Wonderful news

We can breathe a sigh of relief…I am pleased to report that my mom’s biopsy results came back cancer free.  I feel like everyone these days has cancer.  Cancer of the shoulder, cancer of the toe, breast cancer, brain cancer… cancer, cancer, cancer.  Although my mom would have caught her breast cancer early, it would have been a big blow right after her best friend past away in September of the same disease.  Now my mom can sleep a little better at night and can devote more time to helping the family of my mom’s friend who passed away rather than battle cancer herself.

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Cooper and I were talking last night about upcoming months…we have some busy times ahead of us!  Next weekend we have a wedding to shoot in San Fran.  A few weeks after that we are off to Hawaii for my brother’s wedding during the Thanksgiving holiday.  Then comes Christmas and to our perspective homes.  January will be the calm before the storm…A few weddings in February and in March Cooper will go to Vegas for a wedding vendor convention while I am in Morocco with my mom.  Shortly after that we have wedding after wedding after wedding (California, Mexico, and Colorado).   I think I am going to have to start bulking up for all these events or something.

Not to deviate too dramatically, but….

A strong suggestion: Halloween candy is now half off in most major supermarkets and drug stores.  If you see a package of Take 5….get ‘em!!  They are fantastic!

Author: Ali Carras

At a very young age I lost site of my mom in a local grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. I did, however, have the smarts to go to the customer service counter. The kind woman at the counter asked "What is your name little girl?" My reply: "Assi." The woman gave me a look like, "Are you playing with me you little devil?" but she proceeded to blast on the loudspeaker the "We have a lost Assi at the front of the store." Customers throughout the store gagged and giggled, but my mom knew exactly who the woman was referring to: the mullet haired little girl with a tongue too big for her mouth, wearing a leotard, skirt, tights, and jelly shoes (with florescent green laces in them...even though they didn't need the laces). A shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing. I am pleased to report that today I am able to fully pronounce Allison (aka Ali), but the Assi pseudonym has always stuck, evolving into Aszi. As for the shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing? Some things never change. I have closed my comments due to mass amounts of spam that no filter could ever control. Feel free to contact me abeckord [at] gmail.com!

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