2011
Over the past few years many things have happened Jan. 17, 2009 Jim and I got married, praise God,
We have added several other cats to our collection including some bengals
Also the best news is that on August 27, 2010
I got the call to come into Buffalo General Hospital
because they found a kidney
for me Praise God Hallelujah
big time
so now I am going back and forth to BGH for bloodwork and so forth
someone asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I told them
I had already gotten the best Christmas present anyone could ever get
Smile at all those you
meet, for you may
be that
one person that crosses
a person's path that brings
light to their life.
Update::
Since We had been down to see Mom in her new place after we had moved
her up to Sumner in Akron, OH
It was a 3 level assisted living place.
We did that in 2008 or 2009,
because she was falling and she needed help.
Her place down in NC got sold
And she finally made new friends at Sumner.
But everything finally took it's toll on Mom
Birdy spent almost everyday going to see her,
and Jim and I tried to get over to see her as often as we could.
Mom and I talked alot about many things, I think it made both of feel better
In 2013 Mom was in and out of the clinic and hospital,
Birdy and I were worried
Birdy would call and we'd talk.
Finally Mom had to be put in hospice, because Birdy and Terry
could not
Deal with taking care of her by themselves any more
even though I was
trying my best to come over and help out
In my gut, I knew this was the last straw for Mom
Birdy asked us to come over for Mom's birthday.
So we all came over and celebrated Mom's 93rd birthday, down
in the dining room with cake and all the bells and whistles
I went home thinking, she will
do exactly what Daddy did.
Daddy made his birthday then died 3 days later
which is what she almost did.
God rest her soul
Mom, I will miss you so much
You were so angry at Daddy for leaving you alone, back in 2001
I hope now you can forgive him
and be at peace now.
I miss her and daddy very much
And tell people to be grateful they still have their parents
and to tell those they love that they love them.
"At the edge of the
sea the waves keep a certain
cadence with my spirit"
mary anna radmacher
Please take the wolf and send her on her way around the world to continue her walk
in the name of the plight of the animals who cannot speak
for themselves yet continue to die at the hands of humans.
A Lakota Prayer
Great Spirit, you are
everything
And yet above everything
You are first and always
have been
Through you our children
will have strong hearts
And they will walk the
straight path in a sacred
manner
Help me to walk the sacred
path of life
Without difficulty
With my mind and heart
continually fixed on you!
Amen
