{"id":9363,"date":"2012-01-30T12:52:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T17:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=9363"},"modified":"2012-01-30T14:52:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T19:52:54","slug":"when-shelling-worlds-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/when-shelling-worlds-collide\/","title":{"rendered":"When Shelling Worlds Collide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ken found an extraordinary JUNONIA! I introduced you to Ken on my last post “Saving Another Sanderlin…Andy!<\/a><\/strong>“…. but remember I told you things were getting a little crazy? It’s because I was listening to Ken’s heartwarming story of his JUNONIA when all of our iLS worlds collided. Now that you’ve heard about Alyssa’s SANDERLING, I have to share the story of this extremely precious JUNONIA…<\/p>\n

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Ken’s sister Chris introduced the family to her passion of beach combing while on their annual visit to Sanibel. After being on the beach with Chris the first time, Ken’s wife Sue understood why her sister-in-law loved shelling so much and became hooked right away so she tried to get Ken to shell with her with no avail…..at first. This is Ken and Sue…<\/p>\n

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Ken thought shelling was more for people who just liked walking on the beach until…. you ready for this? Sue called Ken over to the computer one day to show him all the cool stuff Clark finds on the beach then she showed him Donnie’s shell posts on iLS too. An “Aha moment”! He started to get it. He finally realized it’s all about the treasure hunt! Now he’s a sheller and it all began with his sister Chris sharing her passion.<\/p>\n

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Donnie, Ken and Clark<\/p><\/div>\n

Then Sue said to me… “Our family love love loves your website, including Ken’s youngest sister and our shelling buddy Chris. \u00a0Sadly we lost her in August, at age 38 to ovarian cancer. \u00a0The last time we saw her, I whispered in her ear that we would think of her every time we were shelling, and if there was a way for her to communicate that she was OK, she could guide us to a junonia. \u00a0In the fall, her sisters sprinkled some of her ashes in the Gulf off the Lighthouse Point. \u00a0On Tuesday morning, the fist day of Ken’s shelling vacation, he waded out in front of the Light House and found a beautiful junonia. \u00a0The following morning he found an angel wing in the same spot. \u00a0While it was a bit emotional when he first found it, we have been grinning from ear to ear since!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Chris was a true nature lover. \u00a0 It was perfectly wonderful that the person standing next to Ken when he found the shell was Mother Nature Marilyn.<\/em>“<\/div>\n
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Our hearts go out to you for your loss, Ken and Sue, but so thankful that you got your extraordinary sign that Chris is okay. Thank you for sharing this amazing story of life, passion and hope.<\/p>\n

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This is the same photo (Sue took the picture) I showed you on my last post when I said things were getting a little wild.\u00a0Somehow, this photo makes a little more sense to me why all of our worlds were brought together at this very moment. Alyssa found another Sanderling while Mother Earth Marilyn was there again for the rescue….. then ME Marilyn was there to witness the heavenly JUNONIA being found….. when one of the reasons Ken was inspired to shell was because of Clark and Donnie…. then Karen shows up with her iLS shirt to explain how we all know each other… then Andrea joined us because it makes us realize all of these people are part of our iLoveShelling family. Bonded by the beach.<\/p>\n

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