April 18, 2012

Trying to sell some items on eBay, including these
depression-era water glasses by Anchor Hocking.

Probably 10 years ago a very good friend had a brain trauma similar to an aneursym. She was taken to the hospital unconscious and her husband was told there was no hope for her, so he took her to another hospital. To make a long story short, she recovered but has never been the same person. She came home from the hospital and rehab after months with all her "filters" gone from her thinking, speaking and actions. I would visit her in the hospital and in rehab, and when she went home I took her to lunch and grocery shopping, but our relationship was never the same. Another friend wisely said that it was up to me to decide if I still wanted to have a relationship with our "new" old friend. Hard as I tried, I was never able adjust to the hateful and harmful ways of my one-time good friend, and so we drifted apart.

I read my one-time friend's Facebook comments today where she, as she often does, made terrible statements about both of her sons, her ex-husband, and the boys' new stepmother. I initially wrote a comment suggesting that she consider her own part in the breakdown of her relationships, but removed it. I have no business commenting on her relationships and besides that, nothing I could write or say to her will change who she is and what she does now. But I still miss my old friend.

Today I'm creating auction listings on eBay. Once before I tried to sell a pair on shoes on eBay but no one bought them. This morning I created six or seven auctions to see if I can sell some items that were too expensive for yard sales. Let's see what happens on eBay.