Some Women in My Life

Some Women in My Life
These women are not related to me nor am I currently seeing any of them. They exist and they are an important part of my life. I decided to list them in a semi-chronological order of when I first met them. This seems like as reasonable approach as any other one that I could conjure up in my mind.

Lara is my oldest Internet acquaintance in terms of length of friendship. We have been friends for thirteen or fourteen years. We met on the old movie – cinema bulletin board that was sponsored by Empire Magazine. This was back in the days of limited Internet service, I was tossing up posts for Doug and Lara began to write back to me.

We have not met yet. There is always the possibility that we may met some time in the future.

Lara has a lot going on in her life. It makes my life seem calm and organized in comparison, cancer not withstanding. It makes it difficult for her to maintain her circle of contacts the way she used to do when she was at Rhodes University in South Africa.

Lara has one weakness that I continually indulge her. Lara loves great coffee and she is unable to purchase any locally in South Africa. I periodically make a trip to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and select some really yummy coffee beans for her. I think she shares them with her brother. Since Lara is taking care of her mother, I also include a bag of decaffeinated coffee for her mother, the decaffeinated is better for her mother because it doesn’t raise her blood pressure.

One thing that I love Lara for is her determination and drive. She remembers me, after a fashion sometimes. That is good. Lara is also a very successful businesswoman in a country that generally degrades the role and capabilities of women, especially a white woman. She owns and operates two profitable video rental stores in Johannesburg.

I discovered that Lara has put me in her Facebook pages of friends this morning with comments. I live the farthest from her. This was a surprise since I do not fit the usual demographic for Facebook.

Fascinating.

Amber the Stylist was happy to see me today. Amber knew about the cancer and me so she expected me to be in a very upbeat mood. I was feeling very good today.

I got a very nice shampoo this morning and neck massage. This was a great way to start my day, a massage from a beautiful woman.

Today was my first haircut in about seven weeks. I feel better now that I have it. I will probably be able to go back to my old haircut schedule of once every four or five weeks after I am off the chemotherapy program and the medication is out of my system.

We talked about our families today and what will when happen when Amber graduates from college and moves on to a higher paying job. I may be looking for a new stylist after graduation.

I truly enjoy Amber’s sense of humor and laughter. Laughter is important for me right now. Ands, I believe, that Amber has helped my recovery from cancer with her laughter and love of life. Amber periodically sends me inappropriate jobs and cartoons to help me keep my spirit up.


Be well and stay happy.