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Free, thankful and breathing...

Free, thankful and breathing – that’s what I feel tonight . Free - My time is free; after dinner I kind of wandered around for a while – what do I do since I don’t have my online class to do?   I must admit; it was a nice feeling.    My TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) is over…woo hoo!   Man that took a lot of time!   It was worth it but I’m glad it’s over as well. Thankful – I am very thankful for friends and family.   It has been a good past few weeks just basking in peace and the love of many people surrounding my family and me.   Thank you…! Breathing – there have been a few moments that it seemed like that is all I could do was breathe!   I couldn’t really talk, think or move but I could breathe!   That’s a good thing J . It is good to be home with my parents in Oregon.   Mom rests quite a bit but is determined to do certain things each day – good, bad or indifferent!   I told her today that she reaps what she sows – I think she used to tell me growi

Mama - frieden (peace)

November 6, 2015 There is one word that I can use anywhere in the world and it seems to be understood – Mama .   And this blog is about just that…my Mama.   She called me 10 days ago with not great news – her cancer is back and in her bones.   Since that time she has had many tests and appointments and found out that the cancer is not in her organs or brain; the first reason I am thankful today. So this ‘wave’ in life is a big one…we talked in our English Bible Study tonight about the waves of life.   We even made a little ‘ocean in a jar’ – you know…with water, food coloring and oil.   And I shared with these teenagers that I have come to know and love – about my Mom and the pain she is in.   I cried…they cried.   We prayed…not for healing even really…just peace.   It was amazing…. I recently was at a conference and was involved with doing the PowerPoint and songs etc on the ‘big screen’ – it was really big and there were lots of people which was awesome but nerve wracki