Blog
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Mending A Broken Heart
My heart will never be whole, but I believe it can be mended in such a way that it is able to take on new joys and blessings. There was a time this…
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Building A Home
I feel like building this website is similar to building a home. I want it to be just right, so visitors will enjoy their stay and stick around for a bit. I remember…
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Ava’s Way – Rise up
Ava had a way about her… an unforgettable presence. She had a special way of seeing the brighter side of life. Since she passed away… The winds have been strong. The skies have…
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St. Baldrick’s
Team Strength for Ava / Ava’s Way has been raising money for St. Baldrick’s for 13 years. Our 2020 event was changed to a virtual event due to Covid, but it was still…
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Ava’s Acts of Kindness
Ava’s acts of kindness is a way to carry on Ava’s passion for sharing, caring and giving. Each month on or near the 11th day, 11 acts of kindness will be done in…
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Ava’s Butterfly Garden
In the news… Bondurant Living Magazine June 2019 Click Read More for a list of those involved… Thank you for your contributions… The story on how the garden came to…
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Things and such…..
Ava’s Acts of Kindness kicked off! My hope is that just a little bit of the kindness we were shown will be reciprocated, even just a little bit. I felt like Ava was…
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The Rise and Fall
Occasionally a metaphor will pop into my head and hang on until I write about it. Today I woke up thinking about “the rise and fall”. It’s not new, in fact, it is…
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Another Monday
September 11, 2017, was Ava’s last Monday. There have been 30 Mondays since she passed away. Every day I wake up and miss her all over again, but Mondays are particularly hard. It…
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Hot off the press…..
If you haven’t seen it on Facebook already, check out the Des Register article for St. Baldrick’s! ‘I do it for those kids’; Iowa town nears $1 million raised for childhood cancer research…
