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As people come in and out of your life they all have an impact on who you are and may even change your outlook on life.  I believe that we learn something from everyone.  Today is the second anniversary of the day that Jim left this world and became an angel in heaven.  Although the day marks a terribly sad event for our family it also brought a lot of love.  Throughout the day I received text, phone calls, and emails from friends, coworkers, family and even a few people I didn’t know but they knew Jim.  Most of them reflected on how much they missed Jim and what they loved about him or how he impacted their lives.  It was wonderful to hear from everyone and made me think about how important it is to remember many of the lessons Jim taught me in life.  The most important ones were to be a good friend, loving unconditionally and to live a mindful life.   He really worked at being a good friend to everyone.  He was the kind of friend you knew you could count on to help out and do the right thing.  When you were with Jim he...

Who knew there was such a thing as World Cancer Day?  I sure didn’t.  It was founded in 2008 by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).   This year they named the campaign the “I Am and I Will” campaign to highlight the need for early stage detection, screening and diagnosis to significantly improve cancer patients chance of survival.  So this your reminder to get your preventive screenings this year – the earlier the better.  Remember many of them are paid for 100% by the insurance companies and if you happen to have a cancer, critical illness or wellness program you may be eligible for a wellness benefit that is usually around $50 just for going! Are you ready for some good news?  We are starting 2019 off with a bang!  In the last couple of weeks we have received 3 applications and have verbally heard from 2 others who said they will be working on sending them in!  WOOHOO we thrilled to say we are having the better start to 2019 than we expected. Thank goodness we have been lucky enough to be named the charity for the Rotary Club of St. Johns Golf Tournament for the second year in...