Hi Ladies

[Guest guest]

Good morning to all of you beautiful ladies,

I wanted to say Hi...I miss communicating regularly with you all! I am

doing very well, and ever since I cut out my estrogen pills before bed,

my arm pain has gone away. That was an eye opener....and confirms the

need to be very cautious with hormone replacement therapy. I am not

certain yet when and if I will be adding it back in, but will monitor

my health and see what needs to be tweaked. So far, so good! I just

really want to lose some extra weight, and I find dieting hard to do.

Thursday I will be taking my teenagers to Yosemite National Park to

camp and do some incredible sightseeing. We are pretty excited, and

especially me because I have not camped in 4 years and I won't have my

strong and capable husband along to help out! (He has to go to Alaska).

So, I am looking forward to the getaway...and hope I don't see too many

bears up close!

Let me encourage you.....I want to encourage you ladies to reach for

your goals. Set them and never give up! It's never too late to set

new goals and start a new path in life that will let you do what you

dream of doing. Healing goals are good, and I know how hard it is when

your body does not cooperate with you, but at the same time, you can

set new goals for trying a new therapy, eating better, doing a fast, or

whatever God lays on your heart. For some of you, that will mean

writing out your story to bless someone else. Or reading a book that

you haven't gotten to. Or any number of things. I just want to

encourage you to DO THEM. Our lives slow down when we get sick, but

they don't stop....there is always something out there that you can do

to be a blessing to others. It's purpose that gives our life meaning.

We are a blessing to others! And there are people out there who want to

bless us in return.

God has taken me through an incredible season of growth this past

winter. He is so good! Today is a new opportunity to reach your

goals, just as tomorrow will be another blessing of 24 hours in which

to accomplish those things that He has set out for us to do. It's so

easy to lose sight of those things we've dreamed about...but each day

is a new chance to reach those goals if we set our minds on it.

Never give up!

I think about you guys all the time....and pray for your wellbeing and

healing. Lynda, Rogene, everyone...too many to name...God bless.

Talk to you soon,

Patty