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What Does Your Dream Look Like?

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                                                                SweetHartz hand-dipped Strawberries -- YUM! I am amazed by the number of people watching and talking about the Jodi Arias trial . Believe it or not I just learned who she was and what she did last week. That kind of ignorance is intentional. For a year I watched my mother die of cancer. I saw her sit on her deck and take in the beauty of her gardens, the sounds of the song birds, and the warmth of the sun on her skin. I could tell by the expression on her face that she was savoring those those trivial, precious, and fleeting pleasures. We arranged our schedule around her dwindling energy supply, and overwhelmed her with relatives wanting to get one last visit in with her. I listened to the regrets she had in living her life. And, we smiled together as she counted her victories and success. More than anything that year taught me the value of time. I began making decisions accordingly. For years I had told friend