To my dearest friend — thank you for sharing your brightest life
your infectious joy, your brilliant smile
each day softening these endless farewells
so—goodbye, beautiful lady—goodbye, Mom
but—hello again, always—hello again…
I miss you I adore you I love you
(above) Millie, at 80, riding the Coney Island Cyclone (1996)
xo❤️💐
Millie passed in 2021
anntogether 
Ah, I do remember that Coney Island photo of your beautiful mother and also the stunning b&w one below. What a nice tribute to your mother, AnnMarie — she would love it. 🌸💟 Happy Mother’s Day! DS
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thank you, my friend
on this lovely sunday 😊
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Hope you had a Happy Mothers Day AnnMarie. I come with emotional news. In my housing there have been bad tenants a lot of bullying verbal abuse I’ve been dealing with that for two years I tried to ignore it the bullying these tenants insulted my parents and try to make me feel bad for spending time away from the apartment they are just a bunch of mean old grannies well things started to get to me this are such awful miserable human beings that I started staying in my apartment and have time at home or just staying inside my apartment because it seems like a lot of people only had critical things to say about me im not alone with who is bullying me its gotten so bad the police are involved they and the property manager held a meeting on bullying that was going on in the building they gave notices for advice in dealing with bullies and it encouraged those bullied to call the property manager or police i called the property manager tonight let her know what is going on her voicemail ill see if she calls me back or anything will get done but it looks like they are starting to work on the situation i didnt name names but others probably gave names its done ive done it now i got to not think of it too much i watch star wars do u like star wars AnnMarie do you like Star Wars you were probably a little pretty girl when it came out i love star wars i spent 80 bucks to get the unaltered versions you also got as a bonus of the 1997 added scenes which is nice they altered it again in 2006 adding in characters ghosts from the prequels in scenes of the 77 80 and 83 versions i had those copies i also screwed up annmarie i took my morning meds at night and couldnt sleep i wrote for hours all night and then day 15 stories lol someone is manic im back on track i got to find myself a girlfriend at the movies i might off there was a super friendly maybe overly friend girl from the south they are always extremely nice i thought she was pretty but very happy girl she talked my ear off about the history of the theater i saw clown in a cornfield with my mom my dad is sick he is almost 80 my sister is scared he is going to die he was feeling dizzy like he was going to fall and feeling nauseous my sister sadly is in the mental hospital she got manic again relapse grabbed the steering wheel and nearly caused an accident she was out of her mind my dad called 911 and the police came and they sectioned her because she was talking ragtime she made no sense then half way to the hospital the ambulance stopped because she got violent and threatened the ambulance workers and jumped out im talking to her on the phone a lot she is very sick but im sure she will bounce back swo a lot going on annmarie next birthday im going to wish for a day spent with annmarie just as friends you got a hubby i can be your apprentice may the force be with you annmarie
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hi there, Dan
so very sorry to read about the goings-on at your apt. At least, people have been made aware. Hopefully, the right steps are taken, and the issues are resolved. Bullying has no place anywhere in the world.
I do hope your dad’s and sister’s health issues return back to doing better. An aging parent is something we try to adjust to – it sneaks up on us and is never easy.
Mental health issues are another matter – it seems your sister – is getting to the med places she needs to better help her.
As for Star Wars – I’m a big Harrison Ford fan – so yes, Star Wars is grand! Truth be told – my fav are the Indiana Jones films:)
And yes, I had a lovely Mother’s Day
Hang in there, Dan😊you’re a positive person – you never give up – you are creative and you have friends – keep these things with you always – your shield, your happy🌟
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AnnMarie I got an update on the bullying i called and told them what they are saying to me and how i ignore and stay in my apartment the property manager sent me a complaint form it said it could be used in a court of law this is serious even those women are 70s 80 years old they still can’t be doing what they are doing and they could prosecute them send them to jail my property manager wants to have a meeting on thursday 10-3 my dad thinks it will backfire and they will twist it around put it on me or seek revenge i just want to let the property manager know whats up and advocate for myself she might want me to put it in writing i wont do that if they would get taken to court that is extreme i just want her to at the most talk to the grannies and get them off my back what do you think i should do? other people have been bullied and got the cops involved those mean old grannies must have been the ones doing it and reported anyway i love you annmarie when is your next book coming out i feel so lucky to have a autographed copy of love of the monster with your kind words Women need support in their dreams too
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If you’re asking me what I do when confronted with unkind people – in my lifetime – I’ve always taken the ‘kill ’em with kindness’ approach.
So Dan, why not bestow upon those old mean gals the gift of tee shirts. Show them what it means to be neighborly and good – but make sure the tee shirts say – in nice big bold colorful happy lettering – “BE KIND”❤️
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