Author: Garnetjewel
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The 3rd Edition: The Hands of My Fathers
One never knows if they will have a grandparent in their lives or not or how long. After the loss of Grandpa Arla and Leo in a short span of time I made a personal decision. Time is precious so it became a mission of mine to spend time with my elders. I remember hearing…
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Mowing Chronicles: Thoughts
What comes to your mind when you mow? Do you think about what you want to eat later? Maybe about a disagreement with someone? Your to-do list for the rest of the day or week? Mowing. This was a time to forget about problems. A time to just observe my surroundings and keep aware of…
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Write about your first crush.-Writing Prompt
Everybody has them right? It’s hard to say yeah maybe a few guys in school or characters from the sitcoms we used to watch. I think my real crush was a friend at Fellowship. He was smart, grounded in the Bible and had a love for music. He asked me if I would sing while…
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The 2nd Edition: The Hands of My Fathers
Ironically, I had about the same amount of time with Great-Grandpa Arla as I did Grandpa Leo. There was only about a month, give or take a few days up to a week, in between their deaths. It seems that I remember his death just about 10 days after my birthday which would be somewhere…
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Play Time Files
It’s funny how my niece says she doesn’t like the color pink. As you can see most of her stuff ends up being easily found due to the color! Don’t those goggles look pink to you? We only had Selena’s sisters with us for a few hours, but boy can they find all her treasures.…
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What countries do you want to visit?-Writing Prompt
God made this world and I have not seen a lot of it personally. In fact, I have not been outside of the domestic U.S. There are various reasons as to why, but the sights in my home Country are more alluring to me in ways. Australia is one of my all time favorites because…
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Play Time Files
You may think this is just an innocuous child’s toy. That is so untrue! Yesterday I was inoculated for every shot known to man. These young girls are meticulous. They were certain I needed a shot in my head, arms, stomach and feet and don’t think for one moment it was just one for each…
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The Hands of My Fathers
Sunday Afternoons for the longest time would be in his living room. Grandma Doris and Uncle Bob; they would welcome this deluge of Bishop’s as we filled their entire room. Great-Grandpa Arlie as some called him or the newspaper would misspell his name as Arle; was an intriguing man. The Lord has blessed me over…
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What’s your favorite thing about yourself?-Writing Prompt
You know how ‘the grass always looks greener’ cliche. This goes for me and my curls. I love my niece’s straight beautiful long locks. No matter what I do my hair is curly. Lately looking at some photos from yesteryear I am seeing how much curl I have just always had. As an adult I…
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Boston
Each time this funny, amazing, romantic and unfathomable story continues… only makes me smile more. Do you ever like shows, but then it takes several times of watching it to see the irony of a fact you didn’t realize before? Most of the movies I watch are Hallmark, please forgive me for that! Some of…
Jewells of Thought 