Steph's Wild Ride

Passion–Make Your Mark

Stephanie showed such passion for life! One of her passions was to live life to the fullest. One song by the band Nickleback, reminds us to enjoy each and everyday. Listen to this song, If Today was Your Last Day…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maINUv2H8A0…as a reminder that each day spent in good health is precious. Stephanie made her mark [...]

Making a Difference

Stephanie dared to be different. With every aspect of her life, my niece showed the courage to stand up for her convictions. She fought cancer with every ounce of her being and those around her took notice. This young women was different in the way she fought the disease. Steph always found a way to [...]

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Let me start out with a visit to the hospital with Home Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies. You will understand as you read on. Early on in Steph’s treatment there was always a flurry of activity in her hospital room. Her million and one friends were calling, texting, visiting and emailing. Her treatment was pretty intensive [...]

Attitude

Some years ago I had a friend at the house to discuss my re-roofing project. He is an independent builder who lives down the road and I was happy he was available to “assist me” with my summer roof replacement project. We were in the kitchen discussing the finer details over a cold beer when [...]

Wit and Wisdom

I have been fortunate enough to marry into this wonderful family. A family that I think holds true to the most important values that any civilized group can. This is a family that on most Sundays can still be found at the matriarch’s homestead. We in my small family call it Gigi’s, because she is [...]

The not so quiet, quiet one

As one of Steph’s older cousins, I was not able to spend as much time with Stephanie as I would have liked. All of the cousins, however, were able to share numerous sleep-overs, family gatherings, camping trips, festivities, and libations. Times that were filled with spirit, laughter, spice (jungle-juice) and love. From eating a jar [...]

Born to be Wild

Stephanie and I shared a “theme song” to capture the essence of two spirited women. Our song, Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf, reminds me of Stephanie’s drive to live life to the fullest. Stephanie’s passion to squeeze every ounce of fun out of life started at the tender age of 4 when Auntie and [...]