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A common question I am asked about my sister...
and yet there is no easy answer to the question. How she is can differ from day to day, but mostly things stay the same... a snails pace would better describe it.
It will be a year in August since this all began, and while there have been many positive changes, many things are the same, or perhaps worse?
I'm not sure if anyone truly knows a timeline...

Recently I've taken my photography and favorite quotes and combined them with these results...
 

and you try and respond in a way that she will realize she just told you the same story... only she doesn't, it is a new thought for her that she is just sharing with you.
Sometimes the stories make no sense at all, she thinks something happened to her as she describes the scene but then mentions she did not see it happen? It is confusing for us both as I try and keep up with our conversations and...

While I've thought about doing this and wrote about doing this in a future blog post, I did it first hand, cold turkey, no warning!
8.5 hours with no cell phone! Yep, you read that right, no phone! At first I was alarmed... not only did I have lots of information on my phone, but I was spending the day with my mom and sister! At least I knew we'd have Debs phone, so we are covered for emergencies....

Marriage is not easy...
Owning a house, having children, paying your bills are just some of the everyday struggles we all go through in a marriage.  The odds against us already marrying so young, I just turned twenty and Joel twenty-two, stands out even more now when I look at my own children in their 20's.

Hilton Head Island 1992
After 30 years together you are bound to let each other down....

Recently I've noticed the chatter that  50 is the new 40...
and maybe that's because I'm here...
And funny because back in my late 30's and early 40's I felt my worst, still smoking and over weight, I knew I needed a change. Nobody ever told me I needed to quit smoking or lose weight, but I knew... Not for anybody else, but for me! 
 
We are constantly trying to improve ourselves, whether...

Sometimes we need a break, time to get off the roller coaster of life and relax and just be...
 
 
 
A short reprieve, having no worries and just enjoying life for a short time. Kind of like a recharge, to get you back to where you once were...
 
That is what we did... we went away and took some time for ourselves. Something we planned a long time ago, counted down to and enjoyed every second...

There's lots of places I've traveled, so here goes 50 cities 
IndianapolisClevelandParmaStrongsvilleNorth RoyaltonStowBrunswickColumbusSan FranciscoSan DiegoLos AngelosLas VegasNashvilleColumbiaLouisvilleAkronGahannaStrongsvilleLakewoodWilliamsburgPortage LakesColumbia StationOrlandoDestinNew OrleansCook ForestChicagoNew YorkDaytonHinckleyBelmontPacificaFort MyersFort LauderdaleNaplesBrightonArlingtonAnn...

While I try not to eat much candy, here's 50 to remember!
Reese peanut butter cupReese piecespaydaysnickersheath barsbutterfingerdovekrackelmarathonmr. goodbarOh henrytake 5twixspecial darkchunkycow talescrunch bargodivajunior mintskitkatM & Mmalted milkmarsalmond joymilky wayfast breakpeppermint patty3 muskateersskorturtleswonka barzerosmartybit o honeybottle capssweet tartschucklesgobstoppersdotsgood...

Searching for the pieces of the sister I once had are easy one moment and more difficult the next. Some days our conversations flow, her ideas and excitement for life are all there, but soon it is gone again, within minutes and there is no rhyme or reason? The confusion settles back in to where it once was.
The past few weeks with Deb have been a constant mixture of ups and downs.... Literally,...