tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68117881532550467212024-03-13T05:07:58.279-06:00That is what I thought I said...Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-20043382792685984622017-11-28T11:43:00.001-07:002017-11-28T11:46:23.106-07:00It is sometimes hard to receive a Gift... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Do you remember that moment you surrender to God saying I just cant take it any more... I just cant carry on... its too much... life... pain... reality... what ever your burden was at the time was NO! Me neither I just sat there crying in self destruction wishing that my pain would just magically go away. I had forgotten I wasn't in this alone because I had felt alone and forgotten. I have these moments more than I would like to admit... more than I want. I feel overwhelmed, anxious, alone... I am human and I have a very human response to anxiety and stress... I cry, I scream, I forget that I have someone on my side, that I am not alone that God is on my side. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you were picking sides for a team what are some of the things you would look for...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Supportive </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cooperation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> Teamwork</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Forgiveness (maybe not from all teammates but from the Quarter Back (for you sports peeps)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Like minded</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">these are all human words, words that make you feel better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now think what God has promised you... </span></h2>
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Sometimes remembering what God has to offer us or promised us is not easy, it takes time and it takes practice...WHAT! Why do I need to practice receiving these gift? </div>
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Look at the list... </div>
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How many of the promises do you think come easy?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LOVE???</span></div>
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You might think that this one is easy, right? I love my kids... my spouse.. my parents?</div>
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How about yourself? do you love yourself, unconditionally, Not just when you are having a good hair day or a good outfit day. Or when you have won at parenthood (Which by the way I have only done once, I have two teens now so the fact that they are alive is a win but other than that, Well.)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Joy and Peace?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>(the first paragraph of this blog says it all there for me)</div>
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And if these are easy for you, truly easy <b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">please</b> share with the rest of us!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Patience?</span></div>
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I have been working on this since the day I found out I was going to be a mom... My mom may have said my whole life but we are not going to count pre-children because I choose to believe (and I am sure if you are a parent) you all have one child that test this on a daily sometimes by the minute basis.</div>
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Okay so I think you are seeing a pattern... these gifts need to be renewed over and over, and the fact that you may think that you can do these things on your own, first tells me once again </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">YOU ARE HUMAN</span></b>, </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I started this blog I was a single parent of two kids, one with some every day hardships mainly because she was a girl and had me for a mom who lets face, as a teen I KNEW everything! And the other and, well lets just say his hard-ships are not everyday and not common place, and not always even hardships in my book. they are differences, he is a force. I love both of them greatly and would not change what we have been through with maybe a few exceptions like less broken/chewed on things, mainly mine but mostly the last four years have been pretty great and I want to keep a more up to date record because of the last four years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This Blog is mainly about our lives and what is up with them... they have changed and I will eventually update what has happened in our lives, there has been some minor changes and some significant changes BUT today's post is a </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A public Thank you to a my Cousin, Friend, and Mentor Thomas Allen:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He has Cancer and is leaving this earth sooner than later and for that I am sad, but he will be on the right hand side of Jesus soon, pain free and unencumbered of his illness. And for that I am Thankful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because he is my cousin he has been there, in my life most of my life, showing me the ropes... He is a a few years older so he was always like my big brother. Especially when we hit middle school and high school, we had a lot of the same friends, which kept me from getting into more trouble than I already did. :) And his best girl has been one of my best friends Gina Bronson then and Gina Allen for 25 years now she was the one who kidnapped me and took me to my surprise 16th birthday party. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love them both and can not imagine life with out Thom and Gina together. The last few years as he has he has gotten sicker and I have struggled with my own sickness we have not been able to spend time together it has been really hard because they are more like friends then family and I felt like we both were walking very different walks but at the same time time had similar turns and thought it would be so much easier if we could go through this together, but that is probably me just being selfish. Plus at the same time I have watched him be so open about his illness and I have not wanted to tell anyone much about what was going on with me because mine was not as bad so I was okay, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't know that I have said it all but I know that I have said enough for now... I love my family, I love Thomas and will miss him and thank him, and thank GOD for him! </span>Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-64798621324757854812013-01-10T18:37:00.002-07:002013-01-10T18:37:22.050-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-69467835825372329812012-03-25T23:08:00.000-06:002012-03-25T23:08:28.121-06:00Xander... becoming what he is afraid of!So the last three or so months have been really interesting, to say the least.<br />
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Some people know that you do not give an Autistic child an abstract concept, such as the world might end in 2012. For most of us we understand that the world probably will not end this year, and if it does it will be fast and we won't really know it. But for a boy with autism telling him the world was going to end brought our world to a stand still.<br />
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He stopped for all intensive purpose living his life. He digressed in most aspects of life, he hyper focused so intensely on the end of the world that nothing could get done. he even began to watch my little pony, "because they were happy." After some intense stressing, lots of praying and an intervention or two he started settling down and believing that the world had in fact not ended. <br />
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He started his life again, re-entered 5th grade with a new enthusiasm and started to enjoy activities again. Then last week he had his maturation program... you know were they explain what kind of changes your body is going to go through as it becomes a man. Again those of you who have autistic kids are probably already shaking your head because you can guess what happened. <br />
With all the things that they told him about fluids and changes and growth and voices the one thing he takes away was that he was going to grow hair... everywhere...<br />
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"I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A WEREWOLF." Not a man a werewolf! Funny I didn't hear anything about fangs and claws! So this week it was all I could do to convince him he was not going to be a werewolf.<br />
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Threw all of this Xander has worked diligently with his scout troop to move from a Cub Scout (Webelos) to a full Boy Scout... he earned 16 pins, two belt loops, the religious knot, his webelos badge, the World conservation patch and his Arrow of Light. So all the time he spent worrying about becoming a man or a werewolf he was working hard on it. Thursday night he crossed the bridge on his way to adulthood and I couldn't be more proud. Don't get me wrong I know the road a head is not paved in marshmallow but I think as long as I have chocolate in my pocket when he cracks again I will make s'mores.<br />
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And for those that don't get the last joke too bad, but it means more for me.<br />
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<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-5091497262717209382011-12-16T13:50:00.000-07:002011-12-17T15:42:36.222-07:00Why is it always calm before the storm?This blog started out to be a sounding board for all the frustrations, hard times and ups and downs that I have with mostly my son and handling or coping with his Autism. It turns out over the last couple of years Xander has adjusted to many new and changing situations quite well, so there was no need for me to vent or get feed back... at least I thought.<br />
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It turns out I should have been posting all the good things so that on days, weeks or months like this I could look back and see that there is a light at the tunnel...this very dark and stressful tunnel that I feel like I am in right now. <br />
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Xander has been attending the same school for a while this is actually his third year here and amazingly enough even though I was pulling him off my roof at the beginning of the first year up until 3 weeks ago he has not had a problem going. Oh sure there were the occasional slow getting started days, but over all he has made leaps and bounds. He had always been about a year and a half behind and the last three years he has all but closed the gap. He is ready way above grade level and his comprehension is right on grade level, this is amazing for any student but for one that had struggled to even talk when he was first diagnosed to be reading and be understanding right a long with his class mates, well needless to say I am very proud of him. He has always struggled with the concept of math, for some kids with Autism or Aspergers Math and Science are the areas that they can achieve in but for Xander these areas are a struggle. He is finally understanding how numbers work and how they corresponds with time and money. Thank goodness, because as he understands more he ask for less and he is on time (most of the time). One thing that he has become extremely good at is his art. Being an artist I love the fact that he has always wanted to draw, but at his age of 10 he shows more promise and talent than some of the student I was in college with. He has more patients with his art than I have ever had, I expect perfection the first time and he will work at until it is just the way he likes it, it does not need to be perfect.<br />
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Xander will be a fantastic artist when he gets older and I couldn't be more proud...this said his love of drawing gets in the way of his school work sometimes to the point where this is all he can focus on. I want to be supportive and let him know his art is important to me but there are other things in life that he need to focus on also.<br />
The last three weeks have been tough, he is back to wanting to stay home everyday, making himself vomit to convince me he is sick so I wont send him to school. he has been bullied in the past and is know feeling bullied by more than just the kids at school. His choir teacher yelled at him, his school counselor is talking the tough guy approach and making threats instead of implementing a positive reinforcement approach. These are isolated events not something that happens all the time but I know he feels ganged up on. When he struggles I struggle. It tears my heart apart and I don't know what to do for him. <br />
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<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-5563024153329901902011-05-06T10:35:00.001-06:002011-05-06T10:39:45.749-06:00Welcome Spring!Here it is May 6th and this month has been <span style="font-weight:bold;">beautiful</span>... Who cares that <span style="font-style:italic;">Spring is almost two weeks late!</span> NOT me not now... I am enjoying the weather that is <span style="font-weight:bold;">today</span>!Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-65953263404650808202011-03-18T13:46:00.013-06:002011-03-18T18:55:16.827-06:00I have changed my Blog to Blue!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLzgifz_zF9ZxnlSRjHBRzy-OqiWlNnXKR-dyLzMMZCVOHZV1-F6vnTBR0ew45cwJ6HgY4xvaibPvsT7z4dTwR9ZWeLhFQX0_r3AGNlY2czAXh07SbrjT5mQFOs7IMICP1wc_cxngAUk/s1600/light%252Bit%252Bup%252Bblue%252Bautism%252Bawareness%252Bday%252B2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLzgifz_zF9ZxnlSRjHBRzy-OqiWlNnXKR-dyLzMMZCVOHZV1-F6vnTBR0ew45cwJ6HgY4xvaibPvsT7z4dTwR9ZWeLhFQX0_r3AGNlY2czAXh07SbrjT5mQFOs7IMICP1wc_cxngAUk/s320/light%252Bit%252Bup%252Bblue%252Bautism%252Bawareness%252Bday%252B2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585588160470885538" /></a><br /><br /><br />In support of Autism awareness I have changed my blog colors to blue...<br />Those of you who know me IRL know my son Xander and the amazing kid he is and the fact that he has Autism has not held him back but increased his determination and my strength. he is an outstanding kid and I don't think I would be who I am today with out either of my children but Xander's diagnoses only made me that much stronger as a mother!<br /><br />If you feel like you want to know my son as I do or just a glimpse of how far he has come read my older post! <br /><strong><br /><a href="http://thatiswhatithoughtisaid.blogspot.com/2009/06/life-is-changing.html">"Life is changing"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thatiswhatithoughtisaid.blogspot.com/2008/11/whats-in-sign.html">"What's in a Sign"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thatiswhatithoughtisaid.blogspot.com/2008/11/today-was-good-day.html">"Today was a good Day"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thatiswhatithoughtisaid.blogspot.com/2008/11/stress-of-it-all.html">"The stress of it all"</a></strong><br /><br />Feel free to read any of the others!Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-75685523706000193372010-12-15T22:10:00.003-07:002010-12-15T22:11:39.917-07:00Merry Christmas...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaFhlpz-7ldXo0McvMeP2cw32t_afEKlh2U8Gplvytyp7YWNvP0fWFkZxwEc8XfsfMgz2tNNuPQhcZ3C4qEcBiw4wNyuNSGUFszHVFVWHl2kNJ4NIgXYPr3B8MlG_JUX3EmzbhLxbA_k/s1600/IMG_1767.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaFhlpz-7ldXo0McvMeP2cw32t_afEKlh2U8Gplvytyp7YWNvP0fWFkZxwEc8XfsfMgz2tNNuPQhcZ3C4qEcBiw4wNyuNSGUFszHVFVWHl2kNJ4NIgXYPr3B8MlG_JUX3EmzbhLxbA_k/s320/IMG_1767.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551143368275598514" /></a>Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-34463093569675973462010-12-15T22:07:00.004-07:002010-12-15T22:10:16.406-07:00Winter WonderLand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MPhV6LIJxFBvOognW09K44KLS1hQm_Zwk1kjS5SkUVUsZiTh2liQLwGw1YwyQM1gA-bHQMjSznJzM8Km8D-VtV0V5_kDEDoqEm0KCYc23r-5MrvYIsQK_HmF-36kaWIzWlshaBixaQQ/s1600/IMG_1710.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rE3B6L3E_a4c-gBULPB1lZ58heUPx7TW-524WOILjufAsA2IofSzHFlTmuoI7-WzILwz65YdSycFZF7uF0aaFJnZLpC8YQE1Y6FwbX6jn4mfx2oIJaspnUIBijuVmVHSfb5g4aA6pKo/s320/IMG_1691.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551142194605232466" /></a>Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-15493808256545866802010-12-13T20:47:00.004-07:002010-12-15T21:58:54.337-07:00Xander's Glee Performance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYVYJi2_mh7qN1ujrkGcIs4YtD4BISmFdsJefn4OmBcHao6MLGW8ipklpqddiaaM-IvwAK_nrTfsk1H6kDTJvhuk1Pshcc76rZFHMv0DoxjnGsvNLUgr-dcYeWf1lV0e3iro-bfczKS4/s1600/DSCN2755.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYVYJi2_mh7qN1ujrkGcIs4YtD4BISmFdsJefn4OmBcHao6MLGW8ipklpqddiaaM-IvwAK_nrTfsk1H6kDTJvhuk1Pshcc76rZFHMv0DoxjnGsvNLUgr-dcYeWf1lV0e3iro-bfczKS4/s320/DSCN2755.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551139480044744786" /></a><br /><br />Well this is actually the pre-performance the video would not upload! so this is just a cute picture a a group a kids in cloths that all look alike that are in the same general area!Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-56485568419181761302010-09-12T20:47:00.001-06:002010-09-12T20:47:28.989-06:00Goodbye SummerLily and me!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/09/12/2823.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/09/12/s_2823.jpg' border='0' width='148' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Xander!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/09/12/2824.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/09/12/s_2824.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-5407832994791745062010-08-07T22:06:00.006-06:002010-08-07T22:21:49.921-06:004th of July<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9GqllxtKlJ56-NvrQUj30OeUU37Y-ul9M3As7D7gbNln3Xpue9n1r0ffKOoxJbAL-0C-Vg2qfooOE94ifJJG2GxXi_vryHC82dFagCAMBmf4EMXZfcDiissVX32J1obihLlz7yN9f3E/s1600/fouthof+July.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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Cancer, chemo, loosing my breast, passing down to my daughter! The <font size="4">panic</font> begun to set in it was all I could do to make it home, to my happy place, my heart was racing I began to hyper ventilate, my palms were sweating and I couldn't even think straight, I went straight to my closet and curled up in a bawl and began to sob! Deep painful sobs, why god I began to ask, what am I going to do, how am I going to tell my children. How do I make this OK, then I realized I was asking the wrong things.<br />I hadn't been told I had cancer! I had been told I had a lump!<br />Breath!!!!!<br />Please God, help me not focus on what could be but focus on what I have! My children, let me enjoy them, for however long I am here with them let me be with them!! Amen.<br />It wasn't instant, but I did feel peaceful and calm and able to exit the closet without anymore tears. And I enjoyed the rest of the weekend without thinking of my lump at all, of course I took an <span style="font-weight:bold;">awesome</span> fall on Saturday that left me bruised and skinned for weeks,(months) that turned out to actually smash what ever lump was in my breast! (yes that is God sense of humor at it's best) that is how hard I feel! So when I had my tests that Tuesday they couldn't find anything. I still have to go back every year because of my mother now, but things aren't so bad. And her lumps were removed and they got everything and she just has to be checked every six months to make sure it's not coming back.<br />(this post was supposed to be posted in May 2010)Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-31410352560152351272010-05-01T17:18:00.011-06:002012-12-17T11:44:53.188-07:00It is funny how attachments work!My friends and I had planned to attended an event to help feed the homeless called <span style="font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.emptybowlsutah.org/">Empty Bowl</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span><br />
The idea behind it was, for local artist and groups to produce ceramic bowls that could be produced and donated to the organization and then sold to the public at a nominal fee along with a cup of soup. The proceeds would then go to help feed the homeless. This premise is very worthwhile and I whole heartily believe in helping those that are down on their luck and I thought this would be a great way to spend some time with two very great friends.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">I need to tell you that I am not normally attached to objects but I have participated in something similar to this before and I had bowl that I purchased that I love and used every opportunity there was to use a bowl that I could find, until its untimely demise about a month ago. And this months event not only gave me the opportunity to help others but to replace something that I had been missing my bowl.</span></blockquote>
As I entered the building I was over taken by the ceramic bowls that covered the nearly four very large tables. I forgot what a process it was for me to pick my first bowl years before and there had only been three small shelves, and now here I was faced with these four huge tables filled with hand made beautiful bowls each and every one different and more beautiful than the next. And if it were not hard enough to select just one just as a bowl was picked up there was a kid who would put new bowls in it's place so there was never an empty space.<br />
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I thought I was going to go in select a bowl have soup, chat and laugh with friends and go home!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;">NO!</span> I had to examine as many of the bowls as I could, this meant holding each one of them. Determining if they were the right weight, color, had the right feel, trying to picture them in MY house, on MY table, with MY food in them.<br />
I carried a few around and then would set one down and pick another on up.<br />
Finally I selected what I thought was the perfect bowl!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;">Then my friends arrived!</span><br />
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And the process started all over again... only this time I needed their input, not that they would be eating out of MY bowl but I needed the pat on the back from my friends that said yes you selected the correct bowl!<br />
I finally selected a bowl.. it perfectly round, perfectly colored and its balance and weight seemed to be perfect...and just as I was about to pay...the kid replaced it!<br />
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WITH THE PERFECT BOWL!<br />
No! Really he had finally put out the bowl that I wanted! I did not even have ask! I knew! This was the ONE! I really Wanted it! It was the bowl for me! And I bought it!Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-31926050559664147092010-04-17T10:36:00.001-06:002010-04-17T10:36:14.955-06:00Spring 2010Spring! <br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/17/801.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/17/s_801.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='257' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-3427384362746776662010-04-13T07:17:00.001-06:002010-04-13T07:17:28.434-06:00Xanders BirthdayXander's 9th Birthday Party!!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/13/350.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/13/s_350.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='213' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/13/351.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/13/s_351.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-24859943132391478122010-04-08T07:37:00.001-06:002010-04-08T07:37:25.838-06:00Little Hands<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/08/425.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/08/s_425.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-20018833608295042362010-03-23T12:33:00.001-06:002010-03-23T12:33:28.694-06:00What's love got to do with it?<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/03/23/992.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/03/23/s_992.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-71820076017932026372010-03-13T18:18:00.001-07:002010-03-13T18:18:52.955-07:00Happy St Patricks Day<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/03/13/1471.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/03/13/s_1471.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='194' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-54764395426072044212010-02-15T09:00:00.001-07:002010-02-15T09:00:05.540-07:00The past<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/15/459.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/15/s_459.jpg' border='0' width='191' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-5223905368433826872010-01-27T13:09:00.001-07:002010-01-27T13:09:49.950-07:00My cup runith over!!!I have been blessed! I have a wonderful life. Do not get me wrong it is not perfect, life is never perfect. But I have great kids, however difficult or crazy they might be from one day to the next! I have a core group of friends that I grow to love more and more, even the ones that are spread across the Contry improving their minds! <br />I enjoy my work, and art! I have a home that is comfy. <br />I am happy and I love my life! Thank you God! <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Salt%20Lake&z=10'>Salt Lake</a></p>Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-54396662261011224472009-12-24T22:33:00.001-07:002009-12-24T22:33:10.177-07:00Christmas eve...As a child the best part of Christmas eve was getting to open one present before we had to go to bed. <br />This is one tradition that I have passed down to my kids, and because they spend everyother Christmas eve with their dad this is all I get sometimes like this year until Sunday. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/24/980.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/24/s_980.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/24/981.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/24/s_981.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811788153255046721.post-6632072208288003982009-12-10T23:02:00.001-07:002009-12-10T23:02:13.785-07:00WinterIt is crazy cold 8* I am told and yet after school today I bundled the kids up and we went outside to play in the snow! Sleding, snow angels, snow fights! Fun!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/10/774.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/10/s_774.jpg' border='0' width='213' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Katrina Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594284306954049395noreply@blogger.com1