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Status: Andy returns in my LOVE: alive, wild and beautiful. This colors everything I do.
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I am adrift this week, away from my house, my job, my dogs, even my husband. (He will arrive around midnight though.) I am on Cape Cod for a family wedding, as I've said. In some ways it is good to...
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My motto about exercise has been, for the last 6 years: "You never regret it." It feels more important than ever to get those endorphins or as we call 'em, Happy Dolphins. I know, I know, you...
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How do you guys know when I have written something or put pictures up? You swoop in like angels and give so much feedback and support!!! It's beautiful and amazing. I don't want to be less than...
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Have you noticed how vulnerable you are in the car? Your head can be a million miles away. Not safe, is it. We don't want to put other people at risk out there, for goodness sakes... especially since...
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I am grateful for all of you. I will try to write a little something each day. It's kind of like weeding the garden: my grandmother said if you just pull 10 weeds a day you'll have a nice weed-free...
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A wee update.Yesterday we had silent candles at church and I lit one for Andy and that plus the piano music which was "He shall lead his flock" (from the Messiah) really dissolved my composure and I...
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from a friend on FB:"Grief changes you. If you expect to go back to being the same person you were before your loss, you will be disappointed. That person is gone. It might be tempting to look at all...
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MILLION DOLLAR CHICKEN This recipe won the Pillsbury cook-off, hence the name! It wasn't me who won though, too bad. This is REALLY EASY! Quantities do not matter at all. (In my version, LOL!) Put...
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From thee I receive, To Thee I giveTogether we share, and by this we live.We sing this in church every Sunday. It seems like the essential statement of our community. We are in flow. The more you...
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When it's good, it's really good! I mean, it works!Monday, work. On Tuesday I had a lot of goodness, starting with De and breakfast, and time to look at photo albums. Wednesday, work. Thursday lots...
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Do you know Quickfire? It's the first segment of Top Chef. Love that show!Anyway, today went by way too fast. I was at work, then home and beautiful De (number9) arrived and we made dinner and talked...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHBavSoPkcI beseech you :-) to watch this video of Ken reading his poem "I Will Win". He captures the range of emotions when diagnosed with a terrible disease, in...
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I think that is the name of a poem by my friend Ken Nye. He is a dear fellow at my church who is suffering Parkinson's, terrible arthritis, AND Multiple Myeloma. But he says, "I will win." He doesn't...
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What a long hot beautiful strange sad summer. :"} In a nutshell. We had the trip to Scotland in June, and Andy's birthday and a wedding in July, and in August Heidi's visit, another wedding, and...
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In about 2002, I think... Andy left this note for me:"Dear Mother,Thank you for being so strong and alive throughout these years. I watched you as you stood steady through the rain and the darkness,...
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