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Richard Pryor once said, "When you’re on fire, people get out of your way".
How true! When you’re bald, thinner and a bit sickly looking sales people go out of their way. Something I’ve noticed these days…
Dennis Kloepping! Thank you! You inspired me to get moving on this blog. The respect I felt you had for my approach to dealing with my cancer touched my heart and for this I’m truly thankful.

I love life and the life that I’ve lived! This is the same as saying that I love God and the life he gave me-a life he stayed very close to these last 36 years in spite of me. My excellent adventure in life wouldn’t have been possible without God. Therefore….I stand true to my heart when I say that I love death and the new life it will bring. This is the foundation of my life and my next great adventure.  This theme will be woven into all my blogs.

It wasn’t until an alien creature was chopped out my brain that I began to realize my own version of "it’s a wonderful life" Perhaps a divine purpose?
Viewing death as I do these days I’m experiencing a heightened sense of life and my heart grows softer by the hour. I question-did my life make a difference? When I read letters like this one written by my friend Grace I begin to wonder 

Dear Don,

Judy called & told me about you. Don, I am so sorry.

I remember good times with you. I'll never forget when we were having our MG classes at lunchtime when you would come over & give all the ladies chocolate. I love chocolate & looked forward to it.

Also, will never forget that delicious dinner you made for Teresa & me & that heavenly chocolate cake. Don, I had such a good time that night. And remember we had toured the yard & the weather was fine & then when Teresa & I left to go home it was a blizzard. I had never driven in snow (being from Kentucky) & I was scared half to death. Don't know how I made it home.

And again, what a wonderful time you, Teresa, Judy & me had going to the Goshen Gardens & having the church's delicious lunch. What a great day we had that day. We stopped at Dunkin -Do-nuts on the way back & Teresa felt like she was too good to get anything there. lol

I'll never forget you telling me you didn't like my blue hydrangeas. How dare you not like my blue hydrangeas. lol

And the time we were meeting for lunch at the Restaurant over by the Airport on376--got there & it was closed that day & we ended up at some greasy pizza place at Red Oaks Mill & still had a great time together. We always had a good time together.

And the times we ate dinner at the Restaurant in Rhinebeck after working in the gardens at the fairgrounds. Memories Don. there are many memories. I have missed you & wished you had not left the Master Gardeners.

I will keep you in my thoughts & prayers.

Grace

Thanks for the memories!

To all my Master Gardening friends-I'm sorry I failed.  I guess it just had to be.  You all added so much to my life.

Until Tomorrows Blog

First day of the rest of my life

I'm sitting back this evening trying to think through a rather drug induced state of mind (legal of course) what it actually means to Blog. I don't fit in to the main stream age of Blogger's so I'm playing catch-up rather quickly. I’m one of so many that got the "BAD NEWS"-the big "C" word. Woo-is-me! Grab the sackcloth and ashes quick! I was soon to learn that bad news could get worse.

During my recovery I was to learn that the tumor removed from my brain look suspicious.  Looked What?

To any and all who have experienced the lovely negative side effects of Prednisone-God bless you! It drove me nuts-so much so that I insisted my surgeon call me to explain just what a suspicious brain tumor is. In his words it is an aggressive cancer that is treatable but not curable.

By-See Ya-Got to Go! To much information for a mind full of Prednisone! My little demons chimed in all at once, You’re cookies, toast, and remember-no smoking just for fun!

A few days later the jury was in. I have a glioblastoma multiforme type tumor and yes, I’m toast! I’m hoping for year.

This isn’t a story of doom and gloom-not for me. This story is why I believe my life has been an excellent adventure and why it continues to be an excellent adventure.