What would you do if, in the middle of training for a triathlon, you were diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer at 39 years of age? If you're Molli Serrano, you do the impossible ~
Molli has recently completed her first triathlon since being diagnosed and she won first female overall in …
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September 11, 2011 marks the ten year anniversary of one of the most shocking and tragic events in American history. However devastating, the days and months following 9/11 were also some of the nation’s proudest. Americans exhibited patriotism in its truest form, coming together to support …
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Nothing suits a Victorian house like a fresh blanket of snow. We had a lot of the fluffy white stuff this past winter and during the big storm back in early January, I snapped a photo (below) of the big house with my iphone. Since my Dad's passing, Mom has been revisiting her creative side …
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photo credit: IntangibleArts
~ This is the time of year that people try to erase the sins of the past and many try to do so on the first day! One of my friends, who'd taken time off from working out and resolved to get back in shape, announced that she did 3 full workouts... on …
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photo credit: quinn.anya~
Life is what happens when you're busy making plans." ~ Unfortunately, not everyone knows of your resolve to obtain your personal goals and real life often presents detours. For most, it's work that interferes and establishes your priorities for the day. When other …
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Yesterday was reckoning with reality and taking the first step to change - admitting it, not just to myself, but to the world. Today is the day to start with a clean slate, and like an artist staring at a blank canvas, I need to get started with the masterpiece. Where …
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As the holidays come to an end, I know what you're thinking because I'm thinking it too. I've got to get serious here and drop some found pounds. Okay, so it didn't just happen in the last 2 weeks. It was a not-so-subtle creep that started last summer. But I finally faced it when I saw my …
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I awoke early this morning, nothing unusual, but with only days left until Christmas, I felt an urgent need to write a holiday message for the blog. I love the early hours because, in the quiet of the dawn, I find my best ability to assemble my thoughts and focus on work and writing...right …
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I wrote this 6 years ago (when I was still married) but thought I would share again. Now that Dad is gone, it has even deeper meaning.
Every year on my father's Birthday, August 23, we plant a tree in our yard, as per his request. This year he is 79 years old. "I've got everything I could …
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Robert C. Davis passed away on the morning of the 8th of December, 2010. He was Gin’s father and her inspiration. She was his Daddy’s Girl.
Over the last several months, Gin spent many hours visiting and talking with her father. Robert C. Davis was a World War II veteran, and like …
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