The weekend will find me flying solo to NC to see my grandkids and hopefully some quality time. I do have them for one week in the summer for grandma camp and most all try to get home for that extravaganza and then I try to fly to them every few months for a weekend. I try to keep the door open and miss them terribly. What I wouldn't give to have any/all of my kids closer to home so I could be a true grandma as that is where my heart really lies! Family is it all and mine are scattered across the world. Skype and cell phones, and email help but that hug, plate of cookies, or just raking leaves together is what I truly want to do. I doubt that in the years ahead when retirement comes that my life will be much different as they have their own lives and are doing their own thing. So instead, I mother my two dogs and drive my husband crazy. That is who and what I am, a caregiver. I try desperately to remain positive in everything I do or say. Do I achieve that, no not really, but know that I am trying. I do what I do best for others, and that is to care. Make it a great day! S
Breast Cancer Awareness month is coming to an end. Remaining on my schedule is the first Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Tumor Board meeting, The CHIC (Crawford Health Improvement Coalition) on Thursday at Grove Street, Meadville Medical Center starting at 9:30 and it is a symposium on the three target areas in Crawford County including: Obesity, Cancer, and Heart Disease. Thursday night at 5, I am at Maplewood for the K-6 grade cheerleading camp to discuss breast cancer awareness and then Friday, starting at 11- I will be at the Chamber Networking Program for Women, Grow Where You Are Planted and I will have a table with information and education. A few more contests at work and a raffle on Monday for the Cd Composer Unit by Cresly. I am not sure what kind of monies we have raised but it has all been for the breast cancer benevolent fund here at YGBOI.
The weekend will find me flying solo to NC to see my grandkids and hopefully some quality time. I do have them for one week in the summer for grandma camp and most all try to get home for that extravaganza and then I try to fly to them every few months for a weekend. I try to keep the door open and miss them terribly. What I wouldn't give to have any/all of my kids closer to home so I could be a true grandma as that is where my heart really lies! Family is it all and mine are scattered across the world. Skype and cell phones, and email help but that hug, plate of cookies, or just raking leaves together is what I truly want to do. I doubt that in the years ahead when retirement comes that my life will be much different as they have their own lives and are doing their own thing. So instead, I mother my two dogs and drive my husband crazy. That is who and what I am, a caregiver. I try desperately to remain positive in everything I do or say. Do I achieve that, no not really, but know that I am trying. I do what I do best for others, and that is to care. Make it a great day! S
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
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