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KEEP CALM - STAY SPARKLY

12/31/2013

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I imagine everyone has heard a quote that has meant something to them. Maybe it pertains to some event happening to them or it just touches their heart in a special way. The Ernest Hemingway lines that Jenna used for this blog have special meaning to us both now. Here's a few that happened to catch my eye and I had written them in my journal.

"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."              Michael J. Fox

"Be patient and persistent. Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome." Robin Roberts

"Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be bold, but don't bully. Be humble, but not shy. Be confident, but not arrogant."     Dawn French

This one is odd. I saw it as graffiti on the side of a train car in Juneau, Alaska. What is means, I don't know, but I liked it enough to quickly write it down to keep.

"Once again, I hold my breath and hope for the best. True for true."    Unknown

And then there is the one in the title of this post. Lon and I were driving past Seibke Hoyt Jewelers and their big sign by the street had this baby up. "KEEP CALM - STAY SPARKLY". What does it mean? I dunno. But I thought it was kinda funny.

I took a big leap this morning and washed my hair. It has been a week (aw, come on, everybody, don't go "ewwwwing" on me), but frankly I have been afraid to. In church Sunday, a friend, Donna T., told me that a chemo patient she knew, went to wash her hair one day and the whole shebang came sliding off! Well, the good news is that 90%+ is still there. I noticed several individual strands falling but nothing too major yet. As Jenna puts it, I don't have to go "G-I Janene" quite yet. I did realize that I couldn't put on the black sweatshirt that I wanted, because with my light hair falling, by the end of the day, it would look like a small chinchilla was riding on my back between my shoulder blades.

Another FYI fact that I wanted to share:    Jenna had told me that putting Vaseline on your eyelashes could make them healthier and stronger. Well, every night, I have put some on both my eyelashes and eyebrows, and they seem to be holding their own. So try it, if you want thicker lashes and brows.

I want to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR, and leave you with this important message:

                                                        

                                                                     KEEP CALM - STAY SPARKLY!!!

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Holly Williams
1/5/2014 10:30:40 am

I wouldn't worry too much about amount you lose in the once a week washing. Typically it's normal to lose lots of individual strands every day and when you shampoo. It just looks like more when it's a weeks worth your seeing in the drain :)
By the way I saw your picture tonight at grandma's and its really a great picture of you , very beautiful !

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