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Mar 8

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It’s not all in my head after all.

So I had my follow-up doctors visit on Tuesday, and I finally know what’s wrong with me.

I was beginning to believe it was all in my head, especially because some days were not so bad.  Other times, though, I’m just dragging my bones through the day.  And I am also having periods when I can’t concentrate, when my mind wanders or just goes blank.  Not like I forget something blank, but not focused, devoid of thought.  That part is really weird for me, to just be a blank slate – I mean, I never stop thinking.  Until now, that is. continue reading…

Mar 5

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Two down and ten to go.


Another month has passed, and I’m slowly making progress on my resolutions.  Okay, on some of my resolutions.

To be perfectly honest, I’m finding it difficult to focus on so many things at once.  I started doing better on healthy eating, and stopped remembering to record my Thankfuls.  It sometimes felt like, to concentrate on one area, there had to be some give in another area.

To be even more honest, there are things on this list that don’t require that much time.  So am I just making excuses for the things that I didn’t accomplish?

Well, no.  I’m glad to say – and believe – that I don’t need to make any excuses. continue reading…

Feb 11

Birthday Wishes for a Boy with Brain Cancer

Hi Guys,

I’m posting today to ask you for a favor.

I read an article last night about a boy in my community:  

“Wesley was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 12. Since then he has undergone two surgeries, 30 days of radiation and nine rounds of chemotherapy.  Tests in November 2008, 2009 and 2011 showed additional spots on his brain…”

He’s turning 17 this week, which is pretty fantastic considering all he’s been through, and his family is asking people to send birthday cards to Wesley.

So that’s it – that’s the favor – would you send a birthday card?

When I read this, I immediately thought of the Quote this week: “The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.”  Normally, I would think about sending a card, but then I would never do it.  I certainly wouldn’t ask you guys to do it.  But I don’t want to continue simply being a person with good intentions.  I want to be a person who follows through on her good intentions.  (That’s not a guilt trip, that’s just me being honest about myself.)

So I pulled 10 cards out of my office drawer for Westley.  Yes, I had 10 birthday or blank cards piled up in there.  Those cards represent a lot of other good intentions that were never realized.  I’m going to get my co-workers to write Happy Birthdays to Wesley, and for the cost of 10 stamps, we can help make his birthday week a joyful one.

You don’t even have to buy a card – you can make one or have the kids make one.

Those are even better!

Anyway, I’m just throwing this out there and if you are able to do it, that would be great.  Or you could share this on your blog or Facebook –  maybe he will get some cards from all over.  What a treat that would be!

You can get his address from the article by clicking the link below.

Family asks community to shower teenager with brain cancer with birthday cards

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Feb 2

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Thankfully Moving Forward


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On June 13th, 2011, I introduced the Thankful pages with this metaphor:

“We are so small and seemingly insignificant in the universal pool of life, but every move we make creates a ripple that grows ever wider, reaching out to and crossing paths with our fellow swimmers.  We can float along if we wish.  But to keep moving is to continually create these waves of energy, to continually send something out into the world.  To swim is to move one’s limbs in a purposeful way.  It is also to propel oneself, to move from one location to another, to take yourself to new places.  It is to take yourself further.”

And so I had decided that I was ready to stop treading water; I was ready to swim.  To be more accurate, I was planning to do a great big cannon ball into the deep end and send plenty of awesome waves out into the world.  Then I’d swim with a mighty purpose; I’d propel myself across that pool and intercept some of those same waves that I had sent out.  

I would be Thankful! continue reading…

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