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Hello Everyone.  Boy what a busy time for me last week.  It started by working on Monday and Tuesday.  My brothers and I left Tuesday night to travel to Raleigh to be with mama during her heart surgery.  They took her down about 6:30 and the doctor was out about 11:30.  Surgery went well.  They replaced a valve with a mechanical valve. She is really doing well.  She came home yesterday.  My brothers and I came back home on Thursday.  Thursday being Josh's 21st birthday party.  John and I had 36 people attend Josh's party to help us celebrate.  How amazing is that.  I had a peace sign cake made.  It looked really good except it being upside down.  I will post a picture so you can see what I am talking about.  I guess that was Josh's way of being with us.  It was late when we got back home and I hadn't even thought about getting ready for John's family reunion in Tennessee.  Well my nice boss lady and friend gave me Friday off to do a little shopping and get packed.  John and I left Friday afternoon and arrived in Erwin about 11:30.  From previous journals you know I was not looking forward to this trip.  Well, I actually enjoyed it this year.  John and I had Rhonda and John time that we really needed. Saturday was our day.  We did hang out with some of his brothers for a while but most of the day he and I.  Sunday came for the reunion.  John has a cousin that is 15 years old.  You would not believe how much she favored Josh.  The way her face was shaped, glasses and all.  I mentioned it to John waiting for him to tell me he was crazy, but he agreed.  We told her grandfather how much they favored and showed him a picture of Josh.  Talking about him made us both happy.  We left Sunday afternoon and returned home around 10:30 that night.  Busy Busy Busy.  Back to work on Monday and dragging.  Thank you for thinking of Josh on his birthday.  I love you all.