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Dear Reader: As I walked out of the house yesterday morning, the early sun’s rays hit the (now blooming) Bradford Pear tree sending shadows of its branches across the yard. It seemed to be the perfect metaphor for my return … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This was the first photo to enter the chapel of hope stories blog. Little did I know that hot day in August of 2010….that the rocking chair Honey gave me at the baby shower for Mandy would come … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Maybe it was the photos from yesterday’s blog depicting St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope in Trust, North Carolina,  but suddenly last night I grabbed my “little c” scrapbook (dusted it off) and began going back through it again. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A little before seven o’clock yesterday morning I was checking emails and responses when I glanced out the window and saw the most beautiful sunrise with colors of pink and orange unveiling. I threw on some jeans, grabbed … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It took me a good part of my life (to date) to distinguish solitude from loneliness. And oh what a difference there is! Once I understood that we are each connected in this universe to all other living … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was exactly seven days since I had left to help keep Jakie and Eva Cate in Mt. Pleasant…four days there and three at my house with little Eva.  Tuesday night I literally ‘hit the wall.’ I started … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Isn’t it sometimes the simplest things that bring us the most joy? While planting the Easter lollipop seeds Monday afternoon with Eva Cate….I noticed “gobs” of buds on the state flower…the yellow jessamine vine. I always thought late … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Eva Cate and I have been playing and living with the fairies since she arrived. Yesterday we picked up a couple of new accessories for the fairies but the hardest thing to find is the fairy figurines themselves. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When Honey finished her personal “Race for the Cure” for MS like mine for breast cancer (but nowhere near as long) she told me about a story she knew I would love and all the people one woman … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Over the past few days I have spent with Mandy and the children helping get them get from A to B, meals, shopping, dressing, baths, and finally bedtime… all the memories of those long ago days have come … Continue reading →