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Friday, June 15

By on June 15, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day: “Grow old with me.  The best is yet to be.”  Robert Browning I randomly opened the quote book and my eyes dropped to this one entry.  What a joyous quote! A year ago yesterday I received my 7th chemo treatment.  I went home full of medicine knowing that the steriods would […]

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Thursday, June 14

By on June 14, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “There is a time when we must firmly choose the course we will follow, or the relentless drift of events will make the decision for us.”  Herbert B. Prochnow I haven’t really run since the marathon until this week, and quite frankly, I was reluctant.  I wasn’t sure why I was […]

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Sunday, June 3

By on June 4, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.”  Madame Swetchine Sometime in February, I signed up for an 80 mile bike race.  It’s one of those things, your friends are doing it, it’s very popular and if you don’t sign up the first few hours of registration, it’s too […]

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Friday, June 1

By on June 1, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.”   Swedish Proverb Great Basin National Park is just west of the Utah border and east of Ely, Nevada.  “We call it the Great Basin, this […]

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Wednesday, May 30

By on May 30, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “The reality is that changes are coming… They must come.  You must share in bringing them.”  John Hersey Today, may just shape up to be the perfect day.  For starters, the temperature is hovering right around 73 degrees.  The sky is an aqua-blue color and the mountain on which I live […]

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Thursday, May 24

By on May 24, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “The miracle isn’t that I finished.  The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”  John Bingham I was so happy to see Joe at mile 19.  He had been waiting for 4 hours, yes 4 hours.  He had to board a bus at 6:15 A.M. and then wait at […]

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Thursday, May 17

By on May 17, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “If a man wants his dreams to come true, he must wake up.”  Anon. Yesterday, I had plans to take flyers to the Tennis & Tutoring kids at Lincoln Elementary and so it was about lunch time when I was ready to go and I called Alex to see if he […]

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Tuesday, May 15

By on May 15, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “I do not run to add years to my life, I run to add life to my years.”   So, I was walking by the plaque that displays this quote in my home and I realized that it’s not true, I am running to add years to my life.  I understand […]

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Wednesday, March 28

By on March 28, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “What our deepest self craves is not mere enjoyment, but some supreme purpose that will enlist all our powers and give unity and direction to our life.”  Henry J. Golding Today I met Sue B., Lori, Jill, and Teri, they had already run 4 miles, and we went north from the […]

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Thursday, March 22

By on March 22, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “The life of the spirit is centrally and essentially a life of action.  Spirituality is something done, not merely something believed, or known or experienced.”  Mary McDermott Shideler A year ago today I was hooked up to a port and chemo was slowly draining into my veins.  I remember when the […]

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