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Julie and Julia

November 12, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Yesterday was Mike’s birthday.  He turned 51.  To celebrate, we drove to Portland, in the rain, checked into a hotel, ate BBQ pulled-pork sandwiches at the hotel for free, then […]

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age, friendship, General, hope, illness, personal, women
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Going Home

September 19, 2009by Val Sanford 1 Comment

After 60 days of being somewhere else, either a hotel room, a hospital room, a friend’s or relative’s house, I’m headed home. For a little more than a week now, I’ve […]

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illness, personal

Universal Health Care

August 22, 2009by Val Sanford 2 Comments

I’ve held off commenting on Universal Health Care and the Public Option.   Some of my friends have commented that because of my recent hospitalization and medical care, I am […]

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Health Care, illness

Perseverance and Patience

August 10, 2009by Val Sanford 2 Comments

Zoom Originally uploaded by dorkodog My friend Anna Q is in the 2nd or 3rd grade. I can’t remember which. She likes to play basketball, but isn’t that good at […]

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friendship, General, illness

The threat of cancer.

June 29, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

The oncology surgeon says it’s 60/40 in favor of cancer.  It’s not the odds I wanted, but it’s what he thinks.   It’s hard to describe what I’m feeling.  We […]

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friendship, hope, illness

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“Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.” ~Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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