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My trip to Puerto Rico was AWESOME! The only flaw was that it was too short. The HPS Network Puerto Rico did a fantastic job organizing outreach and the conference. It was a wonderful day and I was so grateful for the opportunity to meet so many wonderful...
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During the past five years I haven’t been much of an avid reader. When I was in college I ate up books. I marked them up, wrote notes or reactions in the margins and highlighted them to death. I had plenty of time to read back then. I’ve always preferred...
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The opportunity to go to Puerto Rico has reignited my interest in tracking down family history. This week I attempted to draw my family tree from my great grandfather Jose Hernandez. No wonder when a child is born with albinism, the most common response...
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I am very excited. For the first time I’m going to Puerto Rico for the HPS Puerto Rico conference. I’ve always wanted to go, but felt it wasn’t a good use of our money to send me because I don’t speak Spanish. It seemed wiser to send others who could...
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Our first outing near St. Louis was to Josaphine's (sp?) in Godfred, IL. It was very much a "ladies" sort of place. There are two shops (which pretty much have the same things in them) and a tea room. The shops were a lot of fun, full of...
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I’ve been without internet access for the past five days. I think I’m now officially a junkie. Boy have I been craving a connection!!!! It’s so hard to be out of touch with all of you. My mom and her sister (my aunt Phyllis) came up to Kansas City and...
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I’ve needed to blog lately, but unusually, I’ve been putting it off the same way I put off dusting or ironing – there’s always something that seems more important and provides the perfect excuse to put it off. That’s unusual because I actually enjoy blogging...
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Congrads to Gabe, my buddy in Boston pictured here with his mom. He's all dressed up in a sharp tie to celebrate his fifth grade graduation. Can you believe how fast kids grow up? Gabe is my pill buddy. We race each other to see who can down their...
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Have you ever felt just, well, bla? Not horribly sick, but not horribly well. Not really depressed, but not perky and peppy either – just kind of, well, bla? That’s how I feel. It’s allergy season, and as I do every year, I’ve been battling these allergies...
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Ever have one of those days where you just want to complain? I was watching a Saturday Night Live sketch and the line “Really?” is now stuck in my brain. Sometimes the HPS life has the dumbest problems. This is one of those weeks when I’m grateful I don...
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Renee, who works in the HPS Network office, sent me the following. She saw it on a boat near where her brother has a boat. I think you could easily substitute the word “HPS Network” for “parish.” I can empathize with both sides of the fence. There are...
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I’ve been so busy that I haven’t really had time to post much about my own life lately. Some of you have missed a little commentary on the blog. I do have a lot to say. This little lessoned learned story happened a few weeks ago. It was definitely a low...
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Today I had a long and delightful talk with my mom. It's hard to call her when I'm traveling, and she's not really an online sort of person. I could almost hear her beaming through the telephone. My senior year in high school I did a pen and...
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This year I got to spend Easter with Ryan and Sara. We went to church at their church, the one where they were married, and then enjoyed a lovely Easter meal at Sara's parents' house. Ryan and Sara engineered an Easter egg hunt for the kids. I...
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These are a few more photos from my friend's recent trip back to Osterholz. These are photos from the town square. Very little has changed. This tower was always there, and I never knew what it was. There was a kind of canal that went through the...
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