Who Am I ?

What do I Know About Uncertainty  

...And Why I Continue To Survive!

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At The Age Of 11, In 1965, My Family Was Transferred From A Normal, Orderly Life In Norman, Oklahoma. I Was A Girl Scout, Had Many Friends And I Attended A Wonderful Elementary School With A Great Teacher.  

Before I Knew It, I Had Arrived In A Foreign Country I Knew Nothing About, Beirut, Lebanon. My Father Was A State Department Diplomat And Besides A Series Of 13 Horrible Injections Like Cholera, Tetanus, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, And Many More..., We Were All Given The Diplomatic Maroon Passports Which Granted My Family Special Priveleges. The One Thing My Father Told All Four Of His Children Was 

 "Don't Forget Whose Last Name You Have"!

My Father Was My Hero, And I Never Forgot The Importance Of Respecting Our Family Name ~ 

Paternal- Lunsford

Maternal - Abbott

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In June Of 1967, My Family Was Given Two Hours Notice  To Pack One Bag Per Family Member (There Were Six Of Us) Because Israel May Attack Lebanon. We Were Being Evacuated To Some Unknown Place, Although, I Believe My Dad Knew.   We Were The Last Flight To Leave And When We Finally Left, We Were On Our Way To Istanbul, Turkey. We Stayed There For Two Weeks And Then Flew To The United States To Start Our Home Leave Which Is Granted Every Two Years.

In August Of 1967, We Returned To Beirut Post War And Arrived To A Completely Changed Lebanon! Whereas Beirut Was Known As The "Diamond Of The Middle East", It Was Now A War Torn Country That I Had A Hard Time Even Recognizing.  I Have To Say Though, This Was A Blessing In My Life Because I Was Introduced To The World Of Refugees From Many Countries Such As Palestine, Armenia, And Other Surrounding Countries. 

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I Became A Registered Nurse After Much Tribulation And Trials. I Was To Start My Last Year Of Of Nursing School At  The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas In 1985, When My Youngest Son, Who Was Only Three Years Old At The Time, Was Diagnosed With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. I Was Given Four Hours To Go Home And Pack A Bag (Or Two), While My Son Lie In The Pediatric ICU At Humana Hospital Sunrise. The Flight For Life Air Ambulance From UCLA Was Enroute To Las Vegas To Pick Up Daniel And Myself To Transport Back To UCLA For Treatment.

   

I Was Scared, Mostly Because To Me, Leukemia Meant A Death Sentence.  I Signed The Papers Without Even Reading Them And Told The Pediatric Oncology Team 

"I Trust You With My Son's Life, Please Do No Harm".  

They Were Wonderful!

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For The First Time In My Short Life, I Felt Emotion... Sorrow, Confusion, Loss, emptiness and more. None Of These Emotions Were specifically  For Me Or My Family alone, These Emotions Were For Many Others going through Uncertainty.  

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On Coping with Tragedy

 I Quit Jobs That I Knew Weren't Going To Fulfill Me, Or Just Weren't Working Out For Me, And I Knew It Was Time To Move On. I ended marriages that I knew were not right for me. More Uncertainty To Work Through. All my decisions turned out to be the right thing because I had Developed a close relationship with that "still, small voice and god's answers to my many prayers. 

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 My Motto In Life Is 

"Everything Always Works Out".

I Learned Through All Of My Life Experiences, How To Become Comfortable With Uncertainty.  I Want To Share With You What I Have Learned And How I Prepared Myself For The Unknown.

 

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