Expecting Rain

Yeah, topu, we get there in the end.

EDIT: Giada, she'd told us that - somewhere ... - earlier

Yes I am... but a scary one (at least in that pic)
superma maybe someone told you via pm or something...

Topu, every time I see your avatar I get the urge for a smoke.

Very sweet picture of you and your friend.

Leo, every time you get the urge to smoke, I have one. Knock it off or I'm quittin'.

who are you?? right of left??

the one on the right... with a scarf

show us a better pic! please

Robert, I'm trying to knock it off. Funny, when one of my granddaughters was very small, about 4 years old, the people in the house were looking for me. I heard her tell them "She's on the porch doing smoke." That's how I think of it now, "doing smoke". It has a real ring to it.

I found some pictures today at my parents. I am about 21 years old in these pictures; approximately the same age as most of The Gang. I wish I was still this age!

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg197/sc ... res=medium

Love, Joanna XOXXO P.S. Enjoy your youth; it doesn't last long enough!

^
Beautiful photos, Johanna. I sometimes wish I were that age again too--but only with the wisdom I have acquired in the years since. I lacked a lot of that.

Yes, I lacked wisdom at that age, but I don't feel much different than I did at that age. I never felt that I was pretty enough then. I feel better about myself now than I did then and I wish I had felt surer of myself then. Love, Joanna XOXOX

okay i didn't think y'all would have to be THIS patient...but i'm almost done writing this up and anybody interested just pm me

^ i got a feelin' your PM box
- is gonna get pretty full
- think i'll beat the crush
- and just say..... me! ..

wow johanna, you are and have been SO beautiful and full of sunny radiance! i think you´re one of the persons with the most positive aura i´ve ever met, i really admire that because there are not only happy times in anybody´s life and i think it isn´t easy to maintain such a wonderful attitude. and you know what? i´m really jealous of you having experienced those fascinating decades we can only read about.

va va va voom. and that's pre-photoshop era ladies and gentleman...

Damn, nice Johanna

will you marry me?

Tellmemomma, I am already planning the impending nuptials. I wish I was that age for you! Love, JoannaXOXXO

As my mom would say, "You're cute as a button".

Johanna, you look incred!

Wow, Johanna!! You're gorgeous, and just as beautiful today

Johanna ,
all i can say is this

You're beautiful beyond words
You're beautiful to me
You almost make me cry
Never say goodbye.

Hey topu! Nice to see you

That's about how i thought you would be...

Hi Tragos
I picture you like your avatar...

Thanks Everybody,
I really was pretty then, but I never felt pretty enough - stupid! Shosha, Fellini, Mommy, Tragos, enjoy your youth while you can and don't be sad because you are not a certain age. That age will surely come and then time speeds up until a year feels like a few months. Good thing when you are waiting for Bob; not so good when you are getting older! Love, Joanna XOOX