A Second Chapter

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  • 50/50 on 2020 and 50 Things!

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    (Note: I wrote this post a few months ago (in May, my actual birthday month), but held off posting until it felt a little more right to do so.) Currently, I’m 50% amazed and grateful to be turning 50 and 50% shocked and in disbelief about turning 50! And 50/50 on how 2020 is going…

  • The Time is Indeed NOW, But…

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    Ms. Parks also said “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so people would be also free.” The photo and quotes above are what I wanted to post on Instagram this past Tuesday (#blackoutuesday), but I let Insta successfully convince me otherwise when I saw the majority of…

  • U2 May {Heart} Joshua Tree

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    Anne
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    But me? I could never live in the deep desert. Everything in the desert is designed to kill you.  (After the last couple of posts I needed a little break from the heaviness. Maybe you did too so I thought I’d share some of our recent travel photos from Joshua Tree, CA.) Seriously? Don’t believe…

  • Good Guys Wear Black Hats

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    A few years after my Dad died, my Mom dated a few guys. I won’t call them gentlemen, because unfortunately, they weren’t. JD however, was different. Colonel Jack D. Stevens was a gentleman through and through. They met dancing and when my Mom decided it was time to sell her longtime home (the house my…

  • Los Espookys

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    We interrupt our scary surgery posts with some scares of a little more traditional nature; a little celebration of Halloween in one of the spookiest cities in the world. Thankfully that title is not literal and we were only playing Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) revelers. We arrived in town just in…

  • Getting Settled

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    Picking a house to stay in from afar, when you’re hoping to quickly recover in tranquility from surgery, yet with easy access to groceries, restaurants, etc., is no easy task. Callie certainly seems down our current living arrangements and has settled in quite nicely. She’s not been as much of a fan of staying in…

  • The Cookies Pass Muster

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    For the length of surgery, I really have only Annie’s mastectomy to compare this experience to. While initially I was surprised this morning to see her scarf down a bacon, egg, and cheddar croissant, and then confidently order chocolate chip cookies (with a salad on the side) for lunch, perhaps I shouldn’t have been. Yet,…

  • Buh bye, implants

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    Hey friends, Bill here with a quick update. Annie awoke at 5am this morning to head to the hospital for her surgery, which for a renowned night owl is a pretty amazing feat by itself. It speaks to just how badly she wanted those implants out. Everything went well. Her implants are now gone, gone,…

  • Lucky #7

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    I asked him to blow on those two little white resin squares for luck, closed my eyes, said a silent prayer and rolled those dice. And what do you know, it appeared my persistence and innate intuition had finally paid off. Seven glorious black dots revealed themselves. Did I win cash money? A new car?…