Marlene's Echoes

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  • Finding Strength: My Journey with Radiation Therapy

    I have decided to begin sharing short daily reflections during my radiation treatments. These will not be medical reports as much as moments from the journey — fatigue, faith, small victories, family memories, prayer, worry, courage, and whatever each day teaches me. Yesterday I was so drained I slept much of the day. Then I…

  • Tips for Improving Your First Video Production

    Hey, this is my very first video, and I wanted to let you know I could make one, this one isn’t perfect, but I thought it turned out very well done with a few errors in Bob’s script.

  • Maypole Dance May 1st

    Maypole Dance May 1st

    May 1st was a holiday in my youth, but some of its importance faded due to many factors. It was coordinated, colorful, and a great way to start spring. In one of my teaching jobs, it all started again for me with something simple: the Maypole dance. We started indoors when the weather was so…

  • Miss Mose and Me Remembered

    Miss Mose and Me Remembered

    Yesterday a friend said,“I taught third grade for twenty years,”and just like that, my memorywent skipping back through years. I was a young mother then,with five children under seven,walking door to door for signatures,for a little household leaven. I came upon an old hotelwhere many elders stayed,and there upon one quiet doora name made memory…