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Today I am praying and want you to pray for Steven Curtis Chapman and his lovely family. He, along with his sons, Will and Caleb, will return to the stage tonight for the first time since Maria's tragic death.

In other endeavors...the Seussical Jr. rehearsals are going well. My brother and sister-in-law are preparing to move this weekend!

I gave the last lesson to my precious students Lenny and Memo last night. They gave me two bouquets of miniature carnations, homemade cards, and two mugs so that after the flowers fade I will remember them. I had taught them for about three years. Goodbye's are not very fun. I played a piano reduction of The Swan from Camille Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals for them and gave them a CD that also had the entire Carnival of the Animals on it.

My mom let me borrow some of her pictures in digital form this week! So I'll share some of the goods with you! Here we are at Mom's last chemotherapy treatment last December. L-R, Valarie, Mom, Kyle, me.

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(Never) Alone in the Universe

When people are unable to be with loved ones on special days, what does that feel like? What comfort exists when one is completely alone?

"A man of many companions may come to ruin; but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." (The Holy Spirit) Proverbs 18:24