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To A Special Dad1 comment

sarcomasurvivor wrote 2 days ago: This is for special dads everywhere with children who can not tell them just how much they are loved … more →

Tags: gratitude, special fathers, FATHERS DAY, special needs kids, Adults with Disabilities, Dads, parenting children with disabilities, special needs adults, call to parenting

Holy Ground1 comment

sarcomasurvivor wrote 10 months ago: ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will st … more →

Tags: Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, Christian Living, living in grace, Holy Ground., Beauty School, Isaiah 41:10, living with Cancer

On my knees1 comment

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: After two days away from home with the grandkids, then doctor appointments, grocery shopping, laundr … more →

Tags: Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, gratitude, Christian Living, living in grace, Monotony of life, adult children with disabilities, housewife routine, Prayer

Kindness2 comments

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: There is one thing that makes me cry quicker than anything else. Kindness. I know.  I’m a sap, … more →

Tags: Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, gratitude, Christian Living, living in grace, kindness, Health Partners, HIPAA, Woodwinds Hospital, Jesus

The Joy of Diversity and Learning

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: I was raised just 10 miles from where we currently live.  When I was a junior in high school, everyo … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Life In Suburbia, Community Education, ABE Classes, English as a Second Language, Diversity, Melting Pot

Taking Down Christmas

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: I am “taking down Christmas.” This whole routine started a month ago, when I hauled all … more →

Tags: Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, Christian Living, living in grace, new beginnings, Priorities, taking down Christmas, God of second chances, putting Christmas away

Prestidigitation!

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: An unplanned hospitalization for our daughter has me back in the hospital with her just 10 days afte … more →

Tags: Looking at middle age through the rear view mirror, Life In Suburbia, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, hospital, Internet, Coborns Delivers, Medicare, Medicare Part D, gardening

A Superior Trip

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: I begin the task of sorting our clothes in duffles for the trip home. Clean, dirty, clean, clean, di … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, North Shore travels, Lake Superior, Duluth, Dubh Linn Pub, Great Lakes Trader, Lake Avenue Cafe, Silver Bay, Rustic Cafe

Communing

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: We head southward to get in on a 4 p.m. wine and cheese reception, one more perk at Cove Point.  We … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, North Shore travels

Lunch at Last!

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: We drive north toward Tofte, the windows down so we can catch a noseful of pine scent with each inha … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Looking at middle age through the rear view mirror, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, North Shore travels, north shore, Minnesota, coho cafe, töfte

In the viewfinder

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: Bruce comes back on shore to dry off and our eyes turn to the sky as a small plane flies overhead.  … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, North Shore travels, Temperance River, picnic lunch, bald eagle sighting

Body surfing at Temperance River

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: We arrive at the beach on the Temperance River.  What a feast for the senses!  The water where the r … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, North Shore travels, Temperance River, Lake Superior Agates, body surfing in Minnesota, töfte, Pop tarts, tootsie rolls

Musical Beds

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: The waves crashing on the shoreline should lull us to sleep but, as Bruce keeps reminding me,  … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Looking at middle age through the rear view mirror, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, Cove Point, Minnesota, Lake Superior North Shore

Add an egg

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: I open my eyes.  Bruce is uncharacteristically eager to get going long before I am up.  I’m gu … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, North Shore travels, Cove Point, North Shore vacation, Scandinavian breakfast, minnesota vacation

Cove Point Camo

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: No one says a word about the walk once we get in the car.  It seems the fresh air here makes people … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Looking at middle age through the rear view mirror, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, North Shore travels, Cove Point, Cove Point Crossings, North Shore vacation, The help!

Wild Gooseberry Chase

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: Our destination is Gooseberry Falls.  In spite of the shutdown and though it is approaching evening, … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, North Shore travels, north shore, Lake Superior, Gooseberry Falls, Dave and Erin's wedding, Agate Beach

A picture is worth risking your husband's life

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: We decide to drive north to Temperance River State Park.  I have read that the access to the beach i … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Looking at middle age through the rear view mirror, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, tettegouche, Temperance River, Kodak camera, camera battery, Minnesota North Shore

God morgon!

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: Filtered sunlight comes through the morning haze as another warm and humid day settles on the Scandi … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, Minnesota, proverbs 11:28, state layoff, Scandinavian Riviera, God Morgon

My brain has escaped -- So should we!1 comment

sarcomasurvivor wrote 1 year ago: It’s 7:45 a.m. I send Shaina out the door for her day program.  We can’t see out our win … more →

Tags: Minnesota living, Life In Suburbia, Finding purpose in the seemingly purposeless, Cove Point, @ vacation, north shore, St. Paul


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