Despite still being sick, things have been hectic around here for me getting everything ready for the two charity donations I’m participating in here in the Norfolk - Virginia Beach area. 

One is for the Surface Officers Spouses “Rags to Riches” Auction for their scholarship fund.  Many thanks to the many SOS volunteers that are helping to put this wonderful auction together.  Sorry I can’t make it to the big night this Friday, but I won’t miss it next year.  A few of my other “old” Navy friends have donated big ticket items that I’d love to be bidding on!

The other donation of mine is to another organization that is near and dear to my heart.  I’ve donated an on-location family session plus a 16 x 20 mounted portrait for raffle to benefit the Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church Youth Group (SPY) 2008 Mission Trip.  How can I not help support these wonderful, energetic kids?  My daughter and I were both baptised at that historic church.  And, yes, it is the church with the Revolutionary War cannonball in the wall.  What is the old Norfolk rhyme?  Something like “St. Paul’s at the mall with the Cannonball in the wall?”  Any-who, that is my church and the people there are like family to me!  So, if you see the SPY kids hawking raffle tickets on Sundays, please help support them. 

Plus, how can you beat getting a custom photography session AND a free 16 x 20 wall portrait [a $300 value] for only $10?  Buy those tickets!  Good luck!

On a personal note, we got some good news this week.  Several of you have written to me for updates about my father Byron Yoder and his being diagnosed with Chordoma recently.  The update is that he and my mother are in Houston at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center as I type this.  His new specialists think that in his case they can operate on his tumor and increase his quality of life more than with proton beam therapy!  That is great news!  While another surgery is never a walk in the park, the possibility of providing my father with a few more regattas and fishing trips than previously thought gives us tremendous hope!  Here is a picture of my parents.  {{{Love you guys}}}

 Man, this blog post sure has an awful lot of links in it!  That is all for now.

Ciao.

Leslie 

PS: Happy Birthday to my good friends and most favorite repeat clients!  [ Liz, Jelly, and Zack]  We miss you.

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