Just as you're going along thinking everything is fine, life sends you a curve ball. Out of the blue, you get news. It can be good news or bad news, but either way it can change your life forever. How you deal with that news and the changes it makes defines you as a person.
I have lost several family members in a relatively close amount of time. I lost a nephew in 1998, my mom in 1999, my baby brother in 2003, my dad in 2004, my heart dog in 2004, my favorite horse in 2006, and my nephew also in 2006. Each of those loses were devastating and made me think about my life with and without them.
Life without them in it is not as sweet as it was before they passed. But their passing has strengthened me and showed me that life and all that it gives us is nothing without the love of family and friends. I found a lot of friends I didn't realize I had during this dark period -- friends I am eternally grateful to have in my life.
Life can throw you a curve ball, but whether you take it as a strike or knock it out of the park is up to you.
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Granddaughter Ellie Ferne
Brother Kyle & the Sisters
Suzanne, Kat, Robin
MIke, Tara, Me
Shirley Chong's Birthday Party -- Iowa City, IA
Uncensored random thoughts on life
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -Rogers Hornsby
Cardinal Fan
Granddaughter Ellie Ferne
Go Cardinals!
At Tara's Wedding
Brother Kyle & the Sisters
My Sisters & Me
Suzanne, Kat, Robin
Sisters become Friends thru the gift of time
My Other Sites
The Three of Us
MIke, Tara, Me
I'm Such a Ham
Shirley Chong's Birthday Party -- Iowa City, IA
About Me
I live on some rural acreage near a small town in central Illinois. I've been married for over 30 years and am still very much in love with my husband (not that he doesn't drive me crazy sometimes). I have one daughter who is married to a wonderful guy and they live in Indiana. They had their first child, Ellie Ferne, on November 3, 2011!
I come from a large family of four girls and two boys and we are scattered all over the midwest, but we still try to get together a few times a year. I lost my mother to breast cancer August 9, 1999 and my dad passed away five years later on May 24th, 2004. I lost my youngest brother on his 40th birthday in 2003 -- a loss that I still cannot completely accept.
I am an avid St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan and we get down to St. Louis at least once a year to see a live game. I raise and train my border collies for competition in obedience and herding while also dabbling in the conformation ring.
I am a self-employed dog groomer since 1993 and my husband is in the auto manufacturing industy. I am looking forward to retirement a few years down the road so that my husband and I can travel this gorgeous country of ours.
I come from a large family of four girls and two boys and we are scattered all over the midwest, but we still try to get together a few times a year. I lost my mother to breast cancer August 9, 1999 and my dad passed away five years later on May 24th, 2004. I lost my youngest brother on his 40th birthday in 2003 -- a loss that I still cannot completely accept.
I am an avid St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan and we get down to St. Louis at least once a year to see a live game. I raise and train my border collies for competition in obedience and herding while also dabbling in the conformation ring.
I am a self-employed dog groomer since 1993 and my husband is in the auto manufacturing industy. I am looking forward to retirement a few years down the road so that my husband and I can travel this gorgeous country of ours.
St. Louis Cardinals Fans
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