A year has passed. The future is bright!

Dear family and friends,

Just a note to let you know what has been happening in my life this past year since Ed's passing into the arms of his Lord and Savior on July 20, 2008.

It has been a year of finding and holding onto my faith in my God. I won't say that there were not times when I was mad at God for taking my husband of 5 years and best friend for 8 years. I had days where I really wanted to hate God, but being the rational and educated individual that I am and having taught a Grief Share class, I knew it to be a temporary thing and part of the grieving process. I know that when Ed passed that day many prayers were answered for his healing. He could not be healed on earth so he is now completely whole and in his new glorified body beholding God, his father in heaven.

Since his death there have been and continue to be many times where I have to find my faith and hold tight to it. If it weren't for the teaching of Ed and the strength and teaching of Joey, I don't know where I would be today. They both taught me that I do not have to do everything in my own power but to pray and expect God to take care of everything. I find that hard to do sometimes as I am such a "solve it" personality. Here are a few times where God has come through.

When Ed was in the hospital: God provided a very very expensive medicine at a $15. copay. It took the social worker and Dr's to ask on my behalf and God gave us favor.

While in the hospital that last month there was no money coming in. It was only by Gods blessing and friends who slipped me a few dollars here and there that I was able to put gas in my car and get food to eat at the hospital.

After Ed's passing, Our church paid the majority of the cremation cost and his men's group paid the remainder. An anonymous source paid for his obituary. I had nothing and God provided everything.

At the memorial service many blessed me with funds that allowed me to catch up on my bills which were 2 or 3 months behind and payoff some items.

For the next 6 months or more, I had no income at all. Joey found a job taking a man to and from work for $50.00 a week and this put gas in the car and allowed us to buy food for the animals. (God thank you for the love of our pets. I don't know where I would be without them to hug and love me.) We researched food banks and received the food we needed from them and I found that I was eligible for city contract health care at Shands Hospital. I was able to have my gall bladder removed, my asthma taken care of, all my diabetes meds and supplies covered and other sorts of health stuff seen to. All by the Grace of God and my faith that he would be there to take care of me.

I have been living in the condo for two years now without paying a mortgage payment. Only by the Grace of God have I not been foreclosed on yet. We are diligently searching for work to be able to move to Tampa and know that God has it all worked out. We just have to have faith and walk the path he sets in front of us.

I have received many miracles this past year. The Kia and Acaida have been paid off. The Jeep was already paid for. I have been able to pay for auto insurance and tags. I was able to have our animals spade/neutered at no cost. We had a friend take us to the grocery store and buy a buggy load of food for us. We have been blessed with many good friend who loves us, and one who has us over to his home each week for dinner. I have been able to keep our power on and phones paid. I have had some funds come in that allowed us to get things we wanted that have made us smile and helped us through these trying times. I am healthy. I have a roof over my head and a warm/cool place to sleep. God has given me laughter, love, and friendship through this trying year. It only takes a little faith on my part and He blesses abundantly.

Joey and I are still living together and on August 1st we will be having an engagement ceremony and plan to marry in August 2010. He is my best friend. He helps me boost my faith when he sees it lacking. He has introduced me to his spiritual mentors and they have become mine as well. He has shown me it is ok to love and laugh through the hard times and that you can grieve and heal and still live and love. He has added to the teachings on faith and God that my husband started. He has shown wisdom and caring and encouragement when I was to depressed that I did not want to get out of bed, let alone leave the house. He stays with me when I need to go to the emergency room and attends Drs appointments with me. He makes sure that I take my insulin. He makes me laugh and challenges me intellectually. We both love to read, play chess, and go to the flea markets. We love being together. He has not replaced Ed but instead enhances the many memories I have of him and that we have with him together. We both miss Ed but would not want to draw him back to us and away from the joy of being in heaven.

We still have challenges ahead, such as finding jobs and moving out of the condo. I have faith that the Holy Spirit will guide us and that doors will continue to open and we will move forward in the light of God.

Thank you and many blessing to those who have prayed for and helped us this past year and who continue to pray for us. It is only by prayer that we have made it this far and have faith to move ahead.

All my love
Stevie Lynn

The Dick and Jane Network Has A New Radio Home. We moved from a trailer to a mansion.

Hi Family, Friends, and Assorted Loved Ones.

We got great news... We dumped UBroadcast.com and hooked up with TrebleRadioRocks.com out of California. They are an independet internet radio station and they are GREAT!! 99% uptime. Minor server problems and you do not have to download any players. So, go uninstall that ubroadcast player now! You can listen to us right from the website just hit the chat button and turn on the jukebox or they are also on Itunes Radio, Real Player Radio, Windows Media Player Radio, and WinAmp. (It those little icons below the menu on the left.) So you can hear us in great stereo sound.

Our on-air schedule is:

Dick N Jane Morning Show Monday-Friday 6-11am EDT Listen to the antics of DJ Metal Man and DJ Ladybug as they wakeup and entertain the world.

Brutal Assault Extra Tuesdays 2-4pm EDT
DJ Metal Man aka Joey hits the airwaves with his interview segment. We have had the likes of Soulidium, X Sister Z, Second Thief, Sanity Falls, Marion Crane and G Smooth an Indie Wrestler on the air with us.

Ladybug Lounge Tuesdays 4-6pm EDT and Wednesdays 2-6pm EDT
DJ Ladybug aka Stevie Lynn helps you chill out in 'Ladybug Lounge' where we forget the troubles of the day with some laidback rock n roll and alternative music.

Brutal Assault!! \m/ Thursdays 11pm - 2am EDT
DJ Metal Man hits the air with full intent to blast your speakers with face melting metal heavy metal.

To hear us and the rest of the Treble Radio DJs, go to our website http://www.PowerPromotionsJax.com/ and click on the 'Treble Radio' link. Nothing to download just the best music with the best djs.
That's Treble Radio baby!

Dick and Jane Network

Hey everybody out there in the Internet World. Check out our new internet radio station on http://www.ubroadcast.com/.

Just download the player an under stations enter our ID 27751 and press Jump to Start . It will take you to our station. Our current live broadcasting schedule is below. Just click on it to blow it up larger.

Check us out! Our music style is mostly metal/hard rock/classic rock, but on Sundays we will be playing Christian and Jewish Praise and Worship as well as some great sermons from around the world.

We will also be doing special broadcast such as: the 80's, and other Decades, Love Songs, Jazz Hour, Country Hour (for Joey if you can imagine).

We also have a Locals Only spot on Fridays where we highlight unsigned bands. So if you know a band that need some air time have them email us at DickandJaneMorningShow@hotmail.com or check out our myspace.com/ppJaxRap page.

We will also have special guest spot as well. Tomorrow Feb. 14th, 2009 at 10:00pm est we will have Perry and Brandon from Second Thief.

The "Dick 'N Jane Morning Show"

Hey Hey Hey! it's the "Dick 'N Jane Morning Show"
coming to you live (Live baby Live) on Redneck Rebels internet radio.

You can listen by downloading the player from www.ubroadcast.com.
Our stations ID# is 12897. We broadcast Monday - Thursday 6-10 am est and Fridays 6 to noon est. We also have a Sunday show called "Dick 'N Jane Focus Broadcast" from 7 to Noon est where we will be playing Praise and Worship music as well as some great Sermans from pastors around the states.

On Fridays we will be playing unknown & local bands as well as some of our lesser know national bands that are personal friends. We will also be have guest join us to talk about their music. I hope everyone can listen in. You can also check 0ut the Dick 'N Jane websites at:
www.PowerPromotionsJax.com, www.myspace.com/ppjaxrap, www.facebook.com DickandJaneMorningShow@hotmail.com which is also our email address. You can also chat with us live on MSN/Live at DickandJaneMorningShow@hotmail.com and Yahoo Msg at Hitman42072

I hope you will also check out and participate in the Ramen Noodle Challenge.

I accepted Joey's proposal of marriage Jan. 7, 2009

I am excited to announce that I am now engaged to Joey Douglas Bardin as of January 7, 2009. We have set our wedding date as August 6, 2010.

I want to finish going through the seasons of Ed passing and then be able to focus on our wedding. I can't express how much Joey has been there for me these past 6 months, but for those of you who have some questions, let me give you some of our history.

As many of you know, Ed and I met when we both went on a mission trip through Destiny Unlimited Singles in 2000. We were very involved with the Singles ministry. We married in Feb. 2003. We continued to stay involved with Singles after we were married.

About 6 months after we were married, I was working the single booth at church and I used to stay there until half of worship was over to get the late comers. It was at this time that Joey started to come back to Church. I started talking to him a little each week and unbeknownst to me he was drawn to me. It was a few week before he realized that I was married. I introduced him to Ed and we all became friends.

Ed knew that there was a special kind of friendship between me and Joey. He recognized that it would be very easy for me to break Joey's heart. I didn't see it, but I respected my husband and my marriage and so I did what Ed suggested. I did not do things or go places alone with Joey. Ed and I loved Joey and wanted to support him and help him better his life and show him just want he could achieve. We were instrumental in Joeys 1st year of sobriety. (Joey feels the same) We were privileged to take him to Disney World for the very first time. I felt like he was the brother I never had. We (the 3 of us) always had a good time together. Ed would do anything for Joey and often did.

I won't say that things were always roses, because with strong personalities there is always some strife. but nothing that ever stuck. When Ed became sick and was hospitalized, Joey was one of the first to come see him, and continued to come by many times. He and Doug came to help close up the office and Ed was having a bad day. We left early and went back to the hospital. Doug and Joey held Ed's hands and prayed for him just before they left. Ed looked at Doug and then looked to Joey and told him to take care of me. Joey was with me his last four days. His strength supported me then and many times thereafter.

Joey took those words to heart. He has done everything to help me increase my faith in God. Every time things look bleak. Joey is there to remind me that God has us in his hands and that He ALWAYS ALWAYS comes through. Faith was something that Ed was trying to instill in me and Joey has picked that up and continued to instruct me in the ways of God.

Joey and I are so very will compatible it is frightening at times. He is truly my equal and mate. I love him very very much and thank God daily for him being in my life and loving me so much. I can hardly wait to become a Bardin and have a new family that truly wants me around.

We talk about Ed almost daily, We remember him fondly and sometime we cry over the things we are missing him doing with us. Christmas was the hardest so far, but with Joey there and the Schroyers and Dad and Diane, I made it through. We miss him and love him and are so very happy to know that he is well and in the presence of his saviour Jesus Christ.

Joey has a blog site as well. His is: JoeyUnedited.blogspot.com it is just as it claims. Straight from the heart and out the mouth. He doesn't pull any punches. It is a place for him to get things off his chest. So be forewarned.

My love to everyone and know that you are in my prayers.