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"Taken Aback". An idiom from my grandparents generation. (Probably.) Yet, those 2 words came to mind as I walked past my bedroo...

Past entries are always front and center in my journal style devotional book, "My Utmost for His Highest." Some make me smile---li...

12/11/12 Suffering that's physical, but temporary---so what's the BIG deal, Dotsy? Too tired and weak to get out of bed. T...

10/27/10 If you want to taste and see that the Lord is good, (Psalm 34:7) this is the "tea" for you. Just look around you. ...

5/11/10 Nancy Gibbs essay for this week’s TIME magazine offered food for thought. “Cancer hands you red-hot shoes and makes you dance wi...

3/13/10 My natural body rhythms seem to be at “peak” in the morning. Even at that, I usually have a “cuppa” to get me going. George Orwell s...

3/11/10 .....Larry’s favorite saying about my rearview mirror perspective of life. I have a tendency to second-guess every thing I do. I rea...

12/19/09 Assignment: Look for it today in your life. I certainly have seen the hand of God at every turn this year in my cancer journey.

“GLORY BUMPS” 11/8/09 Glory bumps……………an ljj e-mail informed me of this pithy term---2 short words with a big connotation. It’s similar to ...

5/27/09,,,,an itty, bitty Blog---- This will be more like blog bullets as I update a little. Actually, the only coherent time I had today w...

5/12/09 About Face The title for this entry is to facilitate a “google” search for someone who might have just been diagnosed with MAC ...

2/28/09 Psalms Soothe the Soul-- so does the falling snow out my window as I type Psalms in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

1/27/09 The lessons today must be just for me b/c ljj was not available for my "practice teaching"---but oh how many t...

1/26/09 I am choosing NOT to meditate on my tumor today---Big MAC attack is to be set aside so that I can fully focus on God's ...

January 13th my mom, Dotsy, was diagnosed with microcystic adnexal carcinoma. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC) is a rare, malignant appen...