Balance....

Spent most of the day...with Mom...today...she had an appointment...with a surgeon...concerning a groath...on her leg....He said...it has to go.... she will be having surgery, next week... he, didn't speculate....{that is another story...I'll share with you...some day...{I'm the 90 question gal.... like a Mad Dog Reporter...when it comes to procedures....... oh my...}

Had a Lovely visit...with Pegadoo....seems the mass in her lung, is too large, for radiation...so.... they will be hitting it hard...with Chemo....for now...to shrink it... then...radiation... Peg said, she woke up this morning.... turned to Mike...and said..."I'm Ready To Fight This!!!! And...I'm Gonna Win!".... Please keep her, in your prayers....she said, she also wanted to thank EVERYONE!!!! who has been Praying for her...she told Mike...she couldn't explain it....but she can feel the Angel Wings...Fluttering around her.... {she feels them...daily.... hmmm... no surprise...to me... Angels...}

She asked me, to tell the Angels...to "Keep Beating Those Wings!!!!".... I know...you are...thank you...

Love to You...

And...Prayers...to All...Who are Suffering....

Barb C.

{I am working on the Holiday Open House...for this weekend...and...I hope to see you...it won't be like it was last year...with Peg...here... but...there is lots of stuff....I'll be taking a few days off, next week...to visit Peg...and take Mom, for her surgery.... and...may not be open, next Sunday....I'll keep you posted..}

The Stockings Were Hung....



These all reside in the House....and each....has a very Special Meaning...to me.... I keep them, in the Old Witwer Dairy Cupboard.... It's like a  7 foot wide, Memory Box...Filled with the Kid's artwork...Family trinkets...Gifts...from Dear Friends... I see each of them......as I walk past it...everyday...many times..a day...



Silver Bells... Love 'em....



Bought the pair of turn of the last century, wool...hand made Christmas Stockings...at an auction, several years ago... I loved them, from the moment I touched them, there, at the auction...They were made for two little girls... Wilma and Mary Shields...I keep them in Mine...and Ed's Old Cupboard...in the Dining Room...so...I can catch a glimpse of them....every time I get in there, for something...they make me smile....



I'm filling the Shop Up...Up... Up... with Christmas....oh my...I do...Love These Old...Christmas Past...Treasures...
Love, to You...
Barb C.

Peg...is Staying...Put...at Mayo... : )

Peg called... just before 1:00, this afternoon....said she, Mike and Mel...were headed to MO., this morn, from Rochester... to start her therapy...in MO., then... things...just weren't clicking... down there, in MO.,.... so....they spun the Ford...around...{right where I had snapped this image of her, in August...at the Antique Mall Parking Lot!!!! in Racine!} Praise the Lord! She is taking ALL of her treatments...at the Mayo!!! Her daughter, Sarah, is bringing Clohe {her hound} up...and they will be there for 6 weeks.... hitting this HARD...
I gotta tell ya... I broke down...and wept....in relief...
 I believe...everything happens for a reason...and...Prayers...do work...

So...to Rochester, I will be headed...when she needs me!
Thank You...for your Continued Prayers....
Love...to You...
Barb C.

Looking....Up...

I started out this morning...in a mess...I feel like Alice...falling down the rabbit hole...spinning...spinning... wondering...is this life a dream....or...is it real...

Pretty much....melted down...and...I have been 'melting'...for a long...long...time...

Then...I realized... I need to buck up... either, quit climbing...and falling....and just stay down...on the ground...

or get up... get busy... keep climbing....

I thought of Scarlett... in Gone with the Wind...

and...my Peg...

She never gives up...

I have an Open House...this weekend...

I need to get on it...

Peg is headed home... to MO. today...

I know it's hard for a lot of folks to leave a comment, on my blog...so...if you would be kind enough, to send wishes, and positive thoughts, to Peg.... you can e-mail them to me...I'll forward, to Peg...

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