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Friday, December 7, 2007

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Super June!!!

OK… so June undergoes seven hours of brain surgery… and she looks better than I do after 30 minutes on the erg…
What gives?

She continues to amaze us. With courage and grace, June came through what was probably the most difficult day of her life…and she continues to teach us. She looked absolutely RADIANT after her surgery as she lay in recovery surrounded by folks who love her. The prognosis is challenging…but we’re all on this journey together…with her…and with each other.

A friend of mine once gave me a mantra about radiant light; the mantra has given me personal strength in many situations throughout the last several years. June, too, has given us all a mantra: “It really is all about the love.” Spoken innocently by June a while back…and completely off-the-cuff, we had no way of knowing the lasting impact and significance this simple statement would carry. May we all carry this mantra with us in our interactions with the people around us in our every day lives.

Love like there is no tomorrow…practice random acts of kindness…be a catalyst for positive change…tell someone how important they are to you...learn something new today. Stop to smell a flower or admire a sunset. If it rains...dance in it! Little things do make a big difference…really. But, above all...it really is all about the love.

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CindyFri Dec 07, 03:04:00 PM CST
She'll love this post, I love this post. She is super and courageous and gracious and did look radiant and luminescent after the surgery. I've been thinking about that and I'm thinking perhaps that was the glow of God's love that was surrounding her and protecting her that day....... How blessed we all were to see that.
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DonnaFri Dec 07, 03:58:00 PM CST
that is a wonderful explanation, cindy! when i glow, it's usually from perspiration...but june emanated love. that is exactly what it was!!! june emanated love that night...
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KathySun Dec 09, 01:42:00 PM CST
Thank you friends for being there that day and helping us all get through. You know.

June...Patrick...What the fuck!?!? Can I post that online? Guess so.

I might also use this venue to say how much I love Missouri and the CVS pharmacy on 75th and State Line Road...presciption drugs, wine, and chocolate.

Kathy
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JennSun Dec 09, 08:23:00 PM CST
Prescription drugs, wine, chocolate...what more can a girl need!

And Kathy, after the week you've had you can say anything you want.
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101 things in 1001 days... (9/1/08 - 5/29/2011)

1. complete another 200K meter Holiday Challenge (12/23/08)
2. complete another half marathon (4/19/09)
3. go camping
4. go on a canoe trip
5. go on a hike
6. go sailing
7. ride another metric century (6/26/11)
8. attend an opera
9. attend the ballet
10. attend the symphony (3/28/09)
11. go to a play (9/20/08)
12. listen to live jazz somewhere in Kansas City (9/6/08)
13. participate in an annual community sing-through of Handel's Messiah
14. see an art film or documentary (4/16/09)
15. visit an art museum (6/12/11)
16. attend a MLK Day event
17. attend a powwow
18. attend a religious ritual from another faith tradition
19. go to an ethnic festival
20. attend a public Memorial Day service (5/31/10)
21. attend a public Veterans Day service (11/11/08)
22. send a care package to a soldier
23. host a 'photo-op' scavenger hunt
24. host a true 'pot luck' dinner...surprise! (1/17/09)
25. host a wine and cheese party
26. clean/purge and organize the basement
27. clean/purge and organize the closet (9/23/08)
28. frame the really cool textile my cousin sent me several years ago
29. grow an herb garden (summer 2010)
30. grow something from a seed
31. grow tomatoes
32. nurture a bonsai tree (10/21/08)
33. press flowers and do something artful with them
34. research our family crests and coats of arms
35. spend 36 consecutive hours in my jammies (2/1/11)
36. use up all of the odd denomination stamps in the house, start using forever stamps (12/21/08)
37. attend an overnight or weekend retreat
38. enroll in a Communiversity class
39. knit something (12/26/08)
40. look up a 'lost' friend or acquaintance (2/12/09)
41. memorize a piece of piano music (demonstrate as proof)
42. memorize a poem, demonstrate as proof (9/14/08)
43. renew my BLS certificate (11/10/08)
44. spend a day volunteering for a good cause (6/22/09)
45. start and complete a cross stitch project
46. take a yoga class
47. throw a clay pot
48. watch a classic movie
49. watch Gone with the Wind from beginning to end
50. bake a cake from scratch
51. hand-dip pretzels in melted almond bark
52. learn to make mom's famous cherry flipovers
53. learn to make something with wheat bulgur (5/26/10)
54. make a batch of sangria (and enjoy with a friend)
55. make and decorate sugar cookies (2/16/09)
56. make granola
57. make homemade caramel corn
58. make poppy kuchen - great great grandmas recipe (3/15/09)
59. read a biography
60. read a classic novel
61. read a history book
62. read a 'how-to' book and make or do what it says
63. read 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting by Ernie Zelinski
64. double a recipe and take some to a neighbor or elderly person (1/2/09)
65. go Christmas caroling
66. participate in a 'cause' walk (e.g. ALS, Susan B. Komen, etc.)
67. pay a toll or entry fee for someone in a line behind me (10/4/08)
68. send an unexpected present to someone in the mail
69. take flowers to someone for no reason (4/23/10)
70. write a letter to a senator/congressman about something important
71. write a positive note to someone's manager
72. write a thank you note to an influential person from my past (3/31/10)
73. attend a middle school girls sporting event
74. attend a rugby match
75. attend a 21-sax salute honoring Charlie Parker
76. attend a KU Jayhawks game in Allen Fieldhouse (11/16/08)
77. go through the Liberty Memorial WWI Museum (9/29/09)
78. see the musical Wicked or The Lion King (11/14/09)
79. see Van Morrison in concert
80. acquire a Joni Mitchell cd (10/4/08)
81. build a snowman / make a snow angel
82. color Easter eggs
83. fly a kite
84. haggle over something at a rummage/estate sale
85. have a cocktail atop The Skies and stay for an entire revolution
86. have a picnic in the park with my sweetie
87. jump rope … double dutch?!
88. learn to play mahjong
89. meet my parents for an overnight at a bed and breakfast (5/8/10)
90. participate in a parade
91. play a game of Scrabble with a friend (9/12/09)
92. put together a complete outfit purchased from thrift stores
93. ride a bike on a full moon in June! (6/7/09)
94. stargaze through a telescope (9/5/09)
95. take a walk in the rain
96. tour a goat farm
97. visit a vineyard or winery (6/18/11)
98. walk a labyrinth
99. watch the sun rise (w/ a cuppa in hand!)
100. work a jigsaw puzzle (1/1-2/10)
101. make a new list of 101 things

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