Monday, June 1, 2009

Updates on life

A got a job!  She will be directing/coordinating volunteers at the Volunteer Mission Center (w/ homeless folks). She loves the guy she'll be working for-- a really cool minister dude. She is so relieved and excited (as am I). She'll start in July.

A's Aunt Ellen died Friday after a painful battle with cancer. :( This was at once a sadness and a relief, as Ellen was so skinny and suffering. :(  A is going up there for the funeral this week, but a memorial service will be held on Thanksgiving.

A and I will only see each other 1 week in June (b/c of funeral, church camp, mission, etc)... but this 1 week will be at the beach... so good times, perhaps to help ease the hard ones.

Looking forward to July 4th weekend: We're traveling to Asheville for Max's big photo show opening, and then our annual get-together with J and friends.  This year it's gonna be a homemade beer-tasting party! 

I am working on submitting some poetry chapbooks (collection of my poetry works) to enter into contests so that they might get published in very early form-- one deadline is in June and the others are this Fall.

Grandmother's cancer is temporarily gone/in remission I guess is the right word?  Yay for that!!

I'll likely be traveling to Charlotte in July b/c my Dad is having surgery. Not anything life-threatening but it's major surgery. I think he has to be in the hospital 4-5 days. :( yuck.

I think that's all the life goings on... :)

2 comments:

Jessica Newton Cooper said...

Yay for A's job!!! Know that takes a weight off both your minds. Glad to hear you are working on a chapbook. It will be awesome!!

Unknown said...

Will you be at the Thanksgiving gathering? I hope so! It would be great to finally meet you.