2004 August

What a week!  Thanks to all of you who made my birthday so special.  This week has been hard…Lisa is in the hospital and not coming home again.  They told Carter Marie last Monday night, and now we wait.  I was so blessed to spend the day with Lisa on Friday.  Have you ever just […]

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This is so exciting!  I am typing this on my new laptop computer that Bernie and the boys gave me for my birthday.  A big birthday deserves a big present.  Parker and I drove to Franklin this morning to pick it up, and now I am sitting on the couch typing!  Awesome! So, how is […]

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This is not the first time I’ve updated in a week, but the last time I did the computer just shut down while I was picking my music.  Technology…it’s not always all it’s cracked up to be. I’m really encouraged about my visit to Bio Energy last week.  Their tests showed much of what I […]

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Last day of summer for the rest of the kids.  I know you all are sad…but for a mom, it’s pretty exciting!  Took Chip and Brad shopping for their school supplies and saw Viccums and Carlene while we were there.  Now, I’m off to take Chip to Marching Band practice.  Yikes! Parker rode his bike […]

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I can’t believe it!  One of the trumpet players in the high school marching band has hurt her leg and can’t march.  So, Chip had a call from the band…and now he’s a marcher!  Wow, it’s unbelievably cool for him to be able to do that as an eighth grader!  Can you tell I’m a […]

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All week we’ve had computer problems…but we have overcome those!  We have also had a rather emotional week.  Our sweet friend, Mary Alice, has been in the hospital lying comatose.  She is not only our friend, but the grandmother of Brad, and the mother/mother-in-law of Bill and Martha.  Oh, please dear friend, won’t you pray […]

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Thoughts to Encourage

Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.~ William Butler Yeats

Whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. - Henry Ford

The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost

Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~ Theodore N. Vail

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

Nothing helps like a good nap…

Birds are Beautiful

A Dog is Faithful…