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TO BOLDLY GO WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN BEFORE

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  TO BOLDLY GO WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN BEFORE  Today is the day that I married my friend. I trusted him with our future and my well being. As I look back on the photos of our wedding day, birth of children, gatherings of family and friends there are a few  observations that, I feel, are worth mentioning. I hope this post inspires you to learn, love, forgive and love again.  Sj For Trekees the title of this post will seem very familiar. Star Trek was one of America's favorite sci-fi television series. That's saying a lot from a kid that grew up with Swiss Family Robinson and Lost in Space. I felt like this title was appropriate because at that time in that place in the presence of GOD, family and friends we pledged our love and commitment to each other with no regards to what the future may bring. Our motto was we can conquer anything as long as we were together. Naive, but true and we still hold on to that 20+ years later.  What We Didn't Know: 1. Our eldest son ...
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JUST SAY .... YES

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 JUST SAY....YES 26+ years ago, a note, wrapped up in a few dollar bills, was passed to me at one of my then favorite restaurants, the Pasta House Company in St. Louis. I thought the request odd, but really didn't give it much thought and continued with my dinner. My companion and I laughed, talked, observed like people do when they are in love.  As time went on, I began to get fidgety because I just knew there was going to be a proposal by the end of the night. My companion, friend, boyfriend and soon to be husband had me pegged! He knew how insatiable my curiosity could be; how impatient I was and how I lived on everything matching 'my' expectations. He smiled. Toying around like a cat playing with his food. By the end of our meal I was puzzled, under -whelmed and ready to go home. My mother was babysitting our daughter and there was a strict timeline involved. By the time the cheque came, I wouldn't hold in my flustered thoughts, I asked "don't you have some...
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SAD, GLAD, MAD pt 1

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 SAD, GLAD, MAD When you know things are moving, but you are not sure of the direction they are going!   Where do I start? I am well past the beginning, but not close to the end, and far enough from the middle that I can't see it on the horizon any more.  How about I get the "Sad & Mad" out of the way first?  SAD:  When the Lord whispered to me that this was going to be "long and hard", I thought, "oh-no" how long is long? I mean YAHWEH is immortal, so, if he said it would be long..then gracious it was going to be long. That was in October 2024 before my diagnosis. Fast forward to February 2026 and guess what? I am here again! What is different now? Well I am 3/4 of the way done with my treatment. I have endured chemo, radiation (which was totally brutal) a port placement, a lumpectomy and a push by insurance to hurry up and get back to work. To my dismay, I returned in September or 2025 and have been struggling to work full time ever since. I am a...
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THE BEAUTIFUL

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  THE BEAUTIFUL.... Today is the anniversary of 9/11. Today is the 24th anniversary of our son Elan Michael. Today we are mourning the loss of a bright light Charlie Kirk. America we are still mourning and if we don't address the elephant in the room...we will continue to mourn.  We call evil good, right wrong and kill people we don't agree with. If you are a  blood-washed believer in Jesus Christ The Messiah, then uphold the Lord's structure for marriage, for family and gender roles; protect the unborn at any point in their development; teach the next generation how to agree to disagree respectfully and how to PRAY! Teach your children about Jesus! Encourage your adult kids to turn to Jesus! Learn how to break apart the bible. Learn Jewish culture. Educate, Pray, Live Compassionately and do good! ( He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 )   h...
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IN THE THICK OF IT

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 IN THE THICK OF IT..... Greetings to all of my readers, new and those who have been around for awhile, welcome! My apologies for the late entry, but I have been crazy busy navigating the newness of my normal. Let me share it with you. Sj When I look back over my adult life, I can see the hand of GOD moving me into a specific direction to maybe cross paths with someone that will affect me or them in a positive way. Sometimes, He will move my course to intersect with someone that will give me information, which will stir my creative desire, which will lead to a career change or an operations adjustment. No matter what it is, GOD controls all and will succeed in getting His desired outcome! My job is to line up and submit to His Flow... Cancer has moved me to connect with some of the most outstanding people! It has opened up doors for conversation where there might not have been one. It has opened the compassion and kindheartedness of people that has surprised me. It has allowed me t...
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COURSE ADJUSTMENT

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 Listen, take something away and apply it to where you are now or will shortly be... Sj COURSE ADJUSTMENT
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CANCER SAGA PT 2

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  CANCER SAGA PT 2 Let's dialogue..post comments below CANCER SAGA PT 2
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