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Taxes and Birthdays
I don’t know how it goes in your family, but over here, tax season is absolutely no fun for a couple of reasons. First of all… April is my birthday month and that’s a good thing. What complicates this, is owning a business and ALL the prep needed to be done to be...
Walking with Friends Through Cancer
It's my friend's birthday today and I just keep thinking about her and all she did for me 8 years ago as I walked through scary times with a cancer diagnosis. This is one story that made me smile in the middle of facing my biggest fear. (summer 2009) My friend had her...
Volleyball, Mudslides and Cancer
I KNOW you’re on the edge of your seats, waiting for updates about my life… or at least that’s what I like to tell myself. Well, I’ve got some! Let’s start with the basics and see how this unfolds. Volleyball. What can I say? Apparently, I am a HUGE fan. I had no idea...
Life Updates and Other News
"Okay kids. Don't buckle up. If the road drops out from under us we want to be able to get out of the car as quickly as possible." Yes. I actually said that--- many times this past week. Ed has repositioned the orange cones and I'm again coming over the knoll looking...
Slip Sliding Away
Psalm 46:1-2 "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall..." Well... The earth is giving way and the mountain is beginning to fall on our property. We live at the end...
A Different Type of Valentine Post
So... I told myself I was not going to write too much about Eddie in my next few posts because the first thing he said after I read the last one to him was, "You didn't mention me as much as you usually do." Are you kidding me? He had a whole paragraph dedicated to...
The Keys to a Happy Family…Literally
I could not silence the incessant beeping coming from my minivan. One of the electric doors would not slide into place and the noise was escalating the whole drama of me, already running a few minutes late. It was EARLY Sunday morning and I was scheduled to play keys...
So Much Waiting
“Not one person has liked or commented on my Facebook post today,” I lamented to Eddie as we wound our way over the mountain freeway to Stanford. I had linked to my latest blog post Friday the 13th asking for prayer for my upcoming procedure and out-of-whack...
Friday the 13th
Well… I heard from my doctor on Wednesday and I am headed to Stanford tomorrow. She’s calling it an exam under anesthesia. What on earth does that even mean? I’ll tell you what it means: SURGERY! There’s a home prep involved. 2 hour early arrival a weigh-in Attempted...