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A Little More Inspirtation, Please!

sherri — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:52:24 +0000

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul.
And sings the tune
Without the words,
and never stops at all.”

Emily Dickinson

Fairy Gardens in Portsmouth NH

sherri — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:06:24 +0000

The Gardens of Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth NH

What a lovely get away to visit with the fairies in Portsmouth with my friend Becka from MN. When I visited Becka in MN this spring I started a fairy house in her garden. She was required to do the interior decorating. We also built fairy houses during our visit to Cape Breton.

So without too much arm pulling Becka flew out for a visit with me and a trip to fairy land. There were lots of little ones running from fairy house to fairy house exclaiming “Oh, look at this one!” (Note the little green shoes) We saw some older, taller ones having just as much fun complete with wings and crowns of flowers. Becka took a picture of them. Perhaps she’ll send it along so you can all meet them, too.

The day was warm and sunny making it difficult to capture pictures of the fairy houses. The sun dappled everywhere trying to keep the fairy houses hidden from us.

What do fairy houses have to do with cancer? Hmmm, fun, laughter and forgetting.

Fairy Yoga Studio

Fairy home and Christmas Tree

A fairy with green shoes, perhaps?

Kayaking, coffee ice cream & romantic comedies

sherri — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:07:51 +0000

Andrew stays after me to get in my exercise. I went kayaking with Carol on Sunday afternoon. I went again on Monday afternoon with Andrew C., Angela and Matt. The three of them were in the canoe. I was in the kayak. The day was sunny and peaceful.

Ann stopped by for a chat bringing her special coffee chocolate chip ice cream. Yum!

We watched on oldish (1993) romantic comedy called Benny and Joon It has a fun music video for the song 500 Miles . The movie was both funny and sad. I watched it twice.

Inspire Me!

sherri — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:53:22 +0000

Inspire: 1. to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: 2. to take (air, etc.) into the lungs in breathing

I thought it was interesting that inspire and inspiration are related to breathing and lungs.

Do you have a quote or verse that has helped you during a troubling time?
There are plenty of times these days that I could use some inspiration.

Here We Go Again

sherri — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:49:55 +0000

After my x-ray last week it was determined that my cancer was not responding to the latest treatment…a pill called Tarceva. So we are back to a chemo treatment ( Taxotere). This will be the third time I’ve had to take a deep breath in to find strength to renew my resolve to regain my health. I will exercise more, eat better and put more balance into my life.

During my last stretch of chemo I found it helpful to invite friends and family to join me a night or two before the chemo in a sweet treat to smash the cancer. What ever town and state you are in pause and join me in a little fun as I make my way to health. Many believe that eating sugar feeds the cancer cells helping them grow. Whether this is positively true or not, I know it certainly does not hurt me to cut way back on my sugar intake. That is my goal but to add a little balance (and fun!) why not enjoy a sweet treat right before zapping those cancer cells with a heavy chemical. Last round of chemo we enjoyed ice cream, cheese cake, cookies, brownies to name a few. I seem to be in the ice cream mode lately. Maybe it’s the hot weather.

Send me pictures, if you like, of you and yours enjoying a sweet treat together. I will put them up on the site or not….just let me know. We can all smile together…laughter being the best medicine.

Thank you for your love and support!

Sherri