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While I try not to eat much candy, here's 50 to remember!
Reese peanut butter cupReese piecespaydaysnickersheath barsbutterfingerdovekrackelmarathonmr. goodbarOh henrytake 5twixspecial darkchunkycow talescrunch bargodivajunior mintskitkatM & Mmalted milkmarsalmond joymilky wayfast breakpeppermint patty3 muskateersskorturtleswonka barzerosmartybit o honeybottle capssweet tartschucklesgobstoppersdotsgood...

Searching for the pieces of the sister I once had are easy one moment and more difficult the next. Some days our conversations flow, her ideas and excitement for life are all there, but soon it is gone again, within minutes and there is no rhyme or reason? The confusion settles back in to where it once was.
The past few weeks with Deb have been a constant mixture of ups and downs.... Literally,...

I am grateful for movies, that place where we can let our minds take a break from whatever is consuming them and get lost in a film...
List your favorite inspiring movies
Schindlers listShawshank Redemptiontitanicforest gumpchicagogladiatorsaving private ryanrockyrain mangood will huntingterms of endearmenta streetcar named desireplatoonseventhe green milethe departedthe lion kingtoy storyfull metal...

Grief comes in waves...
    Things don't hit you all at once...
        It is the way for your body and mind to absorb it in little pieces...
It has been 30 days since we lost Jane, the laughter still rings in my ears, tho it seems faint. Her smile still glows bright enough in my mind, to light a room and, her humor can still make the most confident person blush...
I know she is with...

There is no greater AGONY then bearing an untold story inside you - Maya Angelou
  
The events in my life have created me, shaped me and changed me in ways I had never imagined, and for that I am grateful.
So much is constantly going on in this head of mine. Thoughts spinning as I line up  what I need to do in life, what I want to do in life and what I have to do. Funny because writing falls...

Thinking of the simple things in life that make you happy...
sitting outdoors with morning coffeeclean houseeverything in its placetime to read a bookcrafting with my sisterscrapbooking with friendslunch out with girlfriendsdate nights with my hubbytime to writeideas to writereading a magazinetaking picturessleeping inrunning outdoorsfamily meal timehanging out with my kidsdriving my jeepa glass of...

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship
We faught like crazy growing up! She worked and had all the new clothes, I had only what was granted at the beginning of each school year. So quietly I would sneak through her closet which was not only color coordinated, but all neatly organized.  Selecting...

June
Almost to the halfway point and it looks like I'm on my own for the rest of the year as the links to the 52 weeks of grateful ended at week 20, and so here I begin on my own journey of 52 weeks of grateful lists.
List your favorite acts of kindness
a smile, so simple yet so transendinga door held opencoffee purchased from someone unknowngiving of ones time, the greatest gift of alla sincere...

In celebration of turning 50 in June, if that is a celebration? I thought I would do a post, or several on 50 things, 50 favorites and 50 memories...
I will begin with 50 of my all time favorite books, hopefully I didn't miss any...
The invention of wings by Sue Monk KiddThe goldfinch by Donna TarttThe interestings by Meg WolitzerPaper towns by John GreenMiddlesexFive things I can't live withoutLucky...

Ahh yes, I am blessed with many friends and here is another of my friends that has been there for me through everything!
"To see yourself through the eyes of a friend is to know how special you really are"
My girlfriend Val has been my life consultant for years now... whatever life throws at me, she is always there to lift me up, whether with spot on observation, biblical verse or humor, she gets...