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It's a journal. It's a devotional. It's a record of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor. It's documentation of God's activities in real time. There are good days and bad, happy times and sad... I tell it like it is. This is an unscripted walk along the meandering paths of my mind. My life has never been dull... and I've never known boredom. Read on, you'll see...

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Name:Iona Hoeppner
Location:Kissimmee, Florida, United States

I am a happily married mother and grandmother of a large family. I've also had several careers including writer, teacher, trucker, investment and finance advisor, web master and artist. I am an ordained minister (not to the pulpit) and consider my calling to Christ's service my most important role in life.

Friday, February 16, 2007

Examples of Love

La Nouba at Cirque du Soleil was fantastic! Well worth the rather high price. We had "front and center" seats, just three rows back in the center section. Kim, Athena and I went to the show then Kim treated us at Wolfgang Puck's cafe. It was a wonderful evening I will remember for a lifetime. I so enjoy spending time with them!

The week has caught up with me and I am spent. I got virtually nothing done today except go to the vet for refills of dog meds and to the gym to join. Later, Richard and I went to get my meds and some workout clothes at Wal-Mart. We ate dinner at IHOP and came home full and tired.

Speaking of the gym, I feel like I have enlisted in the military. My "personal trainer" will design an individual program for me and I am committed to sticking with it. Well Care (my health insurance company) is paying for my membership and it would be dishonest for me not to get their money's worth. Besides, I really do want to take better care of my body. As Kim reminded me yesterday, I used to live on Diet Coke, Doritos and cigarettes. I have not taken good care of the body God gave me. He has been patient, but I need to make some real changes.

I am continually amazed and blessed by the gentle wisdom and genuine love of certain friends and family. I am too cognitively drained at the moment to adequately express myself, but let me simply say a public and heartfelt thanks to Jerri and Athena... each of you already know what you said, but I doubt you can even come close to understanding how I feel about it or how much you "made my day." You are living examples of I Corinthians 13. How wonderful that God chose to make you part of my life!

1 Comments:

Jerri said...

My dear, dear friend,

You should know by now that you reap what you sow. There is a reason you reap love. It is because so many of us have benefitted from yours.

So deeply grateful for your love and friendship,
Jerri

8:31 PM  

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