Re: Rosemary and other list members

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Dear n,

Thank you so much for your post that enabled me to have a lovely flashback

of my most carefree days -- Pre-CF!

My husband (from Sunnyvale, near Palo Alto) and I (from NJ) were married at

Stanford just days shy of four years ago. After the costs incurred with the

wedding stuff, we found ourselves unable to afford (or take any more time

off of work) for a honeymoon. So... we spent three glorious nights by the

fireplace in our room at the Manka Lodge (which I think is in Inverness),

catching up on reading, cross-words, and sleep. During the daytime, we'd go

to Stinson Beach with our dog (who we'd flown out to CA for our wedding) and

play in the surf. I still favor a photo of my husband walking our dog onto

the beach and pausing beneath a " NO DOGS ALLOWED " sign and giving the camera

a thumb's-down. My dog had never been on sand before... she ate/swallowed

enough sand in those three days that she literally pooped a sand castle at

the check-in line at the San Francisco airport before we headed home to NJ!

Gee, I haven't thought about those " good-ol-days " in years and I'm sitting

here smiling from ear to ear recalling those memories!

Scary and sad that it seems like those time good times happened in another

life actually. Amazing how having a child with CF can age the HECK out of

you and virtually erase all of the stuff (good and bad) that came before

" the diagnosis " .

I've got to get back in touch with myself... thank you for oiling my rusty

gears!

Love,

Paige

(Mom to Jack, 18 months old with CF)

Rosemary and other list members

> " Time " is a matter of scheduling. I do spend some time on line on some

days.

> On Saturdays my dear friend and I go wildlife watching, often at Tomales

> Point\on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County: one gets it all

there:

> the elk, merrily

> in rut, the vultures (largest bird next to the condor), thousands of

> varieties of birds,

> same for native plants and flowers, five varieties of black birds, three

> varieties of

> jays, crows and ravens and Fallow Deer--most amazing--and THE ELK! What a

> scene--and we have the whole coast to wander on--I do swim at Stinson

Beach,

> but we mostly watch wildlife, which often includes the people. On early

> Friday

> evenings I have Shabbat with members of my family. On Sunday we often

take

> a short journey as well. And I do spend a lot of time cooking for me, my

> friends,

> and for family members--and even more time MOVING. I will be moving into

my

> new apartment in less than a MONTH--finally out of boxes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> Rosemary, you are not in the presence of greatness--you are in the

presence

> of a

> person besieged by boxes, clothes, books, electornic paraphernalia, and MY

> CAR!

> Thank you for the kind compliment, but frankly, I think I am just a

> problem-solver,

> no more, no less, in life. So far, so good.

> Love to you and to each of your children; heck, drop a pinch on

hubby--might

> wake

> him up for a few minutes!

> n Rojas

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