In Pursuit of Life: At A Loss

I just learned that a childhood friend who has been battling cancer for the second time in her short life has lost her battle.

Please, if you have any prayers or positive thoughts, could you send them to Trina's family??

I'm at a loss for words.

Factoids About Kate

Coffee is my drug of choice.
I love to bake. And if you are near when I've been baking, I will foist my baked goods on you.
I read. ALOT. A day without reading is like a day without breathing.
I am fascinated by the Amish.
I am an animal lover and can't wait to add to my fuzzy, four-legged brood.
I've played the piano since I was about 7.
I hate being cold.
I own 75+ cookbooks.
I am not a morning person.
Did I mention that I love tennis?
My dream vacation is a 21-day Mediterranean cruise, going all over Greece & Italy.
I love office supplies.
My favorite color is red.

Favorite Quotes

"Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life." ~Lawrence K. FIsh
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." ~Aristotle
"Imagination is the preview of life's coming attractions." ~ Einstein
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." ~ Ayn Rand
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, cocktail in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!" ~ Unknown
"It is not length of life, but depth of life." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." ~ Pablo Picasso
"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." ~ e.e. cummings
"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I am with you kid. Let’s go.’” ~ Maya Angelou
"Too much of a good thing is wonderful." ~ Mae West
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why." ~ William Barclay
"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things." ~ Henry Ward Beecher

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