Betsy (January 1,1963 - September 28, 2009)

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We lost an amazing woman Monday night. After battling Breast Cancer for 12 years, the Cancer won. She persevered through many surgerys, radiation treatments and countless Chemo appointments. She never gave up, always hoping that one day a cure would be found and set her free from this "monkey on her back". Unfortunately, that cure has not been found in her lifetime. I read somewhere that someday Cancer will be able to be treated as a "chronic disease". That's fine, but for those that suffer with Cancer, it becomes a full time job. Betsy's joy for life, her love for her family and her faith in her Savior was evident in everything she did. Her parents lost a loving and faithful daughter. Her husband lost a wife, lover and companion. Her son lost his mom, his greatest advocate and rock. Her sisters and brother lost a true helper, cheerleader and buddy. The world lost a person who never complained, always smiled and, had a kind word for everyone. She took every treatment knowing that it would give her more time with the people she loved, especially her son. It is tragic that her life has ended just at at a time when others her age are dreaming of the future. If I can do anything better because I knew her, I can try to keep her spirit alive by praying more, laughing more, complaining less and loving greatly.

20 Questions

This is so much fun. What's really neat about playing this online is that it learns from the players how to guess. We have the hand held game and it is amazing, but has limits. It is cool to be part of the online game and its learning experience/training.

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Kearley's in New York City March 2008

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Easter

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Beneath Thy Cross

Am I a stone, and not a sheep,
That I can stand, O Christ, beneath thy cross,
To number drop by drop Thy Blood's slow loss,
And yet not weep?
Not so those women loved
Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee;
Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly;
Not so the thief was moved;
Not so the Sun and Moon
Which hid their faces in a starless sky,
A horror of great darkness at broad noon--
I, only I.
Yet give not o'er,
But seek Thy sheep, true Shepherd of the flock;
Greater than Moses, turn and look once more
And smite a rock.
- Christina Rossetti

Jesu Who Ought to be Praised

It were as easy for Jesu
To renew the withered tree
As to wither the new
Were it His will so to do.
Jesu! Jesu ! Jesu !
Jesu! meet it were to praise Him.
There is no plant in the ground
But is full of His virtue,
There is no form in the strand
But is full of His blessing.
Jesu! Jesu ! Jesu!
Jesu! meet it were to praise Him.
There is no life in the sea,
There is no creature in the river,
There is naught in the firmament,
But proclaims His goodness.
Jesu ! Jesu ! Jesu!
Jesu! meet it were to praise Him.
There is no bird on the wing,
There is no star in the sky,
There is nothing beneath the sun,
But proclaims His goodness.
Jesu! Jesu ! Jesu !
Jesu! meet it were to praise Him.
- Anonymous (Celtic)

USS TEXAS CGN-39

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So I've scanned over 200 photos my hubby took while he was in the NAVY from 1980-1986. We are now trying to find some of his buddies just for the fun of it.

Talk Like a Priate Day

So yesterday Sep.19 was International Talk like a Pirate Day Sounds kind o' fun eyehhhh?
In honor of the day, I found out what my pirate name would be:

My pirate name is:

Calico Mary Cash

Often indecisive, you can't even choose a favorite color. You're apt to follow wherever the wind blows you, just like Calico Jack Rackham, your namesake. You're musical, and you've got a certain style if not flair. You'll do just fine. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Larry King Transcript 9/09: Behar on Palin's glasses

HuH??? How ridiculous! - I wear glasses! I would like to wear contacts but I can't!!! How silly to assume that everyone can wear contacts. Get real, Joy Behar!

clipped from transcripts.cnn.com BEHAR: I go along with that one, because, you know, she's very pretty. She's beautiful. And I think the men are attracted to her, if you want my opinion. I was saying the other day, she looks like one of these girls who's like a librarian with the glasses and the ponytail. And then at night she's va-va-va-voom, you know, take the glasses off, throw the hair back. And the men are turned on to the woman, dogs that they are. BEHAR: You know, what happened to contact lenses, by the way? You know, I mean those glasses are a prop. (LAUGHTER) BEHAR: Right? She could wear contact lenses. She doesn't have to wear glasses. She's trying to look like that strict librarian that I discussed before.