Last night Branden and a few of the other choir members had promised to sing during the Luminary ceremony at our local Relay for Life. There were only 8 of them, and they sang Amazing Grace. Awesome. This was Branden's first experience with Relay for Life. He was very impressed.

I don't know how many of you have attended a Relay for Life, but a Luminary is just a white paper lunch sack that you write the name of a loved one that has been touched by cancer. Then, they put some sand in the bottom and a candle. The sacks are placed around the track that everyone is walking. At dark, they are all lite. It is impressive and a very special way to honor your loved one who beat cancer or didn't. Just imagine a track lined with little white sacks all glowing with a small candle inside.

Yes, I teared up. Branden wrote my name on his sack, I wrote my mother's name and G-pa wrote the name of his sister who lost her battle a short time ago. We walked a few laps and talked to several people we know. I think next year I will join a team again and walk the night away.

It has been 32 years since I beat cancer. It never meant much to me until lately. Every year I am here and Mom is not, impresses upon my just how very blessed I was back in April 1976. The first Relay for Life I attended was two years ago, in the city I had surgery that removed the cancer from my body. Yes, that one was very special to me.

OK, enough of that. I have heard from Miss Terri and they are all sick. She isn't sure with what, but they are miserable. Fever, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. Terri and the two boys all have it. I asked her about tomatoes, but she said she didn't think that was it. The fever is gone now but the other remains. Skyler got sick last Sunday, Terri got it on Tuesday and then Anthony on Thursday.
I am talking with her right now. She does not sound too healthy.

Well, that is what is going on right now. Not too much excitement...
Everyone feel the {{{Big Hug}}} I am sending.

Granny

Posted at 8:40PM PDT.....

Today was an all day play day.  I hoped for no injuries, but that wasn't to be.  At least they were minor.  It is going to seem strange not to go rushing off to work.  But I think I will be able to deal with it.  tomorrow, is a half day for the students.  Then I will be able to get everything wrapped up and put away. 

It is hard to wrap my brain around the fact that Branden will be a "Senior" next fall.  Where did all those years go??  Come Sept. we will start all over with the stress of getting him to do his assignments.  Oh well, such is life. 

I just heard from the special ed teacher at Billy's high school.  I had contacted her telling her my observations watching him try to finish up the work sent home to him to save some credits.  She is in agreement, and some changes will be taking affect come Sept.  Hopefully, this will be better for him.  I also had a good conversation will the Behavioral Intervention Specilist for the district.  What happened to him when he went from strongly supported classes in middle school, to no support in high school, should never have happened.  He was just dropped flat and left to flounder.  Now, just maybe, we can go back and get him going again.  Anyway that is my pray.

OK, I am finished for now. 

Hugs to all,

Granny

 

Posted at 5:38 PM PDT....

 

I just made a deal with Billy.  I have been trying to find a way to convince him to leave the tobacco products alone.  WELL...  He has finished all his work that he can for the year.  He wanted a membership to Runescape... $5.00 a month.  Soooooooooooo....  I paid on condition that he leave tobacco alone.  It will be worth the $5.00 on my card if he will not use tobacco products of any kind.

Tomorrow is the Field day at school.  Hopefully I can get my office striped.  The custodian wants to be able to walk all the walls this summer. My office will look very different without all the health posters all over.  But nice clean walls will be great.

We had a beautiful day here today.  It was 70* for a high.  Perfect.  Now if we can have a nice day tomorrow.  I am hoping that the parents remember the sun screen.  I really don't wan to see a lot of fried children.  Our local fire department will be on hand with their hoses.  They create a large sprinkler for the kids.  It used to be a water slide, but kids got hurt and the District put an end to that.  They will have fun with the sprinkler.

That is about all I can think of right now.  If the brain kicks in gear later, I may be back..  Really that isn't a threat.

Hugs around the Stream,

Granny

Posted at 5:30PM PDT  :)

 

See if you can figure out what these words have in common

Banana

Dresser

Grammar

Potato

Revive

Uneven

Assess

 

 Are you peeking or have you already given up? Give it another try .. Look at each word carefully.

 

 

 

Answer: No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters. (Thought I had the answer, but I did not go far enough.)

 

Answer: In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.

 

Enjoy,

Granny

I received this as an email from a dear friend. I had to share.
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Anyone who has pets will really like this. You'll like it even if you don't and you may even decide you need one!

Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named 'Lucky.' Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his fancy Inevitably, someone would forget and something would come up missing.

Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement and there the treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys. Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box and he was very particular that his toys stay in t he box ..

It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer. Something told her she was going to die of this disease....in fact , she was just sure it was fatal.

She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. The night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A thought struck her...what would happen to Lucky? Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim, he was Mary's dog through and through. If I die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought. He won't understand that I didn't want to leave him. The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death.

The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, whining and miserable.

Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap. Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when she called. It made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed.

When Mary woke for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong. She couldn't move her head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic soon gave way to laughter when Mary realized the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed, with every treasure Lucky owned! While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life. He had covered her with his love.

Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living again , walking further and further together every day. It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky? He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

Remember....live every day to the fullest. Each minute is a blessing from God. And never forget...the people who make a difference in our lives are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards They are the ones that care for us.
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I would only wish that Mary was my Mother who died of cancer in 1994.

Hugs around,
Granny

Posted at 10:28PM PDT