Author: Garnetjewel
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The Failure of a jewel
Failure. Sometimes I feel like one. Life is not always easy and even with love and support; wrong turns still happen. Even though I know things just happen it also feels like everything is going against me at times. Recently I had to take time for my sanity and my health because of a job.…
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Loss of Our Jewels
Loss is something everyone deals with and feels in our lifetimes. Sometimes it’s a lesser loss of an object or a larger than life of a precious member of your family. This week has really been an object lesson for me. Reality has dealt me as many losses as you or the next door neighbor.…
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Grandparents Love
Life is bittersweet. Some children grow up without the love and support of their grandparents. Or others have one grandparent and not the other. Not to mention the idea of having great-grandparents lavish their smiles and obvious love towards a child may seem completely oblivion. A special truth I know from both sides of my…
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A Forgotten Jewel
Today has been overwhelming to say the least. Have you ever known something existed, but could not find them and had to forget about the notion. Sometimes simply waiting… truly is the answer. This afternoon my dreams came true. I knew that these letters existed Grandma talked about them in our interview, but I never…
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Catch Up
Easter Sunday I made a decision to upgrade and unfortunately it did not go very smoothly. I will be adding this more than a dozen articles in three batches. The first batch are my jewels series I literally made up each day without any sort of plan behind them. They were passionate thoughts, needing a…
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Writing Prompt
That’s a loaded question. It would be different according to the seasons. 1 Waking up early to the beautiful sunshine. 2 Cooking. 3 I love mowing season and smelling the freshly cut grass. 4 Reading when I get the time. 5 My writing time coupled with my brain-storming time. Disclaimer: it’s not always in this…
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Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
Last night I watched one of my favorite old movies. Sometimes they have some of the best music that catches my ear. Then I will endlessly hum that tune. Of the million times I have seen this film this particular song hammered me. The movie, ‘Follow the Fleet’ is a lovable romance and don’t forget…
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Writing Prompt
The night of Grandpa Leo’s viewing I heard so many people in the funeral home mention the phrase POW. It was that night that something sparked in my head and my heart. However, it was my high school history teacher who showed me how fun and amazing American history really was, but that switch for…
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1932
The Great Depression was the era Freddy was born into. I am apparently grouped into the millennial generation. The absolute dichotomy between these two generations is immeasurable. He was the fourth child in his family. There was Maxine and Ralph and maybe a couple years difference between them. Then a decade came and went. Ralph…
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Writing Prompt
A loaded question. Yes I have made changes. This year specifically, my positive change is to look forward. Not let the past year of work in the field of dialysis break me. If anything I have to count it as a blessing I fulfilled a dream that began 15 years ago. So I choose to…
Jewells of Thought 