Today you get to see a few photos from our recent road trip to Las Vegas! I loved seeing the looks on people’s faces when I said we were going to Vegas — folks who know Jim and me were rightfully quite shocked as it doesn’t seem like ‘our thing.’ Well, you’re all right. It’s…
Years ago I read an article somewhere that said that looking into the distance is good for your eyes. Can I find that study now, or anything like it? The closest is this one: LOOKING INTO THE DISTANCE: Improve eyesight naturally using this simple method. I was surprised there weren’t more links, even though I…
I was the scrawny kid who turned into a pudgy teen who slimmed out again and stayed under 120# until I was nearly 30. I’m 5’ 3”. I lost pregnancy weight very quickly after the births of each of my two children. After the first baby, I wore my pre-pregnancy jeans home from the hospital….
Many of you have already heard, but in case you haven’t… I had a heart attack on Friday, October 27, 2017. I’m very thankful my husband was home and got me to our local hospital’s emergency room in very little time. There they stabilized me while consulting with our regional cardiologist. Although the heart attack…
IN FLANDERS FIELDS by John McCrae (1915) In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and…
As this blog post goes live, my husband and I expect to be seated at the memorial service for a young woman of 26. She was much too young to die, but the rare and aggressive cancer that took her didn’t care. Her faith never wavered, and, through her three-year journey, she demonstrated grace under…