The past will bite one
Much like a starving tiger
Time to make amends
xoxo
Anna
Monday, November 28, 2011
How's about a Haiku, eh???
The past will bite one
Much like a starving tiger
Time to make amends
xoxo
Anna
Friday, November 25, 2011
Godspeed Sweet Gloria ...
Yet another Cancer Warrior is watching over us now.
Salon Joseph has lost its second cancer patient in a month.
Gloria was a force to be reckoned with. Southern spitfire.
I went to lunch with her and Monica, her stylist at our salon, to celebrate her finishing chemo for advanced stage ovarian cancer some months ago. Her numbers looked great, as did her PET scan.
It's amazing how quickly cancer can sneak up.
She was so, so thrilled to be done with treatment. She was so thrilled and positive ... all the nurses at Swedish would comment on her unbelievable positivity. She held cancer by the balls and LAUGHED the entire time.
Though she is gone, she is a shining example to me how graceful and strong we can be if we put our minds to it. She NEVER quit. She NEVER COMPLAINED. She was so, so courageous ... in her stiletto heels.
Bless you, sweet girl.
xoxo
Anna
p.s.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=355Fk8drgZE
Salon Joseph has lost its second cancer patient in a month.
Gloria was a force to be reckoned with. Southern spitfire.
I went to lunch with her and Monica, her stylist at our salon, to celebrate her finishing chemo for advanced stage ovarian cancer some months ago. Her numbers looked great, as did her PET scan.
It's amazing how quickly cancer can sneak up.
She was so, so thrilled to be done with treatment. She was so thrilled and positive ... all the nurses at Swedish would comment on her unbelievable positivity. She held cancer by the balls and LAUGHED the entire time.
Though she is gone, she is a shining example to me how graceful and strong we can be if we put our minds to it. She NEVER quit. She NEVER COMPLAINED. She was so, so courageous ... in her stiletto heels.
Bless you, sweet girl.
xoxo
Anna
p.s.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=355Fk8drgZE
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Sometimes in life ...
... You have to throw your balls out there ...
Either they'll get lobbed off, or they'll grow like cantaloupes on a vine. That vine, I imagine, is the story of ones life.
I've just thrown my cantaloupes out there. And, shockingly enough, my melons are still on that gorgeous vine.
I refuse to allow others to be lambasted by people that feel an abhor-able sense of entitlement.
It's, simply, NEVER going to happen while I am there to stand up for people that have been so amazing to me and my family.
Either you're "in" or you're "out" when it comes to my family. We've adopted many folks that have no blood relationship with our family.
I, actually, live with one. Don. He's, now, taken Silas and myself in. We've been here for a year and a half. He's an amazing example for my son.
Family is first for this ENTIRE group of crazy and lovely souls.
Easy choice.
But, I have to be clear in saying: you screw my family ... you're answering to AND for it.
Period.
Being 3000 miles away from South Carolina is hard sometimes.
But, I have car.
I WILL find money for gas.
AND ... I will show up if'n anyone doesn't do right by them.
Period.
xoxo
Anna
p.s. Just walk in a pair of shoes that fit your feet. They have a story to tell ....
Either they'll get lobbed off, or they'll grow like cantaloupes on a vine. That vine, I imagine, is the story of ones life.
I've just thrown my cantaloupes out there. And, shockingly enough, my melons are still on that gorgeous vine.
I refuse to allow others to be lambasted by people that feel an abhor-able sense of entitlement.
It's, simply, NEVER going to happen while I am there to stand up for people that have been so amazing to me and my family.
Either you're "in" or you're "out" when it comes to my family. We've adopted many folks that have no blood relationship with our family.
I, actually, live with one. Don. He's, now, taken Silas and myself in. We've been here for a year and a half. He's an amazing example for my son.
Family is first for this ENTIRE group of crazy and lovely souls.
Easy choice.
But, I have to be clear in saying: you screw my family ... you're answering to AND for it.
Period.
Being 3000 miles away from South Carolina is hard sometimes.
But, I have car.
I WILL find money for gas.
AND ... I will show up if'n anyone doesn't do right by them.
Period.
xoxo
Anna
p.s. Just walk in a pair of shoes that fit your feet. They have a story to tell ....
Friday, November 11, 2011
Godspeed Sweet Friend...
My sweet pal Kathy lost her battle with cancer early this morning after a several years of fighting.
I spent some time, last night, with her and her amazing daughter and lovely sister.
These two women were holding down the fort. Strong as nails, they are.
Kathy, if you remember, is the client of mine that had a seizure in my chair at the salon. This led to her diagnosis of brain metastises.
She continued her battle ... chemo, radiation, etc. ... all the while so positive. ALWAYS HAD a smile on her face.
I am blessed to have been able to spend last evening with her. Got to give some kisses and secret words to her.
She will, truly, be missed. But, I am so thankful that she is no longer in pain and struggling.
Though our friendship was short lived, I am that much better of a person for having had her in my world for that brief period.
I love you, dear girl.
xoxo
Anna
I spent some time, last night, with her and her amazing daughter and lovely sister.
These two women were holding down the fort. Strong as nails, they are.
Kathy, if you remember, is the client of mine that had a seizure in my chair at the salon. This led to her diagnosis of brain metastises.
She continued her battle ... chemo, radiation, etc. ... all the while so positive. ALWAYS HAD a smile on her face.
I am blessed to have been able to spend last evening with her. Got to give some kisses and secret words to her.
She will, truly, be missed. But, I am so thankful that she is no longer in pain and struggling.
Though our friendship was short lived, I am that much better of a person for having had her in my world for that brief period.
I love you, dear girl.
xoxo
Anna
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Silas first school performance: The Luau!!!
This thing was a damned HOOT!!!!
Each classroom had its own matching Hawaiian shirts and the girls in the older grades wore dresses. The teachers matched their respective students.
Add a Hawaiian woman with her ukulele and the music teacher at Briarcrest ... amongst parents, their siblings, and pals in the audience ... and you get quite the fun filled night.
One older kid, while performing his hand movements during his performance, fell off the back of the stage ... only to pop RIGHT back up like he was in a skit straight out of SNL.
The kids, at one point, got WAYYYYYYY ahead of the pianist and the music teacher. A few parents that have kids in Silas' class were all sitting near one another. It was enough to put us all on the floor in hysterics.
We were even MORE IMPRESSED by several older women that dressed in strapless halter tops and performed their own dance. The dance was beautiful. However, we were all sitting there waiting for a wardrobe malfunction during some of the more "active" moves in their lively performance! We were all damning ourselves for not having better "zoom lenses" on our phones/cameras for this ...
At the end, all the adorable little ones came out on stage ... piling on top of one another ... to sing their final song. The "Hawaiian 12 Days of Christmas." No one could understand a DAMNED THING that they were singing. That is, until they got to the number 5. At this point, they were all on the same page and they SCREAMED (with the faces of Linda Blair of Exorcist fame): "FIVE BIG FAT PIGGGGSSSSSSS!!!!!!" They were very serious and committed to that portion of the song. We, as parents in the audience, were committed to NOT urinating in our chairs from laughter. The more they did it (as they counted down) the more we were in hysterics, as they just kept getting louder and louder and ignoring all direction from the music teacher.
All in all, a fabulous evening full of such amazing and talented little kiddos.
xoxo
Anna
p.s. I would have posted pics of Silas on stage, but there was a bum-rush of crazy parents taking pics that blocked everyone else's view behind them. The rest of us sat in our chairs and decided to let the "mature" parents fight it out.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
A bit of sweet nostalgia ...
"Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, i’m goin’ your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
(moon river, wider than a mile)
(i’m crossin’ you in style some day)
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, i’m goin’ your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me"
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, i’m goin’ your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
(moon river, wider than a mile)
(i’m crossin’ you in style some day)
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, i’m goin’ your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me"
Love, love, & LOVE!
XOXO,
Anna
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