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| Uncle Alex Reads to Ted, Hospital Waiting Room May 9, 2011 |
- The Early years
- Boy meets girl ... Toni & Peter est. 1982
- Parenthood ... Introducing: Zac, Alex, Samantha, Derek
- Arizona, a place to call HOME =0)
- Homeschooling FOUR children
- Back to Kansas ... starting the College years & "Real" School
- Children: college & marriage ..... Sunrise, Sunset .....{remember: Fiddler on the Roof}
- ... Becoming Grandparents!... Introducing: Ted
- OMG ~ Peter's Open Heart Surgery, 5/9/11
May 2012 marks ONE YEAR after Peter's Open Heart Surgery ... who woulda' thunk it? ... We will survive. Something like that helps put things in perspective. With a "NOT Quite Empty Nest" ... while finding balance & truly making adjustments... Part of the "next chapter" the Downsizing Begins... We have really tried to focus on what's important. I don't know how we've done it, but we have always managed.
... There are things I'm going to miss (My yard & My dog) but I have never loved this house, & NOW it is TOO much for me. It has served it's purpose. But it's never felt like HOME, so moving on will be easy (I PRAY) ... NOW for Prioritizing - What's Really IMPORTANT? ~ Two more years of High School for the youngest remaining in the "nest" ~ OUR Health ... and most of all: appreciating the people i love, as well as making time for more CREATIVITY. Last weekend was a great get away, left very inspired - but TIME went too fast ... Maybe i didn't get very much accomplished, but i spent it with some of the best people. I would like to say i made something super amazing ... My Wassily Knadinsky Inspiration Fabrics (mostly hand dyed by me, and some shott cottons) went along to play, but ... I DID work on My Bee Blocks, Converging Corners... (i'm yet to take a picture *TBA) ...
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| WK Challenge fabrics that went on the retreat, but ... |
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things.”
A FAVORITE MEMORY:
I love to look back at the video Zac made of Derek's tenth birthday at Worlds of FUN - certainly a GREAT DAY ~ Looking forward to more time with the kids
"... I don't remember growing older, when did they?"
... SLOW down already!
