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This one is easy! The last thing I celebrated was my birthday, which was June 3. Even though the number of age is getting to be alarmingly advanced these days, I still love celebrating my birthda...

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This will b much shorter than the previous entries, even though I could go on for days. I’m pretty easy to please. L A nice bar of handmade soap. I promise you, when I die I will leave behind at ...

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I’m going to try to do a top 10 list things on my gratitude list. Here we go: 1) A God that loves me unconditionally and looks after me all day, every day. My faith has brought me through so many...

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I was born in Virginia (the great commonwealth!), the second oldest of 6 children. We grew up without a lot of money, but with an abundance of love. Our parents were (and are) very loving and cre...

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So, today sort of didn’t go as planned. We ended up with both cars being in the shop at the same time. Nice! Luckily, we live in town, so we can get to stuff, but my husband works in the next cou...

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Whew! We’re in teacher work week now, and then I’m having a summer break!! Woohoo! We have the new tent, and I want to go camping and have some fun!

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This might seem like a small thing to some, but we just ordered a new tent that should arrive by Friday (my birthday!). I love to go camping, and I’m super excited!

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Today my husband’s defibrillator sounded the tone to warn him that the battery is getting low. Bill survived a sudden cardiac arrest in 2000 and has had the device since then. So, when the tone s...

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Sunday it was one year since our sweet Owen was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Since then he has turned 13, entered 7th grade, finished chemo, been declared NED (no evidence of disease), and ...

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Well, this was supposed to be a fun spring break, but it went sour. We went to Virginia to visit my parents, taking the grandchildren. We arrived Tuesday afternoon, and by dinner that night I was...

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This past weekend was lovely for Bill and me. We went away to Kill Devil Hills, NC. That’s near Nags Head, in case you don’t know. We stayed in an oceanfront hotel and had lovely meals and walked...

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I learned this morning that a sweet friend passed away last night. She had back surgery on Friday and had some kind of complication yesterday. I don’t know many details yet, but it’s sad to think...

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Even though my grandson Owen was declared to be cancer free in July, I will always be a bit anxious about him. Here lately, more so. He’s been very tired lately, and it makes me nervous. He turne...

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I don’t mind getting older. Honestly, I don’t. I don’t feel like I’m nearly as old as I am. However!!! I DO hate the way my body looks right now. This is not all due to aging, I know, but the slo...

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This afternoon I took our granddaughter Caroline to tea at a fancy hotel. We were both dressed up, and she looked so adorable (she’s 7). I had gone into a little shop owned by a friend yesterday,...

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This holiday season is getting to me a little bit, although I’m trying not to let it. I love Christmas and all the lights and colors and such, but I’m feeling very tender this year, because it’s ...

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This is the 8th anniversary of me being cancer free! I am happy to have maintained that status, but I still mourn for those still in the fight, and for the families who have lost loved ones. Canc...

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Whew! Today and tomorrow are jam packed with parent teacher conferences. My co-teacher and I had our toughest one today, so the rest should be lots easier. However, I’ve been feeling sicker and s...

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We went trick or treating with the kids tonight. It’s so much fun to see their happy faces when they get the candy! Since Owen just turned 13, it’s hard to say if he will do it again next year. H...

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Seems like everybody has abandoned the place. I know I’m not good about writing, but some of you who write regularly have not. Hope everyone is okay!

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We went up to Virginia yesterday for a family picnic and took our 3 grandchildren with us. We had such a good time! It’s always good to see my family, and we just loved having the kids with us. W...

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I hope everyone had a restful day. Bill and I went away Saturday morning and spent the night in Abingdon, Va. Lovely! The mountains are gorgeous, and the town is so quaint. They had a music festi...

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So it was the first day of school, and it was going so well. Our little preschoolers were tooling along nicely. Then we went to the playground…I was heading to bring back a little girl straying t...

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School starts for our kids next Wed, so my teaching partner and I are quite busy this week getting the classroom ready. It’s fun to make as attractive and interesting as possible, but I’m TIRED.

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Owen had scans today, and he is cancer free!!! Thank you, Jesus!!!

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