waiting for sunshine and lollipops

Well, it's almost here.


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When I woke up this morning, bright and early as always - I've lost the ability to sleep past 5 am - I was brought back to this time last year.

I can recall my interrupted early morning run, which took me past the corner and the line up that had already started for IWTB.

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Okay, so I'm really quite sentimental. I wanted to go back and review my trip to LA for the IWTB premiere. Yeah, I know I have a paper due, but seriously, this is the one-year anniversary and I need this. I need to remember that it was real, not a dream.

Now, I distinctly recall finding my way down to a lovely spot on the corner, quite near where all those Hollywood stars begin, having a coffee and using a computer to update my family and friends, via my blog, on what Marcella and I were up to.… Continue

How time flies!

One year ago today I was busy packing and making final preparations for my flight to LA and what would turn out to be ....... there isn't a single word for what the week turned into.....

* an amazing week
* the birthday celebration to end all celebrations
* the time of my life
* a dream come true
* a surreal moment in time in which I constantly had to pinch myself to ensure I wasn't dreaming

I met some amazing people; made new friends and got to know those I already knew, much… Continue

Or gather ye rosebuds while you may..... don't let today pass without telling someone what they mean to you.....you get the picture.

Late Monday night I got word that a friend had been killed in a plane crash. It was shocking, to say the least. I had just been speaking about her a scant twelve hours prior.

She had a beautiful smile and a laugh that reminded me of wind chimes. She was a brilliant nurse who spent time working in the Arctic with two other critical care nurses. They flew in and ou… Continue