Tina’s Treasured Thoughts

I am visiting some friends in Urbana Illinois and it is so nice to visit with them.   Everyone has retired for the evening, so thought I would get a post in.   We had a wonderful dinner and then just visited and we also got to see some friends who came up here to see us from Southern Indiana.   Gary, the husband of Audrey who we came to visit retired in 1998 from the University of Illinois where he was a professor with Department of Animal Science and his specialty was sheep.   He and Audrey just got back 4 months ago from New Zealand and Australia where they visited a number of Corridale sheep stations.   They attended the world Corridale congress held in Christchurch in New Zealand.   He has published a book about the history of the Corriedale sheep in this country, USA.   An article was published in the local News Gazette about his visit there.   He said in the newspaper article that ”Sheep are big business for Australia and New Zealand.  It was interesting to be in a situation where sheep are so vitally important to the economics of the country.”

Gary had some interesting articles in the book he wrote about these Corriedale sheep.    My friend, Audrey just had surgery for breast cancer last week and it is amazing how well she is doing.    They got all the cancer and the surrounding area and now she has to undergo radiation.   She said it was just so great, how her faith in God has helped her through this and how much she felt his presence.

She has been through a lot of things in the last several years and God has been with her through it all.    Believe there is a song about “Thru It All” and a good one at that.

My husband, Jack and I will be going home tomorrow afternoon and then back to work for Jack on Monday.   He is a building contractor of new homes and he has several going at this time.   I will relax and probably go back to my scrapbooking.   I am trying my best to get this album finished for my grandaughter that will be graduating next year an hope to have it done by then.   I am almost through her baby pictures and then on to some grammer age and then high school.   It has been fun.    Need to take a couple of pictures and post them here.

Well, I’ll go for now.   Have a wonderful life.    You only get one time through it.   God bless you all for now…….

See you soon.

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