IT'S SUNDAY MORNING, AND I HAVE HAD AN INTERESTING WEEK.  MY SISTER SHEILA, FRFOM ARIZONA, HAS BEEN HERE VISITING AND THIS BEING HER THIRD VISIT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS I AM REMINDED AGAIN HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY TIES ARE.  SHEILA AND I WERE ALWAYS GOOD FRIENDS, WHEN I NEEDED A PLACE TO LIVE SHE ND HER HUSBAND VICTOR OPENED THEIR HOME TO ME, A WONDERFUL AND GENEROUS THING FOR THEM TO DO.  DURING MY STAY WITH THEM IN NORTH CAROLINA WHEN I WS 50 YEARS OLD, I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL FOR NURSING.  I THOUGHT I WAS TOO OLD, AND IN SOME WAYS I WAS, BUT IT WAS A CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT IN MY LIFE.   NURSING IS ALL THAT I EVER WANTED TO DO, ACCOMPLISHING A LIFE LONG DREAM WAS VERY EMPOWERING FOR ME.  IT WAS DURING A VERY HARD TIME IN MY LIFE, WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE FALLING APART.  WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS, MAKE LEMONADE.  GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND ACHIEVING MY GOAL OPENED NEW DOORS FOR ME AND TURNED MY LIFE AROUND.  USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY PRESENTEDD TO YOU TO MOVE FORWARD, DON'T WASTE ANY TIME.  LIFE IS DEFINITELY TO SHORT.  REMEMBER,    IT IS WHAT IT IS.     ANN