January 8th Vicki Wrote

Happy New Year to all!

Jim tried to start the news letter earlier, but sometimes the computer looks better being thrown out the front window than it does sitting on the computer desk. I'm sure many may agree .

Today Jim took Devon out to Shippensburg University. Classes start on Monday. They had a great day together and for that I am very grateful. Unfortunately I have been blessed with an overabundance of customers and was required to work. I dont mind being a working mother, until I have to sacrifice things like this. It sounds like Devon is in for yet another adventure. He has been put on a co-ed floor (along with co-ed bathrooms). He was the only student moving onto his floor in the dorm. Dana moved out today also, that may help ease the transition. We have always enjoyed Devon being at home. Both he and Dana spend alot of time here which means we must not be so bad after all!

Brandon is certainly off to a speedy recovery. He has been quite pleasant with his change of residence. Although we are reminded how to be parents occassionally. He informed us that a friend from Phila. was picking him up for the weekend and was taking him to the city. We apparently couldnt have much to say on the subject. He is 22, and could have chose not to come home at all to recoop. I guess this will be a good test of the friendships he has at school. I bet they dont come close to having Mom around ! This week at therapy he went on the treadmill and the bicycle. We also went cane shopping(which he was none too excited about). He uses it all the time so it must feel good using it. His friends at home have been great. Some days he has several stop in. He reads some, but I think he has seen every DVD produced! Now he needs to start thinking about what kind of work he can do until he is done with his hip precautions.

Hi it's Ashton, Cheering is getting harder every pratice. But it's still alot of fun. In one of the mounts we have to put a girl up in a preap( near chin leavel) and there are 5 people in the frount and 5 in the back. Then she has to fall forward then the people in the frount have to push her back up. Then she has to fall backword then we have to puch her back up. After that I have to put her up in a full ( above your head.) It's ALOT of fun! Gymnastists is alot of fun too. I can almost do a round off back handspring and a frount tuck! My puppy Paige is awesome she's so funny Nala and Paige love to play tugawar. Paige acts just like a little kid becaue she eats anything she can find! Also because I always put pig tailgs in her hair, she looks funny!

Love Ashton k

HI Everyone it's Jim now. Boy i hate computers, but thats besides the point. On Friday I had a run to Virgina Beach. On those long runs it gives you a lot of time to think about all sorts of things. One of the things that was going through my head was change. Most people say change is hard I'm one of those people. While driving down route 13 in Virigina I found my self getting very excited about my job.maybe change isn't so bad I'm going to drive over the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel. I've driven over that bridge before, but i never thought I would get to do it in a truck.As you can see it's quite easy to get me excited. I pulled out my journal to see what I was doing last year on that date It happened to be the day Vicki had her lump removed from under her arm. With everything else that went on this year I had forgotten all about that. The following day I was in New York. The temperture was minus 1 and snowing. Isn't change great, Iam driving in VA. with the temerture in the 50's.On my way back I saw farmers plowing there fields , onJanuary 7 Isn't change wierd.

I guess change is all in the way you are feeling at the time change happens. Change happens most often in trying times. I feel my family has had a lot of trying times latley. Change is hard. But we shall over come and change will be good.

J.R.'s birth father died this week. It came as quite of a shock when we were told. He always had poor health. Some of it was self induced,by not taking care of himself. He did die of colon cancer.We did tell J.R. There wasnt much of a reaction, he does remember him some, he was 2 and a half when we got him.He was still loved by his family and they will miss him. His family has suffered many losses and have had many struggles.He had remarried at one time,had a stable job and had a permanent residence.We never felt comfortable adopting and bringing him back into the picture for fear the courts could have handed J.R. right over to him. Birth parents have all the rights, no matter what they have done in the past.

Peace to all,

JVBDJA Rosenberger