Wild Anniversary Adventure (Day 3)

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First of all, thanks to everyone who stopped by yesterday and joined us in our Sarah Celebration.   It’s hard for me to fathom that it has been ten whole years since our lives were changed so irrevocably.  Eating dinner with her last night and looking across the table to see her sweet, precious face just about brought me to tears. Thankful, indeed.

We spent some time talking over what each of us remembered from her diagnosis and subsequent treatment.  She said that she was glad that she doesn’t remember a lot of it and I told her that I was glad, too.   I will never be able to forget the pain of that season but I’m so thankful that I can carry those memories and she doesn’t have to.

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Ten.

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TEN YEARS AGO, on May 17, 2002, we heard the words, “Your daughter has cancer. She has a 15% chance of surviving five years.  It’s very, very bad.”

TEN MINUTES AGO,  I returned from taking my “probably won’t survive cancer”  daughter to High School, where she is earning straight A’s and doing great.  As I left the school parking lot, I wiped tears from my eyes as I thought about how very differently things could have turned out.

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Sarah’s Shades of Beauty

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I’m a person who loves to take people pictures. And people who take people pictures need people to take people pictures of!

Since Steve and Snowy don’t hold still long enough most of the time for people (and canine) pictures to be taken, Sarah is my Go To Gal. She is a good sport and keeps the eyerolls to a minimum, even when I drag out my camera for the umpteenth time of the day.

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Churches Fight. Right?

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A week before Easter, we attended a special Easter performance at a local school auditorium.

Why was it so special?   Well, one for thing, it featured  a 70-voice choir and a 20-piece orchestra which is rather impressive for a small town.

But the other (even more important) reason it was special was because there were twelve different religious denominations represented in that group. Twelve!  

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So Inspired.

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I tend to come up with a lot of excuses as to why I can’t do certain physical things, i.e.,  I have COPD, I’m too old, I’m too inflexible, I’m too weak, I’m too flabby. The list goes on.

However, this morning I ran across a 5-minute video and two things happened:  1)  I was inspired beyond words 2) my excuses shriveled up right in front of my very eyes.

(My favorite part comes at minute 3:55. Just wow.)

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Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur’s Inspirational Transformation! – YouTube.

Snowy Goes To College (Part 2)

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Today we continue the Snowy Goes To College Series which I originally posted on  Smithellaneous Classic over two years ago.   I love this whole series so much I just had feature it again.  My only regret is that my photo skills were not quite as good back then so the pictures are a bit wobbly.  But it’s still fun to follow the story.

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