Category: Family
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April
This month has always been a busy month for my family. Especially the Alsman Family. There are at least no less than 5 birthdays. The first was actually the day of the Total Eclipse with one of my Mom’s cousins. Then together there was Grandpa’s and Lilly’s and then there is another lull until Uncle…
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My Intuition
Sunday I was able to post a few articles. I don’t know what it was in the air that day, though it was a different kind of day for me. I am not trying to quote Elizabeth from ‘When Calls The Heart’, but a Sunday was a big milestone for me and my boyfriend. When…
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Grief Subsiding
If Sunflowers mean embracing a new chapter and finding happiness in life among loyalty and love then yesterday must have proved that for me. Not only was it Papaw Freddy’s birthday, he would have been 92 years old there was another moment for our family. Friday or sometime this past week my Uncle Jim alerted…
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Our 3rd Anniversary
Yesterday was a day of poignant thoughts and memories. Grandma Rosie died in March of 2020, but her words follow me even now. She told me I would fall and fall hard for my Mr. Right. She was absolutely on the mark; I was the one who was skeptical. Three years ago on the 13th…
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A Little Trip
In the next week my family will be taking a very short meander eastward of the state. It will be a nice welcome respite. However, once my niece heard we would be gone before she got here her face has stuck in my mind. We will see her before the weekend will be completely over…
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The RMS Titanic
There are so many facets to my education of the Titanic in different fashions during my thirty some years. One of the early manifestations of learning about this ship wreck was a movie we watched up at the Alsman house. I specifically remember watching my Uncle Tony make one of my brilliant birthday cakes while…
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Deli-Style Food
A year ago when I was training for DaVita there was a restaurant behind our hotel I really wanted to try. My fellow trainee and I were in Illinois and it was the night before our last day there. We had made the deal to try that place for our supper. While I took a…
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Parents Convicted for a Child’s Crime
The school shooting in Michigan happened while the court case was going on for the young man, Kyle Rittenhouse. I remember this specifically. Now the parents of that teenage boy in the school shooting have now been convicted on top of their son who murdered and wounded 7 others. Some are saying this is setting…
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The Eclipse That Brought A Country Solidarity
Have you noticed something today? The news was almost entirely at least for the first half of the day if not most of the day about the Eclipse. The divisions that have stirred the states were tempered down quite a bit. First thing this morning Trump reiterated his stance on abortion early. He had promised…
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Today Is A Milestone
My parents are celebrating 40 years of Marriage. In a time where marriages of longevity seem to be diminishing, there are still those living a blessed life of ups and downs and making it through them together. Today has been special in little ways and they were able to have a date night Friday evening.…
Jewells of Thought 