retired business consultant who first moved to the area in the 1990s
Green lived in multiple condos throughout her time in St. Petersburg, but ended up building her own home in Campbell Park
Sounds like your typical uppity yankee, coming in and telling YOU what your local history is. But no worries, if she keeps sticking her nose in other people's areas and making a spectacle of herself in Campbell Park, she'll pay the toll soon enough.
You're welcome. The subject is dear to my heart, because of course I went through a lifetime of being the odd one out, with no one to share enthusiasm in my interests. Then by most men's standards, me being single still at 33 meant I was all dried out and no good to anyone. Might as well give up and join a convent. Yet here I am with my husband and a third child on the way.
Disappointment and loneliness really weigh on you. I'll tell you what helped even more than the concert. A few weeks beforehand, I was really down on myself for being single at 33. I thought it was too late for me and maybe I was destined for a solo life. So I prayed to God (which was new for me at the time) and said "God, I really want to be a wife and mother for someone but if that is not in your plans for me than I accept that". I gave up this dream to Him, and vowed to try to accept my situation.
Then I realized that if I was going to be single, I was going to be my own boyfriend. So I adopted a mentality of being loving and caring to myself. "DrinkCovfefe, what would you like to do this weekend?" I would say, then do the things that made me happy without feeling guilty or silly, like I should be doing something else, being more productive or trying to make myself and my home "better".
That's what led me to the concert, I was taking myself out for a night on the town. And I was having a great time by myself, as we only children can do, being good at entertaining ourselves. So it was really the mentality of caring for myself as I normally would do for a partner, that brought me out and put the smile on my face that attracted my husband.
It must be hard with everything closed down, and having your favorite pub turn into a homeless shelter really sucks. But you know when someone is comfortable with themselves, it shows, and people flock to you. Who knows, maybe you will be stuck in line somewhere and a cute girl will stand behind you wearing a shirt from that obscure thing you like. Don't give into the gloom, my friend!
That's good. Keep your eyes and ears open, my friend. Knowing that this is a war is half the battle, it means you haven't been hardened of heart.
I met my husband at 33 and we're about to have 3 kids in 4 years. Don't give up. We met at a concert for an obscure musician. The dating "scene" is garbage, you'll only find trash, so find ways to add a social element to your hobbies. -from one only child to another
The phrase is "Come soon, Lord Jesus". This is a battle between Goodness and Creation vs the death cult. You may not believe in Jesus (yet), but the evil people at the top of all this literally worship the same Babylonian gods/demons that are warned about in the Old Testament. It was all in WikiLeaks a few years ago. When I found that out, I prayed to God, who did come down to earth as a man to sort us out, and He responded. Getting right with God should be our top priority, so we can hear His guidance in the coming challenges ahead. May the Lord bless you and keep you, may His face shine upon you, [all who read this]
If I didn't already make this clear, that is one DUMB ASS bitch