***There’s a new event on our events page.  There is a bone marrow drive in honor of Presley Dickson, and we are hoping and praying to find a bone marrow match for our friend Brooke Martin whose in desperate need of a match.***
It’s been a long week, folks.
Jimmy’s service, Grandma’s service and reading the stark [...]

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As the family Mayhew is temporarily relocated to Miami for the next few days, preparing to celebrate the life of one amazing Grandma E, there may be few chances for me to actually make an update.  I hope to, I think this week may be FULL of wacked-out interesting events that are blogworthy, but family [...]

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**Updated: Thank you to MaryLynn, without whom the “Bill Knapps Chocolate Cake” recipe would not have passed into my email…and Peter wouldn’t be able to enthusiastically pester me with “Do you think that’s the real cake recipe?” until I am FORCED to try it. **
My dear hubby Peter has a thing for chocolate cake.  He [...]

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It’s 1:30 in the morning and I should really be asleep.  Like REALLY be asleep. As in, I know tomorrow is going to be an emotionally draining, tearfully painful exercise in grief and strength and I need to be resting to prepare for it.  In 8 hours I need to walk into a funeral home [...]

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First let me tell you how much I personally appreciate all the wonderful words of support and encouragement you’ve given over the past day.  I’m going to print out this post, along with the sweet messages of prayer and compassion that you’ve left, and give them to Jimmy’s mother.
Thank you, ALL, for being awesome that [...]

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