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October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month And To Help Keep Pink
In The Front Of Everyone's Mind And In Honor Of Breast Cancer Awareness,
Our Friend Amy At OUR TWO PEAS IN A POD Is Having A Fun Giveaway!

One Lucky Winner Will Be Chosen Each Week In The Month Of October (Starting Oct. 10th) To Win Two Free Pair Of Pink Earrings!! One Pair For You To Keep And One Pair For You To Pass Along (Giveaway) To A Friend, Family Member, A Teacher, As A Gift; Whomever You Like...But Please Pass On One Pair To Keep Pink Going! You Will Have The Choice Of Sterling Silver French Wires, Sterling Silver Posts, Or Sterling Silver Lever Backs. That's 8 Pair Of Free Earrings Being Given Away This Month To Four LuckyWinners!! There Are Several Ways To Be Entered Into The Contest.
You Can Read All About It On AMY's BLOG

Ways To Be Entered In The Contest

1st) For 1 Entry ~ Leave A Comment On AMY's BLOG

2nd) ~ For 3 Entries ~ Post Your 5 Pink Items On Your Blog & Tag At Least 3 Other People To Help Raise Awareness.

3rd) ~ For 5 Extra Entries ~ Post About My Tag & Givaway Using The Banner Above.

**To Increase Your Chances Even More: Join AMY's MAILING LIST For An Additional Entry. If You Are Already A Member Of My Mailing List, Be Sure To Let Me Know When You Leave Your Comment On My Blog.

If You Don't Have A Blog To Post On, You Are Still Eligible. We Want To Spread The Word About Awareness, So Please Talk To At Least 3 People About The Importantance Of Breast Cancer Awareness And Still Post On My Blog For An Entry In The Free Giveaway.

The Rules For This Tag Are To Take Pictures Of 5 Pink Items You Use Daily And Post Them On Your Blog. Then Tag At Least 3 Other Friends With The Tag And Giveaway Information.

Since We Heard The News Of My Sister-In-Law, Ellen, We Are Big Fans Of Pink Ribbon Merchandise So This Is Easy :)

My 5 Pink Daily Must Haves:

1)These Bracelets Never Come Off ... Even In The Shower

2)My Daughter Patti Had This Pink Ribbon Throw
Made For Me. It Lives On My Footstool

3)These Are My Return Address Labels


4)I've Been Using These Postage Stamps For 8 Years Now

Note: I Heard This Is The Last Year For These Stamps
I'm Really Sad! I Wonder Why?


5)Of Course With The Stamps & Return Address Labels
These Are The Checks I Use


6)This Tote Is A Favorite Item I Have And Love!!
I Gave This Item To All The Girls On My Christmas List Last Year


7)This Key Fob Is Shown Here With My Mp3 Player
But It Lives With My Car Keys


8)Yesterday, We Went Grocery Shopping And
As You Can See I Couldn't Pass Up These Items


There Are Several Things I Have And I'm Always Getting. I Can't Help Myself! It's Hard To Only Choose 5 Items To Put On Here So Forgive Me If I Listed Too Many. I Added These Two Pictures Because There Is A Story Behind Both. The First One Is A Picture Of A Business Card I Designed In I Think 2005. I Was Team Captain For One Of The Teams For The "Relay For Life" Walk-A-Thon. Just Like The Apple Butter Festival This Weekend, The Relay Is Held Here In Berkeley Springs Every Year, In June. The Information On The Card Is No Longer Valid. Lady Luvnroc Is The Screen Name Ellen Had When She Chatted In Her Favorite Chat Room On The Internet. The Second Picture Is The Tattoo I Had Done When I First Found Out Ellen Had Breast Cancer. I Was So Devistated!!








So Now, I'm Tagging:

PATTI
ANGELA
MARLEEN
ERIN

Lets See Your 5 Pink Items!


Giveaway Closes October 31st At 11:00pm Pst. Winners Will Be Chosen Randomly On Oct. 10th, Oct. 17th, Oct. 24th, And Oct. 31st.


OCTOBER IS PINK AWARENESS MONTH

I'M GOIN PINK ~ COME JOIN ME
WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER!!

UNITED WE STANDTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

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ELLEN ~ MY HERO !!

Whether Or Not Anyone Believes We Have Angels Among Us, I Sure Believe! I Believe That My Sister-In-Law, Ellen, Was One Of The Strongest, Most Courageous Angels God Has Blessed Our Family With! She Was Such An Amazing Woman!











I've Known Ellen For About 20 Years. I Came Into Her Family As Wife To Who She Called Her BBB (Big Brother Bruce). At Age 35, Ellen Went To Have A Mammogram And Was Told She Was Too Young And To Come Back When She Was 40. Well, At Age 40, When They Gave Her, Her First Mammogram, Ellen Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer... I Wasn’t There When She Got The Results, But When I Found Out The News, I Was Floored!! I Couldn’t Believe My Ears. How Dare Such A Deadly Disease Affect Our Family! Especially Someone So Young. I Can Only Imagine How She Felt When They Told Her. And What Was Going On In Her Mind. I Felt Such Empathy For Her. I Wanted To Just Hug Her, Cry With Her And Make It All Go Away!

















Through The Years That Followed, I Watched Ellen Go Through So Much Pain And Trauma That Without The Help Of God To Call Upon, She Would Have Not Been Able To Come As Far As She Did. She Fought This Deadly Disease For About 8 Years. What A Struggle! Each Time It Knocked Her Down, She Came Up Fighting With All Her Might! As If That Wasn’t Enough To Deal With, While Fighting For Her Own Life, Ellen Suffered The Death Of Her Dad In June Of 2006, And Her Mom, In September Of 2007. Ellen Called And Talked With Mom Every Day Of Her Married Life. That Was Mom’s Only Daughter And They Were Really Close. We Got Together As Often As Time Would Allow. Ellen And Her Family, Own A Cabin Here In Berkeley Springs And Came Up From Woodbridge, Va 3 Seasons Out Of The Four. One Of Her Favorite Pastimes Was Riding The Lawnmower.











After Mom Passed Away, I Could See How Ellen’s Little Body Was Getting More And More Tired And Weaker As Time Went By. We Were Able To Be Together This Past Thanksgiving And Christmas. It Was A Little Sadder This Year Because Mom Wasn't With Us, But Being With Family Is The Most Important Part Of Any Given Holiday! Ellen Has Touched The Hearts Of So Many People. When I First Met Her, I Knew That I Was Going To Love Being A Part Of This Family.











On My Blogger Site, I Wrote A Post Which I Named "Courage". It Was My First Post About Ellen. Now, Before I Go On, I’d Like To Vent If You Don't Mind? It Was So Very Hard Seeing Ellen Go Through This Battle For So Many Years. She Was One Of The Most Courageous Woman I’ve Ever Known And Loved.

















Ellen Fought This Ugly, Unforgiving Battle With Cancer For The Last Eight Years Of Her Life. She's Gone Through Losing Her Breasts And Her Hair. Through The Pain Of Radiation And Deadly Chemo. She Also Came Through Reconstructive Surgery Of Caging Some Of Her Vertebrae Because It Was Deteriorating. She Endured Having Surgery On Her Brain And On One Of Her Eye Lids. She Came Through The Doctors Trying To Rid The Cancer In Her Spine, And Also Had To Live With It Attacking Her Bone Marrow.











That September, Just Before Mom Passed Away, We Got Word From Ellen That It Came Back Into Her Brain. Mom Was Going Through Some Very Serious Health Problems Of Her Own So We Thought It Best Not To Add That On Her Plate. Ellen Told Us That They Were Gonna Try And Shrink The Cancer In Her Brain This Time But Not To Get Her Hopes Up. She Was Truly Living One Day At A Time. She Decided Not To Go Through The Procedure And They More Or Less Told Her To Go Home And Enjoy The Quality Of Life She Has Left.











At That Time, Along With The Pain N Sorrow We Were All Feeling, I Asked God That Ellen Would Be Able To Enjoy One More Christmas With Her Family. It Was Beautiful. Very Poignant. We Were There, Her Honey, Rocky, Was There, All (3) Of Her Kids And Her 2 Granddaughters Shared A Very Special Christmas That Year! Just Like The Year Before We Knew It Would Be Moms Last Christmas So That Year Was Also Most Unforgettable. God Heard My Prayer And Granted My Hearts Desire. What A Loving God We Have!

















Ellen Passed Away January 12th Of This Year. She Spent Her Last Few Days In The Hospice Section Of The Hospital. I Was Very Concerned That Ellen Has Never Been Baptized, Even As A Child. I Arranged For The Chaplain Of The Hospital To Come In And Baptize Ellen. We Talked About It For A While But The Opportunity Never Presented Itself... Until That Very Time. Her Honey, Rocky, Her (BBB) Bruce And I Were There With Her. Along With Baptizing Her, The Chaplain Anointed Her With Oil, N Gave Ellen Her Last Rights.





I Hate This Part Of Life!!! And It Doesn't Get Any Easier To Bear Each Time We Have To Go Through The Death Of Another Loved One. I Know God Doesn't Give Us More Than We Can Handle, But With So Much Pain And Sorrow We Have No Control Over, Whatsoever, Is Happening All Around Us, It’s A Wonder How We Can Pick Ourselves Up And Go On Living With That Void. Ellen, You Live In Our Hearts And You Will Sadly Be Missed.





You May Be One Person In The World, But To One Person You Are The World!
If God Brings You To It, He Will Bring You Through It!
Your Faith Is A Gift From God!





ELLEN CLEVELAND
NOVEMBER 17, 1959 - JANUARY 12, 2008





3 Generations
MOM - ELLEN - DAD - PEGGY