a stone tree you say?

several weeks ago, i had full intentions on working with my sugar loaf quilt and get those borders sewn together and on.  i truly looked forward to it and diligently counted down the days until i could turn on the machine and have at it.  yet, here i am, 3 days into my break, and [...]

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5 years later

in april of 2004, i was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis after living in constant pain for 15 years.  i had never heard of the disease, so my questions to the diagnosing doctor were few.  he referred me to a rheumatologist and sent me on my way with a prescription for pain killers.  i promptly got the [...]

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good will to men

i’m not one of those that decorate for christmas before thanksgiving.  it just doesn’t seem fair to thanksgiving which is a wonderful holiday in its own right.  a day set apart to be thankful…wonderful.  we definitely need more of those. 
now that the feast has been consumed and the turkey leftovers are losing their appeal, it [...]

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once upon a time…

….a long, long, (very) long time ago, there was a young girl who decided that she wanted to grow up and become a nurse.  it’s all that she ever could remember wanting to be, and she worked very hard toward reaching that goal.  while many of her classmates were killing time in study halls, she was taking all [...]

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where i stand

caution: you may need a large cup of coffee for this post, but i could not ignore this.  oh heck, brew a whole pot because it’s gonna get long!
my blog is, in a sense, my ‘home’ on the net.  i think pretty much any other blogger out there would tell you the same thing.  we [...]

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