tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367691576535524482024-10-24T21:53:59.897-04:00...Sarah Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661947853804634083noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36769157653552448.post-46311580193739223612019-01-16T09:55:00.001-05:002019-01-16T10:24:29.627-05:00

Happy to be home! For those of you who have been diligent and followed my journey and stories and long winded essays, you will know I have revived this blog several times over the past 9 years as life has offered new challenges or circumstances that I thought may be of interest to others. I want to thank those who have afforded me the opportunity of sharing pieces of my life that I hoped

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Here is to a BETTER year! It seems as one year ends and another begins, that we, as humans in the western hemisphere, take stock of the outgoing and assess what we would like to accomplish with the incoming year. Really it is only 365 days, it can start at anytime, but it often provides us with a reason to set goals and hope for the next 365 days, you have to start sometime right? I took my

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It takes two Baby and Iwill always be by yourside - even on cold days! As many of you may know from Trip's recent blog update - when we met with the surgeon on November 28th we had the best news we could hope for - Trip is CANCER FREE and the doctor is able to reverse his ileostomy and allow his body to once again, work as nature intended it to. We couldn't wish for more or be happier! I

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Candlelit dinner on a stormy night If is now late October 2018, this blog has been running for about 8 and a half years now and has morphed from our journey from British Columbia to New Brunswick, from working mom to stay at home mom to homesteading and now to caregiving for my husband. What a trip it's been! Who knew when I started writing this that we would be here today and that all the

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Celebrating the END of chemo!8 pounds ago...  Friday, October 5th, was the last day of chemo, the end of 8 cycles of treatment, the bottle was removed and my handsome gonged the cymbal and celebrated to the tune of "Gonna Fly Now"  - the theme from the Rocky movies. He woke up that morning, felt like a fighter and was ready for this part of his journey to end. It didn't end. The

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Just breathe . . . be in the moment . . . let the rest go . . .  It is easier said than done... It has taken me about ten days to realize that I have been building up to an anxiety  breakdown. Is that a thing? I am not sure... However, it has caught up with me. That shaky feeling, difficulty catching my shallow breath, headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations, disrupted sleep

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Giving thanks - it was a good day! #tripndaisy777 This week had several hot and humid days that marked the end of summer. Yesterday it was much cooler and last night or early this morning I woke up at 5:30AM cold and unable to get back to sleep. I added another blanket to my bed, then a little later I put on my flannel pj's but the cold had seeped into my bones and sleep was gone. As I

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My Daisy Charm - Travelling Companion Daisy - For some reason I seem to identify with the flower - daisy. I LOVE them! I adore Gerbera's - had them all over my wedding to Trip and all colours and sizes! I have multiple table cloths covered in daisies. I have a pot of them in my yard. I love the variety of roadside daisies and I NEVER cut them in my yard, I just let them grow in the grass

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ER - URVH - August 14,2018 The past few weeks have been busy. We host an annual arts festival on our property and while I thought we should forgo it this year, my husband thought we should proceed. He always enjoys the festival, fun and artisans who grace our place. He knew this year he would probably not be able to participate much, if at all. He did encourage me to continue, and I had mixed

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I am sitting in my chair this overcast Thursday morning, feeling the humidity begin to build and watching the sky start to clear. It's going to be a hot and humid day! Perfect for ice cream! What am I going to do? I have lots on my list but need to remain focused. Every day there is a reason to smile Today is Thursday "week one" which means it is the day after Len's 5th session of

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Hellooo... are you still out there? It's been a long time since I popped in to say HI! Trip calls Daisy "The Mandala Queen" hmmmm I have fun! I have had so much on my mind lately and so many thoughts whirling through my head... I have written some "longish" Facebook posts but that doesn't really encapture what is happening in my heart. I have been considering coming back to my blog, it has

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BC Ferries At the end of June it always feels as though the summer will be long and endless, so when September arrives, I always wonder where it has gone. Alas, the nights have become cooler, the days shorter and this morning the big yellow bus pulled up to the house to get our daughter as she begins the first day of grade 9. Where has the summer gone? Evaluating summer, it was fine, busy,

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Today is August 9th and we are more than half way through summer. The next week is the busiest week of the year for us, followed by things slowing down rapidly and as I reflect on the past few months I think of the highs, lows and how I have been feeling. I lay awake at night and play out scenarios on how to deal with situations, then eventually, I roll over and fall back to sleep. Over all life

...Sarah Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661947853804634083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36769157653552448.post-73566697606328844332015-03-08T11:38:00.000-04:002016-03-08T09:43:26.604-05:00

I have shared this before, but it resonates with me, about 13 or 14 years ago, the BC Government was drastically reducing funding to women's shelters and resources. At the time we didn't have online petitions or Facebook or crowd funding - we had email - and not everyone had that. There were requests and emails being sent out to help support the programming available to women and children and

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This is a topic that I have thought long and hard about in the past year. The right to die with dignity. I can honestly say that yes, it had crossed my mind in the past but never really deeply and never in a way that impacted me so greatly. As any reader knows, I lost my father in October 2014 - but only after watching him suffer and waste away from a debilitating disease. Of course this was

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This winter has already felt interminable for me and we are really only 1 month into real winter. My nose and toes are permanently cold! Christmas came and went as did New Year's and here we are , mid January with days of - 20 to -35 weather not counting the wind chill factor. They are saying the January thaw is going to last about 2-3 days this year, not the normal week or so. (Thaw means +

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I still can't believe it when I hear those words come out of the mouth of my 20 year old daughter. You want to me like me? 48 years old, living away from family, unemployed, looking back on the train wreck of my life? Why? "No Mom, I want to be like you - you got us through, you took care of us, you did everything you could to  make a new life for us. I want to be like you." Wow, thanks

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I tried to write this yesterday and couldn't make myself do it. For some reason, I can today. 10 years ago, November 8, 2004 I started my day thinking that I was moving forward and was going to get through the most difficult period of my life. Little did I know that difficult hadn't even started yet. I am not going into a great deal of detail, that is for a longer story that I must put down on

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To anyone who has read my blog over the last couple of years, thank you. This blog has been a place to share my thoughts, feelings and to express how I felt watching my parents age and my father's health decline. Oct. 13, 2014 2001 - Me and Dad Sadly, on October 13, 2014, my father took his last breath after a valiant fight. He held on longer than I would ever have expected, as his body

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It is fall! Time for some Thanksgiving! We are now well into October 2014 and Thanksgiving is almost here. I haven't written a blog since July - partly because I was busy and then I had computer issues and I just felt like, what do I have to say? Well, I have decided I need to express my gratitude, for so many things! It is easy to go through life thinking: What's next? How come this

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Apparently I am remiss on keeping up this blog - I see it has been 6 weeks + since my last post! Yes, we are alive and well and very happy to be powered up again! So much has happened locally since I last wrote - the tragedy in Moncton with the RCMP and a deranged gunman; several local families devastated by a horrific car accident; an extreme summer heat wave, etc.... But today, I will refer to

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  The Welcome Window For the last couple of years we have run a little farm gate type coffee shop out here at the lake. It is always a bit of a panic and last minute affair. This year was especially tough since  winter lasted 6 months and the snow just disappeared; and until last week we were still lighting a fire to stay warm - which was a problem since  the wood porch is my

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North Lake Rec Council Wellness Day 2014 Today is Saturday, May 10th which marks several things: a) It is one week since we held a Wellness Day conference in our community. It was really fun to coordinate and organize and I had a blast working on an event again! b) It is my BIG brothers birthday! Today he is 50 years old! Yes, little "go go" my pet name for him as a toddler, is now 50 years

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Sitting with Dad Who can doubt that we time travel, when we can get on a plane, cross 3 time zones and arrive thousands of miles away in a matter of hours? The Time Traveler has nothing on me, I did it only last week! I left Calgary, AB Tuesday morning at 9AM and arrived in Fredericton, NB at 7PM - now tell me, how many of you can do that? Yup, time travel! The intent of my two and a half

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The last two weeks have been busy with excitement around here. I confirmed my flight for Jessica and I to head out west, Alberta and then drive to BC to visit family. I had been hoping for a long time to go and finally the opportunity presented itself. YAY! I haven't been home for almost three years and a lot has changed. I know I can't see everyone I would like to visit with and hope that I

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