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Comment by diannep on September 22, 2014 at 8:20am

Yes, it's sad, greta.  My parents grew up here, my siblings and I did, and our children did.  It is not the same city that I grew up in.  Exciting?  Yes....it has everything anyone would want for entertainment, but it is wild.  Thankfully, I have wonderful long-time friends from the "old" Miami who keep me going!  My hubby was a small-town AL boy so you can imagine the shock he had down here, but actually when we moved back after college, it was still a good city.  In the 70's.  Things started going downhill in the late 80s, and really slid in the 2000's.  Many of my friends have moved out....sad...part of the problem is that you pretty much must speak Spanish to live here.  Most jobs require it now.  So it is hard for us Miami natives to be denied jobs because we don't speak "the language of the area."  My son was employed at a hotel down here about 8 yrs ago....he was the only non-Spanish speaking employee---the entire staff was from S. America.....this was a Marriott hotel and when I questioned this to corporate, I was told that Marriott tends to speak "the language of the area."  Hmmm.....my son couldn't even communicate to his staff because of this difficulty....they were not required to learn English.  He lasted a year there, and then finally left after he couldn't do it anymore. To have both English and Spanish spoken here is fine, but when Spanish trumps English which is true in many cases, it is so very hard to comprehend.  Oh well....life lessons!  I am thankful that my baby grandson will be bilingual....it is a necessity now for this new generation. 

Comment by gretamae3 (nuke mom) on September 22, 2014 at 7:12am

Good morning!!!! Diannep you live in Miami??? I must haveissed that along the way..... I lived in Miami many years ago I. I went from WV to MIsmi what a culture shock. I was scared to death to leave our apartment. My ex husband worked for a company called Dietrich. I made him find a new job to get me out of there

Comment by diannep on September 22, 2014 at 7:08am

Will do, greta!  And I don't see how anyone could be too friendly in today's world....I'm always looking for friendly down here in Miami....sadly, we are not known for our friendliness, but I find it when I look hard enough !

Good Morning All !

Comment by CatMom509 on September 22, 2014 at 2:25am

gretamae3,

Friendly is good in my book!!  I've met really good friends being friendly and open~~  :)

Comment by gretamae3 (nuke mom) on September 21, 2014 at 8:33pm

Diannep what an amazing story. I plan on googling and doing some reading. Next time you see Greta giver her a big hug for me!! I guess it is in out name!!! Many people don't know how to take us!!! I've learned sometimes I am way to friendly and people don't know how to take me so they will shy away lol. Thank you for sharing that story

Comment by CatMom509 on September 21, 2014 at 8:21pm

diannep,

Thanks for the update on Brett and his Second Shot Ministry!!  Yep, the way we deal with life hinges on our responses to it.  We can lose it and go crazy or we can rest in knowing that our God has His hand on us and choose to have peace~~

Comment by CatMom509 on September 21, 2014 at 8:16pm

Blessed Sunday!

     "You should clothe yourselves instead

      with the beauty that comes from within."

                                                I Peter 3:4

Comment by diannep on September 21, 2014 at 11:00am

You are welcome, redeaglespirit!

Comment by diannep on September 21, 2014 at 10:58am

Yes she is, greta!  She is the most outgoing friendly person and guess what?  A Navy Mom!  Her son enlisted a year before my son did....so he was an example to him.  Her son was being processed out after his enlistment was over when he went to the rescue of a person calling for help, after being robbed, and Brett was shot pointblank by the robber.  This happened in Oct 2012 in Jacksonville FL where he as stationed.  He is an amazing guy, personal trainer on the side (was actually at this apt complex to meet with a potential client when the robbery happened).  He should have been dead....99 percent die of the injury he had.  It was touch and go for a long time, medically induced coma, lost his right leg below knee due to severed artery from bullet and blood supply lost...lost a kidney....lost lots of his colon....bleeding aorta....Had many surgeries, about 5 mos in 2 different hospitals.....physical therapy continues but he is amazing.  He just competed in the Wounded Warrior games ()they are called something else over there) in England representing the US....like a little Olympics. He will be competing soon in the Wounded Warrior Games in Colorado (I think that is where they are).  If you want to read more about him, google Brett Parks.  He is a chip off the old block...his mom is amazing and was so very amazing during his recovery....not leaving his side, even though he was 6 hours away from her, her dad was sick (died during Brett's recovery) and her hubby found out he had cancer just 2 mos after he was shot.  Need I say more?  She was precious to me after my hubby died, and then again when my brother died. 

So....women with the name Greta have integrity, dedication, endurance, and lots of love in my book!  :-)  Brett has now been medically retired from the Navy and has started a ministry called Second Shot Ministry, speaking around the country of his experience and faith.  His little girl was born 2 mos after he was shot, his little boy was only 16 mos old when he was shot.  He is one of the Navy's heroes for sure!

Here is a pik of him competing last week in London in the breaststroke event....yes, one-legged!  Not easy with the frog kick!

Comment by gretamae3 (nuke mom) on September 21, 2014 at 8:29am

I personally only know 1 other Greta so I gotta ask this question..... Is she "high strung lots of energy?" We joke and say it's in our name. It the lady I was named after.

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