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March 26, 2007
Our Lives in Pictures
So I was spring cleaning, again, today and was looking around at all my pictures...
I thought, maybe I have too many photos around, they all get dusty and need cleaning and that takes a while and is just a pain really.
But then I thought, no, this is our home, these are the pictures of our lives and it's neat to have them around to remember the times that we have had.
(Our girls as they grow up.)
(A corner shelf of all those we hold dear.)
(And some who have left this world.)
(And all the fun times we have had as a family!)
We do have a lot of pictures though, but what's neat is, I have noticed that when people visit they always look around at all of our pictures and smile...
Posted by tracey at 06:25 PM | Comments (2)
March 23, 2007
I sense a bit of
spring in the air as all I have done the last few days between work and other stuff is clean and tidy up!
I began with dusting and taking down blinds and curtains, putting away boots and washing some jackets then I hit the porch, oh my...what a wreck that was! But...it's looking better and better.
The snow is going, slow but sure. I see only a few "snow," probably more like rain showers in the forecast. That's ok, it will take the snow away even quicker! We are starting to see some of the lawn again, but it's muddy!
I've been looking at flowers on line, I want to get planting soon.
Hannah's birthday is coming right up and usually soon after that, we start getting outside and doing things again.
We can't wait!!!
Posted by tracey at 02:28 PM | Comments (1)
March 20, 2007
Top 5 Reasons I Blog
Ok Randi, here you go...
1. It's a neat way to keep a journal of sorts even though I keep a more private one of my thoughts and everyday happenings on my night stand.
2. Because I always inspired to be a writer, but...
3. To share my thoughts on life, love, peace and my faith.
4. Self enrichment.
5. Because I simply enjoy it!
Posted by tracey at 07:25 PM | Comments (0)
March 17, 2007
Holiday Storms
It seems with the last two holiday's, Valentine's and St. Patty's Day, along with them comes big snow storms!
No more holidays from the Saints, PLEASE!!!!
(Looking out my livingroom window this am when I got home from work. UGH!
Poor birdies, haven't seen them in a few days either.
Here's to all you Irish! Happy St. Patrick's Day!
And here's hoping spring is not far around the corner either.
Posted by tracey at 09:13 AM | Comments (0)
March 15, 2007
Ain't this the truth!
Posted by tracey at 09:08 PM | Comments (1)
March 13, 2007
Honoring A Dear Friend
(on her birthday...)
~ A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~
Douglas Pagels
Val is just simply the best and the older I get the more I admire her wit and wisdom and am so thankful to God that she has been and continues to be a very special part of my life.
She's like a mother, older sister and best friend all rolled into one!
We met nearly 20 years ago, maybe 20 years now actually. Let me see, it was 1989, 18 years then. I didn't realize it had been so long!
Val is older than me by like 20 years, but we have maintianed a wonderful friendship for almost that long.
We don't live far from each other and we actually don't see each other all that much, but we do stay in touch and try to make it a point to get together and do things once in a while which is what I really look forward too, her visits, outings together to shop and have lunch and just talking on the phone.
Val has a witty sense of humor, one you can only appreciate once you have gotten to know her, she's bright, intellectual, well read in politics and God's word. She knows how to give and receive unselfishly and she's always there to lend an ear or a shoulder.
I just enjoy her as a friend, confidant, and one who believes in me as a person and sees me for who I really am, one that loves my children as her own and appreciates my family and God loving ways.
Thanks Val for being such a wonderful part of my life!
Posted by tracey at 07:55 AM | Comments (0)
March 11, 2007
Just for Fun
| You Are 1: The Reformer |
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You're a responsible person - with a clear sense of right and wrong. High standards are important to you, and you do everything to meet them. You are your own worst critic, feeling ashamed if you're not perfect. You have the highest integrity, and people expect you to be fair. |
Posted by tracey at 07:26 PM | Comments (0)
The end of one's life
A patient where I work weighs heavy on my mind these days. She is 61, relatively young for a population that usually ranges any where from 70 - 104.
She is dying of cancer, breast cancer that metastasized to her colon and now, it's every where.
What is hard is she won't talk about it. She won't speak of it with her family or the nurses, but she came to be with us, to die. She didn't want to burden her family with her end of life needs so to speak.
Death is no stranger to me, a nurse of nearly 20 years I've seen a lot of it. As a hospice nurse for five years I dealt with it all the time, young and old, but this lady makes me sad. She has fear in her eyes like I have never seen and I don't know how to help her feel safe, I don't know what I can do help ease her fears.
As a nurse when someone is dying of a terminal illness your first thought, usually, is comfort, keep them comfortable. Don't let them hurt, physically or mentally/emotionally.
It's terrible to have to watch someone suffer, but when they are suffering over the fear of dying, it's the worst.
I worked the night shift last night and nights on these people are hard. It's quiet, it's dark and it's lonely. They lay in bed, half awake, half asleep, half unknowing of when they will take their last breath. You try to comfort, you hold their hand and tell them you are there for them, they can talk to you, they can ask you to listen, they can pray or ask you to pray with them, but there is silence, no response and then you see a single tear streaking their face and it's suddenly impossible to hold back your own tears.
You wonder what they could possibly be thinking, you ask, but again there is no answer.
So you continue to sit with them, holding their hand and praying silently for their peace, their comfort and for God to come and take them home.
Posted by tracey at 09:02 AM | Comments (1)
March 07, 2007
How can one's life
become so crazy??
My father always said that fame and fortune was a mixed blessing and he was right.
I don't usually blog about things of this nature, but I'm getting so tired of hearing about these two on every TV channel, even Dr. Phil!, magazines at the check out in the grocery store and on and on and on, the craziness of Britney Spears and Anna Nicole. No wonder these poor woman have succumbed to such horrid outcomes and for one of them, the end. They are scrutinized beyond belief. There isn't one piece of their lives that isn't commented on, written about, photographed. It's no wonder they "lose" it, become depressed, turn to drugs and alcohol and just plain foolishness.
I've always wondered why they just don't get away from it all. They have more than enough money, why don't they just fly away somewhere peaceful and live a "normal" life for a while. I guess they can't. They want that fame and notoriety, they want everyone to know who they are, what they eat for breakfast and who they go to bed with at night etc etc. And people want to know this stuff, that's what I don't get!
And what saddens me even more is the future of their poor children. They too will and do, get sucked into their madness and on goes the never ending drama, stranger and sadder than some of the greatest romance novels ever written or movies ever directed.
I just wish they would go away...whatever happened to the stars of the past who had some class and character and kept their problems to themselves?
I guess it just goes to show how shallow our society has become.
There, I've said my peace, may they somehow find peace...
Posted by tracey at 08:34 AM | Comments (0)
March 06, 2007
The Winds of March
have been blowin' terrible! We are just about out of wood, had to call the oil company to come fill the tank, again! Doesn't that take care of the pocket book real fast! Sheesh, it's been a LONG winter and I'm looking forward to spring time hence the new look to my blog. You gotta get here spring and fast!!!
I'm anxious, once again, to get back outside and start enjoying the yard, our long walks and having supper on the deck.
Winter seemed to take forever to get here and now it won't go away, ah, such is life I guess.
Posted by tracey at 07:09 PM | Comments (0)
March 05, 2007
A very nice visit
with a VERY dear friend and her family.
We had a great weekend of shopping and visiting with Dodie and her family.
Dodie just completed her last radiation treatment for breast cancer and now she only has plans for getting on with her life! Praise the Lord! She ended up having a double masectomy, chemo and radiation to treat her type of breast cancer. She is doing well, positive as anyone could possibly be and just doing so well.
We had a great time visiting, eating and just talking. We are planning on all getting together again in June for a weekend of camping and relaxing!
(Hannah and Molly)
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