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The Dress for the Wedding
What a whirlwind week it was last week. I drove from So Cal to just south of Ft. Worth arriving in 19 hours. I was surprised myself, but glad that I wasn't on the road for the 24 hours that I had...
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Breach
From James:I didn't realize it was urgent till I burst through the door into labor and delivery.I knew the woman in labor had a fetus in the breech position with one foot wanting to come out first. I'd...
View ArticleChristmas Week
After the wedding, the daughter and I made a quick dash to Tennessee to welcome the new grandbaby. I have to admit he is a real cutie - but then what would you expect me to say? He seems to be quite...
View ArticleNo One Plans Emergency Surgery
From an SM with James:Hi friends,I had all these good intentions of writing each of you personal longnewsy emails before we sent and received this week. I didn't realizethat this lazy Tuesday afternoon...
View ArticleEARTHQUAKE!
Well, the holidays are over and I am getting things back in order, rested and getting my body cleansed. On Monday I, along with my daughter, started a 7 day liver cleanse. The first two days were tough...
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Article 19
Not much sewing happening at my house these days. I did sign up to participate in the SWAP on Stitchers Guild, found patterns to sew, made a story board, looked over material from my stash and haven't...
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NIGER
From James:I am back in Africa but this welcome is far different than the one I'm used to. Sarah, Gary and I have just flown 8 hours across the desert from N'Djamena to Niamey, the capital of Niger. We...
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STUCK
From James:I'm calmly chatting with Doug in the air-conditioned OR in Bere. We are just finishing up a routine hernia operation. The external oblique is closed and we are preparing to close the skin....
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KINCHASA BALL
From James:Kinchasa has a sort of sport found maybe no where else in the world. I don't know if anyone has actually named it, but it seems the rules are well known. I'll call it Kinchasa-ball and it's...
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LUBAMBASHI
From James:The plane has stopped. I thought we were going directly to Lubambashi but we suddenly find ourselves on the ground at another airport. Apparently it was planned since I see people getting up...
View ArticleLEARNING A BIG LESSON
I have just gotten off the phone with a representative from Bridge Terminal Transport discussing a settlement for an accident that was caused by their truck driver two years ago. Since we were driving...
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THE BELL TOLLS
From James:It's early Sunday morning and the drums are pounding. Deep, holding bass thumps with rhythic higher pitched hypnotizing beats wafting through the background. In a few minutes, a mournful...
View ArticleI Am Devastated
The people killed in the plane crash today included friends of our kids! Our hearts go out to the sweet families that have lost so much today. There are five families involved and one family lost two...
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R.I.P.
At my son's wedding in 2000.The picture from their Christmas card that is still on the refrigerator. The memorial is this weekend and I know I have time to sew the black dress, tonight I am wondering...
View ArticleOne More
We are leaving for the last of the memorials for the plane crash victims. What a hard two weeks it has been for sure. On the positive side, there is great comfort in grieving with your friends and...
View ArticleCOVERSTITCH
Today was the day I had decided to compare three different coverstitch machines, the Babylock BLCS, Janome 1000 and the Brother 2340?, to see which one I felt the most comfortable using. I had tried...
View ArticleCOVERSTITCH II
I really can't believe that I finished my search for a coverstitch just this morning. I have searched the internet, visited 4 stores in the area and finally drove to San Diego in search of the Babylock...
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SWEAT
From James:I'm trying not to move. The feel of sweat trickling slowly down my face is not as bad as feeling the stickiness of my back against the cheap mattress. Crickets and other night insect sounds...
View ArticleTragedy
From James:"Hurry to the ER! James! Run!" The familiar words come not in the usual African French but in the familiar English of our friends, Gary and Wendy Roberts (our mission pilot & his wife,...
View ArticleNo Sewing
What was to be at the longest just a month stay in Tennessee to work on our store has turned out to be four months and counting. In this present economical climate that is so unsure we weren't quite...
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