Kathleen Baskin-Ball

The past 24 hours have been very sad. Yesterday morning our pastor, Kathleen Baskin-Ball, passed away after a 2 year battle with cancer. While I know she's in a much better place, she will be greatly missed. She was a mentor to everyone who walked into her life. She taught us all about God not just by her sermons but by how she lived her life. When she learned 2 years ago that she had cancer she made a decision not to hide anything from the church. We knew about upcoming test and what the results were. She taught us not to be afraid of death but enjoy and embrace life. Though we knew she had cancer it still was a shock when we were told that it spread to her brain and she was enter hospice care less then 2 weeks ago. I think most of us thought she had a few months so you can image when it ended up being less then 2 weeks. I'm thankful for the time I did know her as she made me a better person. Glory Be!

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Reunion

So my 10 year reunion was this past weekend. I didn't think I was going to be able to go because of a business trip but it was pushed back. It was good to see everybody. It's funny how some people really don't change. I found the people that loved to party in high school still do. I was surprise how few people came. I think our class was around 600 and I don't think there was 100 there (that included spouses) Of course lot of the people that I was interesting in seeing weren't there....oh well. I realized when I got home that I didn't take one picture :( One thing I didn't realized was that even though I loved high school I'm really loving life now. The people who say high school is the best years of your life don't know what they're talking about!

It's a start

So I read my friends blogs all the time....sometimes I read people who I don't know :) I thought maybe it was time for me to give it a shot. I no idea how to get all the pretty templates/layouts I see on my friends but I'll figure it out just give me time. I thought this was a good way to journal what's going on in our lives. I guess if it's out in the open for anybody to read you can't write anything too bad. This won't be like the journal you hide under your bed when your a kid :)