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December 31, 2015 Life is good, God is waaaay better.   I’m starting with that statement this time – I am reassured of that each day – really each hour these past couple of days.   People – family, friends, folks on the street or in the store have all been incredible.   People know – they ‘sense’ hurt and respond appropriately.   That is so very treasured.   My Momma died on Tuesday, December 29th at 13:49 PST.   Dad, Phyllis, Bob via FaceTime, Susan, Nathan, Jesse and I were all there…holding her hand, stroking her arm, leg, shoulder, forehead, making sure she could ‘feel’ us and hoping she could hear us.   I whispered to her a lot that day…the nurses would kind of talk loudly to her as they swabbed out her mouth or did some routine on her.   I couldn’t do that – I wanted to be gentle with my Momma…loud noises would startle her at home recently.   She would wake up and say ‘what was that’…I didn’t want her startled.   I wanted her t...

Parked the car in a snow bank at my sisters J .   She has some serious snow up here at her house!   She lives ‘up in them thar hills’ outside of Boise, Idaho…and we will have a white Christmas!!   It is beautiful and cold for sure so we’ll see how adventurous I am over the next few days.   Tanner (#7 nephew) said I should write about family…but I wasn’t sure.   And then it hit me scrolling through my FaceBook...I have a LOT of family!   I know, the story has it that family is who you are born or adopted into…and the family I was born into is AMAZING.   Love, love, love – parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, kids of cousins – AMAZING.   Such greatness.    But along life’s merry way – there have been other people in my life who have become ‘family’.   I experienced living overseas that being so far away from my first family…others became family!   My brother’s kids (3 nephews) grew up living in ...

Holy Moly – what an amazing season – I love this time of year!   I’m sitting here looking out a window into a beautiful backyard covered in fresh snow.   It isn’t snowing at this very moment but it sure has for the past 18 hours or so!   If you know me – snow is not my favorite but looking at it from the inside is ok J !    Actually last night I was a bit more brave -   it was kind of snow/rain and I was standing out on the main street of John Day, OR (total population = 1800) watching a trucker’s light parade.   It was so awesome…so small town, some really decorated log trucks, work trucks, whatever – all so great!    So I guess I can brave the elements for the ‘right’ reason! I don’t really have much to say; just been hanging out here helping at Mom and Dad’s.   Busy – painted a few rooms, hosted a ‘tea’ (crazy…doesn’t sound like me but it was Christmasy and nice!), spoke at a coffee shop and this week I’m headed t...