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Just when you think things can't get any worse....

After a summer battle with my lupus I was getting my bearings when i discovered my kid sister (yes, still a kid at 54) had been hiding a breast lump for many months. It began an oddysey of doctors, hospitals and tests until we learned it was an invasive ductal carcinoma and she is triple negative. That group, less than 15% of breast cancers, does not get any of the new targeted treatmenst...only the old chemo and radiation. With here…

We've waited all week for the ctas and Dogs movie to come to the indoor theatre here and today was the day I was going to gather up the great nieces and nephew and take them to the show. Before my feet hit the floor, however, my sister called to say she twisted her foot the day before and was convinced it was broken. So,,,,,,,,, I spent about 5 hours in the hospital emergency room waiting for an exray on her foot- not the cheeriest place to be, that's for sure. No kids to enteratin with…

Thank you to all my friends here for the kind words and encouragement! The gloom has passed for the moment and I'm my old annoyingly boisterous self. :)

Today I am driving to a nearby town (out here in the boonies everyhting is a ways away!) with tickets for a chicken barbecue drive-through dinner for a handicapped sports league. I sold tickets to the fundraiser to my friends here, and am doing the drive-through for everyone- delivering their dinners back here in Barker. Having…

Yes, I did mean "who." We all know that despite efforts to be perpetually perky and openly optimistic our smiles sometimes get stuck. Our friends and acquaintances see us as always bouncy and bright and able to weather every storm with cheerfullness and joy! We, on the other hand, know there is a little dark demon inside who sometimes wants to hang out a "nobody home" sign, sometimes for no reason other than we want to take a deep breath and....just....stop....for...a...moment. Full moon…