Happy Birthday, Girlies!!

I do love them so!

Our favorite 7-year old.

Our favorite 5-year old.

Our sweet baby girl

right before she fell asleep in my arms.

Can you see her cute ponytail?

Or, according to hubby,

"fountain."

Little brother playing with his new cars

while birthday girl looks on.

A little while later, 

I thoroughly enjoyed 

getting on the floor

and playing with him.

Blessed be.

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Today is the Day!

Today is the day! 

 I am now officially a 40-year cancer survivor/thriver.

It's been a lovely quiet, puttering-type day 

started off with daily mass 

and a visit with Mother Mary. 

I have no doubt 

she's watched over me every step of the way 

and I wanted to thank her in person. 

Blessed be. 

💕🕯🎉

Smiling big as Auntie Joy looked in on me 

with some wise counsel on this special day via today's mail. 

Blessed be. 

❤️❤️

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Happy National Lighthouse Day!

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Happy May Birthdays

Heaven is time spent with our littles. 

💕

We had a lovely time celebrating our 

May Birthdays last night. 

❤️. 🎂. 🌺

Happy Birthday, Aimee!!

Today is my first baby sister's birthday! 

She and I are 10 years apart and she's always been such a dear. 

This photo is from our trip back 17 years ago 

for her wedding and she's holding the cross stitch picture

that I made for her. 

Whenever we go back for a visit, she makes every effort 

to be there with us as much as she possibly can 

and brings her three sweet daughters with her. 

This touches my heart so much 

and whenever I thank her, 

she always smiles fondly 

and tells me she wants her girls to know 

and love me, too. 

Blessed be. 

Love you, sister! 

❤️. 🎂. 🌺. 😘

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Happy Birthday, Susie!

Happy Birthday to my sister, Susie! 

 Wishing her all of the very best on this, 

the day we get to celebrate her

and hoping her special day is awesome 

and filled to the brim with love. 

💕

Smiling big because we're standing at her kitchen sink 

in June of 1999 when we went back for my Grandmother's funeral.

That means she's been making 

her fabulously famous and very yummy French toast 

for us for 18 years...at least!

🎉. ❤️ . 🕯. 🎈. 🎂

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Little Sister is Home!

🎉  .  🍾  .  🎊  .  🎈

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Happy Mardi Gras

Yay!! 

 It's the day we get to eat pancakes for supper. 

Today is called "Fat Tuesday" (or Shrove Tuesday). 

Back in the day, today was when folks ate up the last of their richer foods l

ike eggs and dairy before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. 

And what better way to do that than with pancakes?

Hubby and I have enjoyed this tasty tradition for a good many years now. 

Happy Mardi Gras!

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First Date Anniversary

Today is the 30th anniversary of our first date. 

Been together ever since. 

💕

Abide in Gratitude

Taking a quiet, intentional moment in my doctor's office this morning 

to Abide in gratitude. 

💕

Once again my annual physical was just routine. 

Being an almost 39-year bone cancer survivor, 

it hasn't always been that way. 

Blessed be. 

❤️

National Ice Cream Day

Yay for National Ice Cream Day!!  

Have I mentioned lately that ice cream 

is my very favorite food group?  

😉

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New Milestone

Hooray for reaching a fun, 

new meditation milestone today!

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Autumn Ball Gowns

More lovelies around my work 

are starting to dress for this year's Autumn dance.

This beauty lives down the street.

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Thankful Tuesday :: Heath

Taking an intentional moment during my annual physical 

to be grateful that these days? 

It's all routine. 

❤️

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August Break 2015 :: Numbers

My "official" photo

One of my goddaughter's birthday is in August

so I made this one to surprise and delight her.

(Tickled to say that it did)

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Meditation Milestone

Reached a fun milestone today on the app I use for meditation. 

1000 days!  

Yay me!!

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