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Joanie Returned Home

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you, Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. [John 14:27] After a courageous five-year battle with cancer, Joanie returned home to live with her Heavenly Father and Mother and her many ministering […]

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

I’m going to try to write in my blog more but my energy level is so low and my fingers so tender that it makes it hard.  I started on a steroid yesterday, so I’m hoping that will help with all those issues. Tomorrow I go in for the Gamma Knife treatment and then a […]

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Sunday, January 3, 2016

Joanie and Joe at the Laie Temple on the North Shore of Oahu, November 2015 I am anxiously looking forward to my arm and hand feeling better so I can type easier.  It is one of the reasons that keeps me from the computer.  It is slowly getting better, but the word is slowly!  Last […]

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Sunday, June 28, 2014

Empire Pass- above Park City and Heber   Maggie, Kate and Joe Joe with Grandma Joanie It was 4 years ago today that I had my last chemo treatment.  Of course, if I could write the script of my life, radiation treatment wouldn’t be on my schedule this week because breast cancer cells never would […]

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Hiking near Leeds in St. George- Red Cliff’s It’s a good thing that life is so busy and rushing by because it usually means a few things. Such as that there are a lot of activities and people around, that whatever you’re doing in life- you are needed and that your health must be pretty […]

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Flower blooming in my home right now. This plant was given to me last year after brain surgery. It’s a busy day but in the midst of all the hustle and bustle of the season, I feel very strongly that I must take the time to sit for a minute and write a few thoughts. […]

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

My darling Kate after her Primary Program on Sunday, November 9 So I was listening to a TED Talks last night by Debra Jarvis called Yes I Survived Cancer, but That Doesn’t Define Me, I was blown away by what she said and what I could learn from it. She started off the talk by […]

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Taylor at Mile 16, Joe and Peter at Mile 23, Taylor along course running fast! Last week, we headed for St. George so Joe and Taylor could complete another marathon.  Taylor was well trained and very in shape.  He had trained by running and biking and was logging faster miles and feeling stronger as the […]

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

I am in love with this place, this place where I live.  I am 10 minutes away from the most gorgeous hiking trails and a bit further from canyon after canyon filled with lovely trees, animals and seasonal adventures.  Today, Patti Clements, Kathy Cahoon and I left in the dark, at 6:00 A.M. and got […]

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Monday, August 25

Maggie’s first day of school- 1st Grade Tomorrow I go back to school, as teacher, of course but this process of having the summer off and then starting again with all the hopes of inspiring lives and committing myself to really accomplishing great things with my students, always gives me pause. I love the teaching […]

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