Category: Family
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The Day After
Once lunch was eaten I went into cleaning mode. Yesterday with the good weather we took advantage and let the dog out. In doing so we needed to clean and sweep the living room most especially. Call it a winter cleaning I suppose. We also finally got some stuff off the floor and were able…
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Giving Thanks For Family
The holidays bring about some difficult truths for some of us. Everyone in this life suffers and everyone suffers loss of a friend and family member. Over the years we see holes in our family gatherings. This year it’s still fresh… September wasn’t that far ago. Although, I am certain my Dad, his sisters and…
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Embers Blowing While Exchanging Texts
When Bryan and I began to converse, in the first month he mentioned his younger brother. This was still very new to me and talking to a New Englander took my words from me… and literally my breath. I grew up knowing that Massachusetts was integral to the American Revolution as well as Boston and…
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Lack of Cognizance… of History
I am still trying to digest these facts. Young Americans are believing that a terrorist can have something to say to Americans after what happened on September 11th by terrorists. What is not wrong with that statement! Talk about having scrambled eggs for brains. Isn’t it amazing. Everyone who said the Germans should have done…
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Kodie Report
Over the past week we have had some unusual and funny conversations to say the least. Most of us feel like we have become Dr. Doolittle talking to her as much as we have lately. Although to be honest, some of us were ready going in that direction before that happened. But Dad… was not!…
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Dog Report
Ms. Kodie is doing well. Although we have had some intriguing moments over the past few days. Like last night I was finishing my last article when she was howling at us. We knew it was a bathroom break, but my brother wouldn’t just take her outside. So lately she has done well about coming…
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Remembering a Lovely Lady
Dad scrolls through the area obituaries on a regular basis. If he didn’t do this as he does we would miss being with several friends when they go through bereavement periods. Today is no different while preparing for one viewing another had been scheduled for Friday night. Grandma Rosemary and this lady, Joyce Lively hit…
Jewells of Thought 