Diane O'Neill's Posts - Architects of a New Dawn2024-03-29T07:33:32ZDiane O'Neillhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/DianeONeillhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2980551552?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=07fb4e4yanjis&xn_auth=noThen & Nowtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2011-05-04:2227378:BlogPost:2622942011-05-04T23:47:47.000ZDiane O'Neillhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/DianeONeill
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;"><strong>I</strong> married my soul mate, Charlie O’Neill, in 1985, after living with him for 4 years and knowing him since I was a teen.</span> <span class="font-size-2" style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I know that soul mate is an over used term, I don’t have a better one right now. …</span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;"><strong>I</strong> married my soul mate, Charlie O’Neill, in 1985, after living with him for 4 years and knowing him since I was a teen.</span> <span style="color: #000080;" class="font-size-2"><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I know that soul mate is an over used term, I don’t have a better one right now. </span> <span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">He was a musician, song writer, teacher and my best friend. He was my anchor thru any storm and my sunshine every day.</span></span> <span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">I was sure that my life could not have been better.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;" class="font-size-2"><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>T</strong>hen in 1986, we had our only son, Martin. Born on the Indigo ray, he was like “the second coming” doted on by everyone. Especially, his Dad.</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">He was an easy kid to raise. As long as the fridge was full, he was okay.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">We were all happy growing more spiritual, creative, loving & happy.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;"> </span><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;"><strong>C</strong>harlie was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">He went in for a routine colonoscopy and they found it. He was strong, vegetarian, exercised every day.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">He did it all right. But it was in that precise moment. I can pinpoint the instant. Our lives changed.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Dramatically. Scary, for this first time.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">We were challenged; but strove to make our lives complete and happy. We were as good as you can be in that scenario. But that is a tale for another time.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Marty grew into a smart, strong, athletic & handsome man. We have always been so proud of him. He understands the higher, spiritual concepts and chooses to live his life as honestly, fully & as happily as possible.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;"><strong>W</strong>e were all back on track and just when we thought that life couldn’t get better…….our granddaughter, Ariyana Rose was born to Marty & April. We welcomed April into our family the year before. She just walked in and we knew she belonged. I will forever be indebted to April for bringing us Rosie. Her birth changed everything, for the best. She continues to enchant me.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: #000080;"><strong>F</strong>rom Dec. 2010 - Feb. 2011, My perfect world has turned upside down. My perfect husband passed away. My son and his family moved out of state. My dog had to be put to sleep.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">An invisible force ripped out my heart, soul, breath, good times and bad… threw them on the floor, stamped on them, put cigarette butts out in them, drove a car thru them and then shoved them back in the empty vessel that was once me.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;"> I am both forced into not only a new chapter; but a new book. This is why I have chosen to write about my life.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080;">I have to find a way to build a life and write a new story, even though I have no idea what it will be.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2997754676?profile=original"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2997754676?profile=original" width="604"/></a></span></p>Diane O'Neill- The intro.tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2011-05-04:2227378:BlogPost:2622842011-05-04T23:00:52.000ZDiane O'Neillhttp://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/DianeONeill
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