The following is an excerpt from the note Judy posted, with catalogs, in the Penn College Integrated Studies Office, the testing center & Judy’s Penn College mailbox:
<130%>Elliptical miles for 2008
February 2008 miles
2/13 - 2 miles 20 min.
2/20 - 2 miles 20 min.
2/22 - 2 miles 20 min.
2/26 - 2 miles 20 min.
2/27 - 2 miles 20 min.
<130%>Total miles for February -- 10!
March 2008 Miles (10 mi. to date)
3/1 - 2 miles walked at the beach
3/6 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/7 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/8 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/10 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/11 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/12 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/17 - 2 miles multiple machines, 40 min. aerobic workout @ gym
3/19 exercise = to 2 miles, hour of water aerobics & 35 min. 1/4 mi swim
3/20 exercise = to 2 miles, hour of water aerobics
3/25 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/26 - 2 miles 20 min.
3/28 - 2 miles 20 min.
<130%>Total miles for March -- 26!
April 2008 Miles (36 mi. to date)
4/1 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/2 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/4 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/7 - 2 miles 20 min.
4-9 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/11 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/16 - 2 miles power walk
4/17 - 2 miles power walk
4/18 - 2 miles power walk
4/22 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/24 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/26 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/28 - 2 miles 20 min.
4/29 - 2 miles 20 min.
<130%>Total miles for April -- 28!
May 2008 Miles (64 mi. to date)
5/2 - 2 miles 20 min.
5/5 - 2 miles 20 min.
5/9 - 2 miles 20 min.
5/10 - 3 miles (5k) 1 hr. walked
5/13 - 2 miles 20 min.
5/14 - 2 miles 20 min.
5/16 - 2 miles 20 min.
5/19 - 2 miles 35 min. hiking sand dunes
5/22 - 2 miles 15 min. cycling
5/24 - 2 miles 35 min. walking the boardwalk
5/26 - 2+ miles walking the boardwalk
5/27 - 2 miles walking the beach
5/27 - 2 + miles walking the boardwalk
5/29 - 4 miles biked on the boardwalk
<130%>Total miles for May -- 31!
June 2008 Miles (95 mi. to date)
6/3 - 2 miles 20 min.
6/4 - 2 miles 20 min.
6/7 - 2 miles 20 min.
6/9 - 2 miles 20 min.
6/11 - 2 miles 20 min.
6/13 - 2 miles 18 min.
6/17 - 2 miles 18 min.
6/19 - 2 miles 18 min.
6/21 - 2 miles 19 min.
6/23 - 2 miles 18 min.
6/25 - 2 miles pushing Cassidy in the stroller
6/26 - 2 miles walking
<130%>Total miles for June -- 24!
July 2008 Miles (119 mi. to date)
7/1 - 2 miles 18 min.
7/3 - 8 miles equivalent 8 hrs. digging & planting flowers
7/8 - 2 miles 18 min.
7/10 - 2 miles equivalent 2 hrs. yard work
7/14 - 2 miles equivalent 2 hrs. yard work
7/15 - 2 miles equivalent 2 hrs. yard work
7/16 - 2 miles equivalent 3 hrs. yard work
7/24 - 4 miles equivalent 4.5 hrs yard work
<130%>Total miles for July -- 24!
August 2008 Miles (143 mi. to date)
8/1 - 2 miles equivalent 1 hr. yard work
8/6 - 2 miles 30 min. pushing Cassidy in the stroller
8/11 - 2 miles 19 min.
8/13 - 2 miles 20 min.
8/15 - 2 miles 18 min.
8/16 - 2 miles equivalent 2 hrs. yard work
8/20 - 4 miles equivalent 3.5 hrs. cleaning
8/25 - 2 miles 18 min.
<130%>Total miles for August -- 18!
September 2008 Miles (161 mi. to date)
9/2 - 2 miles 18 min.
9/8 - 2 miles 18 min.
9/9 - 2 miles equivalent 2 hrs. yard work
9/10 - 2 miles 19 min.
9/12 - 2 miles 19 min.
9/13 - 2+ miles walking @ Magic Kingdom
9/16 - 2+ miles walking @ Typhoon Lagoon
9/18 - 2+ miles walking @ Blizzard Beach
9/22 - 2 miles 18 min.
9/24 - 2 miles pushing Cassidy in the stroller
9/26 - 2 miles 18 min.
9/29 - 2 miles 20 min.
<130%>Total miles for September -- 24!
October 2008 Miles (185 mi. to date)
10/2 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/6 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/8 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/10 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/13 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/15 - 2 miles 17 min.
10/16 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/18 - 2+ miles walking @ Longwood Gardens
10/20 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/22 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/28 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/30 - 2 miles 18 min.
10/31 - 2 miles 18 min.
<130%>Total miles for October -- 26!
November 2008 Miles (211 mi. to date)
11/3 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/6 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/7 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/10 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/12 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/13 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/17 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/18 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/21 - 2+ miles walking in Washington DC
11/24 - 2 miles 18 min.
11/26 - 2 miles equivalent 5 hrs. cleaning
11/27 - 2 miles equivalent 4 hrs. cleaning
<130%>Total miles for November -- 24!
December 2008 Miles (235 mi. to date)
12/2 - 2 miles 18 min.
12/4 - 2 miles 18 min.
12/8 - 2 miles 20 min.
12/10 - 2 miles 18 min.
12/11 - 2 miles 18 min.
12/12 - 2 miles walking
12/16 - 2 miles 18 min.
12/20 - 2 miles 17 min.
12/23 - 2 miles 18 min.
<130%>Total miles for December -- 18!
253 miles in 2008!!
Last fall my officemate, Patti Owens, was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. When Patti Started talking about her own symptoms, I thought I was listening to my mother describing her own symptoms from 9 years ago. Patti was not a candidate for surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. Therefore she met this dreaded disease head on by hormone therapy, diet, exercise, her faith in God and with the strength, support and prayers of her family and friends. She is not the same woman she was last fall, she is stronger, healthier and her faith is stronger than ever. Patti took this semester off to “spoil” her newest granddaughter, while her daughter, Lisa, joined us at Penn College as a temporary full-time math instructor. Her other daughter, Kristy, started a project to raise $5000 for cancer research, which brings me to the point of this note.To help Kristy reach her goal, Judy took orders for sterling silver jewelry during the month of September from family, friends and Penn College faculty & staff. Instead of earning free jewelry, the dealer agreed to donate the 30% of sales in cash to the Cancer Research Foundation.
The results were phenomenal! $406 was donated to The Cancer Research Foundation! It’s obvious everyone liked the jewelry, in addition to their motivation to participate in supporting the fundraiser.
Like Judy, when we hear that a friend or acquaintance is facing cancer, we are reminded of a close friend or family member who has struggled or is struggling with cancer. This may, also, explain the fantastic response to the fundraiser. All of us want cancer researchers to find cures for the various types of cancer our friends & loved ones face or have faced. Although we’ve all heard & read encouraging reports of advances in cancer research, we are aware that there is so much more to be done.
Thank you, Judy, for coming up with the idea & following through with it. Your actions demonstrate your giving, tender heart & desire to make a difference for future cancer patients. I thank you for taking the time necessary to make this possible, as there are many steps involved in the process of a fundraiser such as this, & thank everyone who made a contribution to the Cancer Research Foundation by purchasing jewelry.
My next THANK YOU is to those who have made individual contributions to the Cancer Research Foundation since the site was set up February 5, 2008. Your combined contributions are over half way to Kristy’s goal of $5,000. As a family, we greatly appreciate your generosity & that you share our concern for cancer research.
Since this blog is titled “Thanks For Giving,” I want to take this opportunity to thank others who have reached out to me & to our family over this past year. Not only am I thankful, I am humbled by your kindness & thoughtfulness.
If I try to list every individual who has given a gift or done an act of kindness, I will surely forget someone, & I know some do not want to be singled out. This blog is not intended for that purpose. I do try to thank each person or couple along the way, but it is often difficult to know if I have adequately expressed my sincere appreciation for a gift or an act of kindness. Sometimes it’s hard to put my thought into words, especially in a written thank you note. Whatever I write seems inadequate. I pray God will bless your life as you have bless mine!
I want to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to everyone for their prayers. It is incredible to know that hundreds of people have lifted us up in prayer, for more than a year, & scores of people continue to do so regularly! We sense your prayers surrounding us, & at our times of greatest uncertainty we sensed your prayers lifting us up. I’ve thankfully had God’s peace from the beginning, & your prayers have helped our family to also share in finding this same sense of peace as God worked in our lives & through the circumstances as they arose. (Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer & petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”) We draw strength & peace from God’s presence that envelops us as a result of your prayers. On the one hand I ask, ‘Who am I that these people would remember to pray for me regularly, for so long?’ On the other hand, I say to God, ‘thank you that these people remember me; please meet a special need in each of their lives to bless them for their faithfulness in praying for me.’ Please know that I want & need the prayers to continue, as I know they are making a great difference. To merely say thank you seems very inadequate. I feel very humbled in knowing many, many people pray for me regularly; it’s a thought that has often brought me to tears. God bless you for your faithfulness!I also want to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to the senders of the greeting cards I’ve received. I have a large basket over-flowing with beautiful greeting cards. Many of them have personal notes written inside – I love it when I find a personal note written inside! If the sender does not write the date sent on the card, I write the date or week received on the back of it. (I never throw away greeting cards sent by friends & family.) Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in sending the cards & for your encouraging words & heartfelt sentiments. Each card stands on the kitchen counter for 2 or 3 weeks before it is added to the basket. During those 2 or 3 weeks I read them several times. They are a tangible reminder that my friends are thinking about me & praying for me. Thank you & God bless you!
Since I am not working at this time, greeting cards, email, phone calls & my new Facebook account are my connection with the outside world. I also welcome comments on this blog site.
I’ve recently had friends ask questions that have prompted me to consider some specific topics for future blogs. Keep checking back. . . If you are on my email list, you will get an email when I post a new blog. If you are reading this & are not on my email list & want to be added, send me an email.
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