Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:50:32 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/33247/1213264719.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/33247 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/1245727 Hope everyone is having a good day, if not I pray it gets better. Itis a beautiful day here, sunny 75 with a nice breeze.  Might take the kayak out later.  Well scratch that, looks like storms on the way. Oh well....Gee, not a whole lot to tell really. Just wanted to let you know I am aliv... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:04:46 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/1218994 I hope to catch up with most of you today. I been gone for a week up north (Honor Michigan) to attend my grandpa's funeral. He passed away last tuesday at home with the hospice nurse, his wife (my grandma) my father and mother by his side touching him and telling him it was okay to go and they l... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:00:03 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/1149700 Hi Everyone, Yeah I been missing in action. It has been kind of crazy here. Good news is Ashlee is having such a wonderful summer and is feeling so good and her hair is really growing back. Sad news is my Grandfather is dying of cancer. They say only a matter of time, 3 to 4 months. Hospice has been... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:12:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/1095294 Wonderful news here, Ashlee is in remission. Thank you for all the support, prayers and hugs. It ment alot, continue the prayers she stays in remission. Thank you everyone. Love and hugs, Mary Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:36:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/1092484 Hi Everyone,Hope you all are having a good Sunday. Weather is a bit chilly here but at least the sun is out now. Yesterday spent a good amout of time weeding and planting flowers. I still have more to plant. I love flowers and growing my own veggies and herbs. Nothing better then walking out to the ... Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:33:27 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/1049914 Hey everyone,Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Saturday I took my mother in law and Ashlee flower shopping. Ashlee loves it. We went back to Nana's (what Ashlee calls grandma) and planted flowers in all her pots. We all had a good time. Ashlee was so happy to be 13, her birthday was the day befo... Tue, 13 May 2008 20:26:11 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/1038634 Hi Everyone,Reading updates from my friends, some good and some have alot of pain. I pray it all gets better. Well the guys are off to a Red Wings game tonight. They sure where excited to go. We love hockey. I didn't go. I just got back from Texas late Monday night. At the hotel used the ho... Thu, 08 May 2008 19:44:02 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/991482 Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. I was able to wheel my green house out on the deck. It is beautiful out. I been planting flowers in pots on the deck and flower boxes. After the long winter it is cheerful. Still feeling the loss of Dave. I keep waiting for this all to be a terrible mistake. He... Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:27:41 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/974124 Hi everyone, hope you all are having a good weekend. Been kind of rough for me this week. A special person in my life passed away last Thursday. I been talking to him while he has been in the hospital since January 24th.  He is my first real love. We were kids, I was 17 and he was 19. We w... Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:16:20 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/934605 Hi Everyone, Hope everyone is having a good day. If not I pray it gets better. Not much going on here. Michigan is being a tease. Get a 50 degree day and the next day 3 inches of snow. My little green house is doing well and full of green seedlings. Ashlee is doing very well and healing nicely. She ... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:28:57 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/921492 Hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter. We just got home a bit ago. I did Easter but took it all over to my mother in laws and father in law so Ashlee didn't have to ride in the car as long. It is only 5 to 10 minutes from there and an hour out here. It went very well. Ashlee helped me do so... Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:39:06 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/908706 Wanted to let you all know that Ashlee is HOME!!!! Thank you all for the prayers. She is sore but she is doing well. She is eating and drinking. The pain meds are keeping things somewhat comfortable. It is amazing how well she is doing, it is all those prayers and love pouring out to her. Things her... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:10:32 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/894479 Ashlee did well threw her surgery. They saved the arm. She will have limints on her use but she has it which is great news. Also they did the surgery and plastic surgery all in the same day which is wonderful. They were going to wait a week, but things went so well they got it all in one shot. She i... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:19:07 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/888520 Tomorrow is the big day. Ashlee has her sugery. Please think about her and pray all goes well. We will be at Childrens Hospital all day so will let you know how things went on the 12th. It will be an 8 to 10 hour operation. Hope everyone has a good day. Love and hugs, Mary Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:55:45 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/855154 Hey everyone!Hope this finds you all well. I am doing much better. No longer drinking from a straw. But still have to cut up everything small. My front teeth are still tender. Tomorrow I will venture out in the world...ha. My outside has almost completely healed. First thing is the DMV. I have to re... Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:59:49 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/847158 Hey all you with small dogs, watch getting out of bed in the dark. Sam and I did a major dance and I lost. My face hit the wall and broke open my lip inside and out, my teeth are sore and have a black and blue chin. But saved the puppy....lol. Been hard to talk and been living off slurppees. Everyth... Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:21:16 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/844740 Hey everyoneAshlee had her doctor appointment after further testing. The doctors feel good that she will not loose her arm. Wonderful news. Her surgery is soon and will be 8 hours and they will leave it open. She will go back in for more surgery to close things up which they say will be another 8 ho... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:21:48 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/833289 Hi Everyone! Hope you all are doing okay tonight. Not much to tell. My son is home and things are going okay. Ashlee had her appointment with the doctor today. He feels good that she will not loose her arm. However she has two days of 8 hours of surgery coming. No date but will be soon. Pray for her... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:08:44 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/828241 Hey I am alive. I had the flu really bad. Not the weight loss program of choice...ha. Finally getting myeself together. I promise to catch up with everyone. Thank you so much for the birthday cards. Love and hugs, Mary Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:09:47 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/33247/journal/745743 Wow I hate to be such a whiner. Just seem to be in a bad string of crap lately. I got an email from my Aunt that my grandpa is not doing well. My grandparents live way up north in Honor Michigan alone. They refuse to leave their house on the lake. It is wonderful up there. But they are getting way u... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:58:20 +0100