On Friday, the 4th of August, 1983 I married the love of my life in Clearwater, Florida. Rev. Comer of the Clearwater First Methodist Church presided over the ceremony. My dear friend and co-worker Susan Miles attended this church and suggested it for our ceremony since we were not able to be married in the…
December 24th, 2014 at 12:30PM I stepped out of the chemo chair with the help of my husband, whom I lovingly call “Joseph”(as in Mary and Joseph), his real name is Tom, with a huge smile on my face. The chemo nurse handed me a “Certificate of Completion” signed by the entire floor of nurses….
Our Little GondolierJude Video Hey Mom…… Click on the above colored words and this is sure to cheer you up after reading all of the sad things. Lindsay sings to baby Jude Seems my Blog has become a bit morbid with all of this PC stuff! Thought I would lighten things up a bit with…
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and we need to get out there and get this cancer the attention it demands. Did you know that the American Cancer Society says that in 5 years PC will be the number one cancer killer? Yet, PC receives the least amount of research funding of all cancers. The…
We all have an expiration date. In the back of our minds we wonder just when it is. Most of us believe it is out there somewhere around the age of 85 or so, especially if the family genes have produced a few octogenarians. 2010 life expectancy charts for Social Security claim the average person…
JT Townsend and I were scheduled to speak at the Westside Rotary Meeting at 11AM the next morning of the night he passed away. We spoke about the speech he was giving, the speech he had been working on for several weeks. It was to be his first five minute speech. I assured him he…
Many of us wondered if we should assemble an ARC for the annual Purple Stride 5K to raise awareness and funding for research for pancreatic cancer. It had been raining steadily for several days and the forecast did not show any relief in sight. Floridians were beginning to wonder if our meteorologist had fallen asleep….
It looks rather like a coat of armor when you see it for the first time. It is really just a plastic mesh that is softened during what is called your “assimilation” appointment. They form it to your body at the radiation site. If you have cancer in your head, they form a head mask!…
Often I struggle with messages from God. Are they really from Him? Could the evil one be steeling His secret path into my heart and mind? A lot of the time it is a serious answer I wait on. Recently I had agreed to step out of my comfort zone and do something that involved…