Hi everyone, I have been working extra hours on my website due to the cold weather in Detroit... I am not kidding, when I say cold... it is a freezing nightmare!I work downtown in Detroit, designing furniture for night clubs...The yuppies are moving in and the city is starting to turn around after many years of poverty and hardship, for many Detroiters. I never went into the auto industry like much of my family, layoffs are common for line workers. They make great money, when times are good but

Precious time... Time seems to speed up as one grows older. My mother told me that as she approached her 80s,. I never understood what she meant, but I do now at 56.Mom is now gone, but she left me with an appreciation of life. We have all had rough times in our lives, Mom had some really tough times, but she always had a great outlook.She was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and became very ill. She knew she had little time left and rushed to pack in life. Mom and I went canoeing, she was very il