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Let it Burn

This morning I read about a $200,000 barn fire in a nearby community. I thought back on last week's conversation with a client whose house had burnt to the ground and was starting over from scratch with their home. Before I was born, my family's

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Update on the J Cancer Squad...remember?

It's been months since I have made mention of my former Quad J Cancer Squad, but today there is a very sad, but important update. Unfortunately, now two of the J's have passed from this world. We lost Jennifer to Angiosarcoma last year, which was such

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Join Me Tonight!

Join me tonight at Aaron's Book in Lititz for a discussion on grief, and a reading from my memoir-in-progress. 7 p.m.-I hope to see you there!

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Speaking Engagement

Come out to hear me talk about Grief at Aaron's Book in Lititz this Tuesday June 29th at 7 p.m.!

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It's all in the Timing

I remember 'Radio Bob', as we lovingly nicknamed him, walking Route 272 in Willow Street all day long.  He carried with him his trusty battery powered radio, listening to the weather, and happily gave anyone who would listen the weather report.  Whenever I went grocery shopping with my

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Survival

We are now over 40" deep of snow in less than a week here in Lancaster County. It is insane. I LOVE snow, love it. What I don't enjoy, however, is cabin fever. Being stuck inside, unable to drive anywhere, just me, my cat, my thoughts...and

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It's Nice to be Home

Lancaster is a great place to be. It is nice to know everything around me, to build a sense of community as an adult, to be in a place of comfort, of warmth, and somehow, of blessing. Yesterday the world lost another Angiosarcoma soul. Rafael Rojas passed from this world

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Thoughts of Voting

Whether or not you are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Constitutional, Green, or a mish-mash, one thing is an important right as a U.S. Citizen: Your right to vote. I live in a city of 50,000 people, and a county of 500,000. People around me are very outspoke on

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The Faces of Swine Flu

Special blog to my Twitter friends, MANY of us who happen to be suffering from swine flu or exposure to it. Here are the faces of swine flu, because, well, it sucks haha.

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Square One

Square One has open mic tonight tomorrow night in Downtown Lancaster. I'm thinking about picking out some selections from my writings/muses and sharing. Do you think I should? Would you come?

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The Lancast Podcast!!

http://www.thelancast.com/brenda-boitson I am SUPER excited about the above link. A little background... I started twittering (http://www.twitter.com) a few months ago and have met this great community of Lancasterites. Through Twitter, I met two cool gentlemane, Daniel Klotz and David Moulton. They were, at

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Jeep Needs Sold!

After a disappointing inspection, I need to sell the Jeep and get a newer vehicle. Please pass this craigslist ad along. I need to sell it to get a down payment on a newer car. Thanks! http://lancaster.craigslist.org/cto/1275559780.html

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Update on J Squad...

Julie, a dear family friend batting breast cancer is healing well from surgery and is CANCER FREE. As oncologists always are, they are being cautiously optimistic and requiring her to come back every 4 months for followups. Feeling SO glad that things are looking so good for her. Awesome :)

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Hannah Garman

For those of us in Lancaster County, you may remember the story of a little girl who just wanted Christmas cards for her last christmas. Hannah I believe was just 4 and had a childhood cancer. Hannah has now passed on.....My thoughts go out to her family.

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Immediate Prayer Request

Someone I know is currently undergoing a biopsy for an inflammation/mass in their chest. It's especially weighing heavy on my mind because of the symptoms it's causing: trouble breathing, swallowing, persistent cough, etc. So far nothing has come up cancer, but it also doesn'

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Cancer Updates

Both Julie and my friend's son's girlfriend have come out of surgery and are doing well. Julie is home, and the other girl is out of surgery in recovery. Continue to keep them lifted up. Thanks so much.

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Julie Prayer Update

Julie, one of the triple J's, is heading into surgery today for her breast cancer. Please pray for the surgical team, and her family, as they anxiously await the outcome. Please also lift them up over the next 6 weeks, as Julie will have lifting restrictions and cannot

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Brayton Martin

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/braytonmartin Brayton is a little boy from Lancaster County who is currently in a children's hospital in Cincinatti awaiting a bone marrow transplant to survive. He is still a newborn, and was diagnosed with a blood disorder called HLH. Please pray that a

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Home is Where the Heart Is

...and here is my new home! This is the living room-I'm not showing it all because Kristi is living there and I want to give her some privacy, but this is the first room you walk into from the other side of the room. This is the cute

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Blogging From the New Apartment!

Hello and greetings from my new apartment on West Orange in Lancaster! It feels so good to be "home". Although home right now consists of the smell of fresh paint, and the only "furniture" in this place are my beloved plants, and a new storage rack

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Exciting Quad J News..

Exciting news from my Quad J Cancer Squad...... JERRY-whom has been suffering from esophagael cancer-met with his Dr. this week and guess what? You won't believe it. I almost cried. I want to cry. It's a miracle.... It's amazing.. HE'S CANCER FREE!

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Quad J Cancer Squad Update: Julie

Here is some information I received from Julie's mother regarding what's going on with her cancer-it is quite awesome and miraculous!!Dear friends and family:It's been sometime since we sent out an update on Julie and we have good news! After 2 treatments

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Special Prayer Request

Please lift up a dear friend, Cheryl, tonight. She recently underwent some major surgery, and may be getting the flu. She truly doesn't want to end up back in the hospital, so please lift her up for healing tonight. Thank you.

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STEEL CURTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yes, the Steel Curtain was DRAWN, and in big part, to an amazing touchdown from Troy Polamalu, the Steelers are headed to the superbowl. What an AMAZING game to watch. Shame for the Ravens player who got pretty injured...but I hear he'll be ok. As for

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Hockey, Hockey, and Hockey.

Deep Sigh Today I am titling, Hockey Day. After picking up Kevin's hockey equipment yesterday, I decided to just get it done and over with. I opened up the bag, and thankfully, the stench was enough for me to not cry, haha. It was more like...dang, sweaty