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Happy Memorial Day

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Happy Memorial Day

As I prepare to take my daughter downtown to watch her brothers march in the Memorial Day parade (well, ride, actually, b/c my husband’s jeep will be pulling them on a float, aka a landscaping trailer) … my thoughts are with the men and women of the armed forces.

Our Commander-in-Chief, though he may get razzed and blamed and ridiculed and patronized … I can give him this: he’s a man of sincerity and prayer.

Read the press release he (aka, his staff writers) wrote about today’s holiday.

I respect and appreciate his prayerful side.

Meanwhile, my Great Uncle Gene who served stormed the beaches in Normandy, my brother-in-law Dennis, who was an ARMY officer until his retirement just a few short years ago, and all the servicemen and women who are active today … I salute you.

Who do you salute?

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Breast Cancer Magically Disappears

Friday, April 20th, 2007
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When you are at DisneyWorld that is.

My family and I arrived at the park first thing in the morning on Wednesday, April 18th. We stood in front of Cinderella’s Castle and chanted, ‘Dreams Come True,’ along with Minnie and Mickey Mouse and wouldn’t you know it, I forgot I had breast cancer for two entire days.

That’s the dream most of us survivors share, isn’t it? To just forget that we live with this disease? To forget that we might not live to a ripe old age? To forget that we are scarred and/or disfigured? To forget that we’ve endured toxic doses of medicine that left us bald and barren and barely able to sit up let alone walk? To just … forget …

Then we show up at DisneyWorld where dreams come true.
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I had one reminder of my survivor status when I saw a little boy with a disposable camera with a pink ribbon on it. I contemplated asking his mother where he got it … then decided not to!

wdw02.gifOf course, as soon as I got back, this blog posting was shouting out at me, so reality didn’t go for good. But man, what a nice treat.

Thank you, Walt Disney, for creating a place where even grown ups’ dreams come true.

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