Ok, so this is for those of you who are wondering about my new profile name.  My sisters named me flip-tripper on our last sister weekend when they found out that I had slipped or (tripped) in my flipflops and broken my elbow.  People who know me fairly well know that it doesn't take much to make me fall.  Sometimes I can just be standing there and fall down.  Idk it just happens.

So anyway, that's the story behind the name.  We had such a great sister weekend in Granbury.  We went to Granbury live wearing our Flipflop sisterhood t-shirts and caused quite a stir. My sister Denise had to go up on stage and do the twist with the performers.  (So her new name is Twister Sister).  We stayed in a cute little bitty cabin in the woods where we learned to make beaded flipflop anklets.  We also shopped and shopped and shopped and everybody got an Italian charm bracelet.  Those are so cute!! 

Anyway, I have been blessed with the most amazing sisters in the world.

So my sister, Jan has finished her cancer treatments and all seemed to be going well until last week.  She has somehow gotten an infection and it won't seem to go away.  It seems to be spreading even though they are blasting her with antibiotics. 

As always, she has a great spirit about her even when she is running 102 fever.  I don't know how she does it.  I totally admire her for her strength and spirit.

Please continue to pray for her healing.  I know God hears our prayers and I have faith that He will answer them.

God Bless.

Well summer is in full swing and I am loving every minute of it.  Today it was so nice to wake up to a huge thunderstorm and be able to just sit and watch it with no reason to rush or hurry.  I am so relaxed and rested and it feels great.  Too bad it can't last forever, but I'm going to enjoy it while it's here.  I hope you are all having a great summer, too. 

My mother-in-law died last Thursday at 4:20pm.  She found out that she had cancer about three weeks ago, and now she's gone.  It's kinda hard to believe because it happened so fast.

She was suffering so much toward the end that it was really hard to watch.  At about 4:15 that day I felt compelled to go to the chapel in the hospital and pray that she go quickly. I can't explain it, but I just KNEW that I had to go pray. So I left the ICU room and went downstairs and got on my knees and prayed for her suffering to end, and when I got back to the room at about 4:25 she was gone.  The strange thing is that I knew she was gonna be gone when I got back.  I really wasn't surprised at because I knew the Lord heard me.

I am really sad that she is gone.  I have known her for the last 29 years. My husband and his family are so sad right now, and the hardest thing to watch was my father-in-law.  He is lost right now without her.  Please pray for him and his family. 

Once again this year I am reminded of how frail life is.  We should never let a day go by that we don't tell our loved ones how we feel about them.  And we should put away our petty differences that really don't mean anything anyway. 

And so I am reminded of this Bible verse:

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

God Bless Shirley Beth Huck,

Lynette

So Spring Break was a blast!  We went to South Padre and Mexico.  I am always amazed at the feeling you get looking out at the ocean.  All of your day to day problems seem so small in comparison to the vastness of the ocean. It was awe inspiring as usual.

The water was extremely cold so we didn't do much swimming.  Also the seaweed and jellyfish were really bad.  We had lots of fun walking around, playing in the sand, and feeding the gulls. 

Mexico was great as always.  I bought Morgan a cute outfit and me a new purse.  We ate some great tacos from a little vendor on a side street. 

The drive up and back seemed really long as we were crammed into my Volks "Beetle". On the way home we stopped in Orange Grove to look up an old friend and check out our old home town.  It was weird for TJ because we moved away from there when he was 5 years old.

All-in-all it was a nice and restful break.  A very much needed break after the stress of Sean's child custody battle.  Which, by the way, he won full custody of his daughter Morgan.  Thank the Lord for hearing our prayers!

So now.....back to work......Concert/Sightreading contest is right around the corner.   Uggggh.......but then summer is right after that!

Well, I thought I'd write an update on my sister Jan.  She had her surgery just last week and is doing well from that.  However, the pathology from the surgeries was not as good as we had hoped.  They found that the cancer has spread into the lymph system.  The first lymph node was completely taken over by the cancer and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all contained cancer cells.  The 5th lymph node was clear of cells though. Since they found two types of cancer cells and it seems to be very aggressive and fast growing, they will begin chemotheraphy this coming Tuesday.  That will continue for 18 weeks and then radiation. 

The doctors seem very hopeful that these treatments will totally rid her of this disease.  Jan is in great spirits.  She had a momentary lapse when her heart hit the floor when she discovered the chemo port right after surgery.  But then she remembered that God is in charge and He is much greater than any disease or treatments, and He is in control. 

Please keep her in your prayers as she begins the long and hard treatments to beat this disease. 

If you want to see my beautiful sister that you have been praying for go to this website and look under Dave and Jan Riddlespurger.  www.morrowphoto.photoreflect.com

Thank you again and God Bless you in the New Year.

Love

Lynette

Ok this is really hard.  My sister Jan, the best friend I've ever had has just found out that she has the worst kind of breast cancer there is.  It's a really rare form that is very aggressive.  The past few days have seemed to be a bad dream and we all keep waiting to wake up. I can't even begin to imagine my life without her. 

It seems so unfair that she should have to endure this again because she  has been down this road before.  Her daughter died of a brain tumor when she was 14, and we have lost both our mom and dad to cancer.

I will pray for her healing every day and not give up faith that she will get well.  I would ask that all my friends do the same.  Please pray for her husband, Dave as well.  He is suffering more than we  can imagine. 

Thank you and God Bless you all.

So most of you know about my little hospital stay this week.  I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and concern.  I have to say that I actually felt my mortality and it's kinda scary.  You realize all the things you haven't done and haven't said. 

I really thought I was having a heart attack.  What actually was happening was that I have what's called Coronary Arterial Spasms.  What happens is the arteries that suppy blood to my heart constrict to about 1/4 of their size and don't send enough blood or oxygen to my heart.  It has been happening more and more and can actually cause a heart attack if it lasts long enough.  I am taking some meds that are supposed to help, but they aren't working very well yet.  Hopefully, they will kick in soon and do their job. 

What was really cool about the whole thing was that it actually happened when I was having the Angiogram and they took a picture of it.  I truly believe that it happened that way because of all the prayers from my sister and friends.  That is the only way they would have been able to figure out the problem for sure. 

Anyway, I really appreciate all the calls, flowers, candy, and prayers. I didn't know I had so many friends! 

And I thank the Lord for giving me some more time with my family and friends.  I have a whole lot more living to do. 

I changed my profile in honor of our 70's halftime show this year.  Plus I grew up in the 70's ....so

and yeah I used to Disco dance....so go ahead.....laugh

it was fun

Just being weird I guess.