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| frannie |
Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 5:42:14 PM
I have been a member of this site for a long time and I have come and gone and gone and come back a few times.
I started being more scarce when I became ill with breast cancer. it seems everytime I think I am ready to come back, another new challenge emerges, and
this time it has been my dh who in july was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer which is now in his bone.
our life has changed dramatically, he retired from his job and he is home with me.
he is not the first person I have taken care of on this journey but in some ways he is the most challenging and rewarding.
as an occupational therapist and music therapist I have worked with many people who have found themselves dealing with lifes challenges.
I have returned here because in many ways it feels like home. msny of the women that I met here seem to be gone as well, but some like nancy jo, Marybeth, jonni, miss Wilma and janice are like old farmgirl sisters, and just seeing their posts brings a little tug to my heart.
so I hope to learn about many of the new farmgirls here and also refresh my memories of the farm girls that my weary brain cant remember ...
sometimes this old place feels like a long lost friend.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| frannie |
Posted - Dec 25 2013 : 10:28:17 AM
thanks for the welcome back Jeannie. it is good to be here amongst the farmgirls. mel, does he here the animals from his yard. I think it would be kinda cool to live by the zoo. hope everyone is having a merry Christmas.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| Kirksmom71 |
Posted - Dec 24 2013 : 7:26:49 PM
Hope you are able to have a Merry Christmas.....I will be praying for you and hubby! My son lives just behind the zoo!
My best to all,
Mel
Sassy City Girl with Farmgirl Fantasies! |
| frannie |
Posted - Dec 17 2013 : 11:49:54 PM
yes it can, mel. my hubby will be starting a new round of radiation, his 3rd since july. he has a metastic cancer to the bone and it moves pretty quickly. where does your son live in oak cliff, my friends live in winetka heights and have been there for 30+years. I love to visit there.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| Kirksmom71 |
Posted - Dec 17 2013 : 7:11:56 PM
My son lives in Oak Cliff! Small world isn't it! How's hubby doing? Hope you are taking care of yourself......caregiving can be draining, even for someone you love.
My best to all,
Mel
Sassy City Girl with Farmgirl Fantasies! |
| frannie |
Posted - Dec 12 2013 : 7:46:49 PM
thanks so much for the warn welcome back I don't know if ill ever catch up on everything but I am having a good time trying
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Dec 12 2013 : 1:19:51 PM
Welcome back! It is good to see your posts again!
Farmgirl #31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| frannie |
Posted - Dec 11 2013 : 5:37:57 PM
we are at least 70 miles depending on where you are in dallas. i have children in plano and also a good friend in oak cliff so i usually travel to those places. oops, i wasn't paying attention , i see you are in Addison. how long have you been in that area.. i have lived in north texas for over 40 years but i am a transplant from Galveston county.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| Kirksmom71 |
Posted - Dec 11 2013 : 3:16:36 PM
I am so sick of this cold......most of the ice is finally gone! How far is Bonham from Dallas?
My best to all,
Mel
Sassy City Girl with Farmgirl Fantasies! |
| frannie |
Posted - Dec 09 2013 : 03:58:01 AM
omg that is great that you are so close. I am sorry to hear about your husband as well. I hope we can meet sometime too. we have not lost our electricity how about you. but we are ajust a little cold. not bad though. thanks for the welcome
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| Kirksmom71 |
Posted - Dec 07 2013 : 09:48:58 AM
Hi Frannie..welcome back! I remember you by your pic in your signature. Always thought it so cute. :) I am also back after a long hiatus. Sorry to hear about your hubby. I too was with my hubby full time in his last year. He was diagnosed with Acute Lymphositic Leukemia on our 30th wedding anniversary. I will keep you both in my prayers. How you dealin with this COOLD? I'm in Dallas....hope we can meet someday!
My best to all,
Mel
Sassy City Girl with Farmgirl Fantasies! |
| frannie |
Posted - Dec 05 2013 : 01:47:43 AM
I have been on facebook myself and when my husband got sick it was a place where I could quickly communicate with family and friends from my hometown. but it isn't a substitute for this site. they aren't anything alike really. I did see aunt jenny on facebook and she got married so maybe she will return. hope so. I also miss nance in france and haven't been able to relocate her either.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Dec 03 2013 : 03:49:28 AM
Frannie,
I know you mentioned Jenny, she hasn't posted here for quite some time. A lot of the girls are on face book. Don't know if it has just taken up so much of their time but I do miss seeing a lot of them here. Many, many of the girls that were here when you were seem to have left us.
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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| frannie |
Posted - Dec 02 2013 : 6:48:44 PM
thank you so much Karin, I have tried a couple of times to get back with the group here and then we would have a new twist in the road and country and I would be in dallas getting his medical needs seen to. we were there for 20 days in july and I hope that we are home now for a while. I am enjoying catching up with everyone and seeing how their lives have been . so many new farmgirls and a lot of girls that I don't see here.
thanks so much for the welcome.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| craftingram |
Posted - Dec 02 2013 : 06:15:14 AM
Frannie, I have missed your posts and am glad to see you back. I am so sorry to hear about all that you and hubby have had to deal with. You are in my prayers.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #2708
Romans 8: 38,39 |
| frannie |
Posted - Nov 28 2013 : 7:22:44 PM
thanks Winnie, I love your name red tractor girl. and thanks so much for your prayers.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Nov 26 2013 : 10:06:29 AM
Welcome back to the farm, Frannie! We are all praying for you with your family's challenges!
Winnie #3109 |
| frannie |
Posted - Nov 25 2013 : 9:20:33 PM
hi Marybeth, it is good to see you here and thank you for sharing with me about your time with your husband. I have tried to come back here a couple of times and would get overwhelmed or feel sad about how much I had missed out on. I hope to be here more often cause it is truly a wonderful site. with so many great women.
dawn thank you for the welcome back as well, my husband has been sick for about 3 years but was misdiagnosed until this past july. it seems our life has settled down for a while and at least I am able to check on the computer every couple of days. thanks again to all who have welcomed me back.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Nov 25 2013 : 2:42:28 PM
Welcome back Frannie. I have really missed seeing your posts. I pray life will calm down for you. I hope you can take more breaks to come back here and on your blog. It's nice you are reconnecting with old friends on Facebook too.
Dawn in IL |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Nov 25 2013 : 08:30:14 AM
Hey Frannie,
It is good that you pop in and say HELLO now and again. Sometimes coming here (to MJ's) means a break in things we really don't want to do.
You know I took care of my Husband for 4 yrs and we became such best friends by the end of his time. Not that we weren't but it does put a different perspective on things. So laugh act silly and know love is there.
MaryBeth
http://www.smallcityscenes.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 25 2013 : 07:48:29 AM
Welcome back Frannie! I guess I was new in coming when you were going. Praying for your family! I love that "No scrap left behind!" That sounds like my Granny! Hugs!
I am a cat lady so I am leaving you a picture that makes me smile, Hope it makes you smile too!
Connie
Imagine....#3392  |
| frannie |
Posted - Nov 24 2013 : 9:45:39 PM
thanks so much, Deborah for the encouragement and especially for reading my blog at abunnystale.wordpress.com . I haven't written there for a while but I have been thinking about posting again when I have more time. I cant believe you were born in san Antonio. it is a wonderful city and I think one of the best places in texas. I just recently rediscovered it because I have 2 grandchildren in boerne. that whole part of texas is pretty charming. thanks again Deborah for your lovely posts and I am glad we both came to this site and met each other.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| solarray |
Posted - Nov 24 2013 : 6:40:54 PM
it sounds like you have quite the bountiful life there on your farm. i was born and raised in san antonio, but when we got married my husband was in the military and we moved around quite a bit. when the time came for us to find a place to settle i wanted to go home but san antonio is to big for me now so we settled on the coast in corpus.
i love your tag line "where no scrap is left behind" so i had to go and check out your blog, you have some wonderful skills and have made some amazing and darling things. i scanned a few of your posts and the christmas one about not purchasing new things struck a cord with me, i try and live by this as well, although sometimes especially at after christmas sales it can be hard to turn a blind eye to some of the trimmings that are right up my alley.
i'm sorry to hear about your husband, i know it can be a tough road to travel with someone you are close to. i always believe in keeping my chin up and looking for those unexpected silver linings and small everyday joys.
Sister #4855
Be kind to our planet, it's the only one we have. |
| frannie |
Posted - Nov 24 2013 : 5:43:59 PM
Deborah, I was born in Austin, but spemt my first 20 years in Galveston county. for the last 40 years I hve been in north texas, denton, plano and now for 20 years in rural fannin county. we have a small, 16 acrea farm with an assortment of miscellaneous animals. angora goats, dogs, a cat and whatever else comes in and out of our life. we live a small cottage life and seasonally we have ladybugs and praying mantis that decide to come live with us.
I am retired now but spent 25 years as an occupational therapist and also a music therapist./bluegrass musician. now I am a retired farmgirl/omie /crafter. and recently have begun a full time caretaking of my husband who has had to join me in retirement due to poor health. have you always lived in tesas, and where in south texas are you. annie, thank you for your welcome back post as well. this is an amazing site and I have loved being a part of it for a very long time. I hope I will continue to meet new farmgirsl and learn more skills and techniques from everyone. it is a joy to be back.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| AnnieinIdaho |
Posted - Nov 24 2013 : 11:34:20 AM
Hi Fran and sisters,
Yes, life is a journey and it is a good thing to be able to have a place to come to share our thoughts when needed. The sisterhood is a wonderful sounding board, with many functions to our living. We share, we reconcile our difficulties and challenges that come our way, we learn, and basically let each one "be, become, and belong". So many interests and walks of life come together here. So many sisters and their families are ill, have hardships, and others are blessed in being at a place of free and easy. Living is filled with cycles and our personal journeys. But how great to come to the MaryJanesFarm Farmgirl Connection to just "be" and to "take what is good" from our shared wisdom and experiences. Welcome back Fran. May you be comforted and have strength. Remember sisters, we can never see around the corner, but must have faith to keep walking toward what we know is true and right. Thank you all for your place in my life.
Annie
"The turnings of life seldom show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing." Edith Wharton, 1913 from 'The Custom of the Country'. |
| solarray |
Posted - Nov 24 2013 : 10:14:01 AM
Hello frannie from a fellow Texan,
Whereabouts in Texas do you hail from, I myself am down south.
Hope all is well for you on this chilly day and look forward to seeing you around the boards.
Deb
Sister #4855
Be kind to our planet, it's the only one we have. |
