A Beautiful Burden

  Strawberries that in gardens grow Are plump and juicy fine, But sweeter far as wise men know Spring from the woodland vine select lines...

Ellie in Halloween parade 2009. Upon further reflection, do you think Ellie knew this when she picked out her pirate princess costume? ...

Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda, b. 1540. In stumbling around the net looking for my German opera singer (who I'm not convinced exists) ...

Poem and art by Jon Leydens . The Land of the Pale Mountains Once upon a time, the mountain prince fell in love with the moon princess....

I found the glasses!  Here are a few pics of how they look today:

The Eye Patch Quilt (note: three cloisonne pieces circled in yellow). Mom turned to making patches around 1962 and shelved her prosthetic...

Hit play on the screen cap and let's review.  In 1961 Janet graduates from Arlington Heights High School.  She wears a prosthetic ey...

Chapter 3 has me thinking about the inspirational opera star.  Searching for her on Google has rendered little results.  One hit I got was...

From the cover of Wild Women . The summer before mom transferred to DU she worked back in Chicago as a Kelly Girl and was placed at Unite...

Mom begins chapter 3 saying she always listened carefully when anyone talked about swans.  She loved Hans Christian Anderson's story ...

My senior year in school went better; I started making friends with the boys I was sitting next to in each of my classes--and it didn'...

Growing up, one of the few morning rituals I can remember is mom playing Weston Priory on the record player.  The needle would hit the viny...

Chicago Tribune Northwest Spotlight Crusader Janet Trever Proudly Bears The Scars Of Cancer Battles That Began Almost 50 Years Ago August 17...

I recently read Stephen King's Carrie  and the shower scene reminded me I left out an important part in my Sink or Swim post as to why ...

This Friday I thought I wouldn't go as literal with the Strawberry Friday posting.  I wanted to share two cards mom had in her inspirat...

 The Eye Patch Quilt, In memory of Janet E. Trever 1943-1999 by Marcia Karlin You may have noticed from time to time pictures of mom...

Mom's chapter 2 is similar to Loie's chapter in section one.  It is long and has several themes critical to the rest of her book.  I...

Standing in a Strawberry Patch     by William Killian We grew strawberries at home and then I worked on a strawberry farm when I was an e...

And Yet...                           by Dr. Ronald Miller of Common Ground Und doch... Ich weiss von dem Fluss des Heraklit den man nie...

What happened to me?  Am I not a good daughter?  Why on Earth would a memorial blogger, paying homage to a woman who survived cancer for 5...