Greetings, Goals and a Giveaway

Good day there lovely friends


Hope that you are doing well.

Things are alright here~
as well as can be expected for August.

If I were to ever get depressed....it would be in August.
When it is 100 degrees...the air is so thick that you can't breathe...
the grass turns brown...the flowers die.

{{wooh~ snap out of it!}}


We are going to start our school year in August to give us something to do
besides

melt


I'm really looking forward to the new school year.
So many fun and exciting things to learn.


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Sorry if I have seemed detached from this blog lately.
I think that I've been detached from the realities of life as well.

That is my defense~ to live in denial and
submerge myself into things that don't make me think about harsh realities.


That's why I haven't given an update on my sister in so long.
It's easier to pretend that it isn't real.
That she doesn't have cancer.
That life is grand.


She is doing ok.
She is part of an "elite" clinical trial in Nashville.
It's really just elite because the cancer is so rare.

She always has the most amazing attitude
and a beautiful smile on her pretty face.
Those who follow her on her Caring Bridge site have witnessed this.
She is a trooper.


It is hard to watch though.
To be the one on the sidelines~
watching and wishing that you could make certain decisions for them.
Instead, all you can do is pray, encourage, and hope.

It's a difficult place to be.

So....

Most of the time I get behind my safe walls and try to be happy.

Getting into photography has been a tremendous outlet for me.
A way to submerge myself in something helpful and creative.
To express those feelings I keep bottled up in a positive way.


I'm enjoying it and benefiting from it in ways I never thought possible.

Thanks to those who have been supporting me over at my photo blog.
To show my appreciation and celebrate 100 followers.....

I'm having a giveaway over there!

Hope you can come join in the fun.

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I really need to get back into other things that I love that are good for the body and soul.

I want to get back into running.
I want to get back into my garden.

Those will hopefully happen when the cool breezes come blowing in.

Hold me to it~ I want to be accountable!


I hope that you are well and I hope to get around to all of you and
catch up with what you've been doing this summer.

I have a fun surprise in store for Thursday!!

Blessings to you and see you soon~~