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Category: Family
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I think I have a new favorite blog – Book Babes. I admit I haven't read that much of it, but how can I resist a blog about BOOKS and MIDLIFE? Granted, I don't have much time to read, but that makes their blog even better – they do the screening for me and pick…
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Monday after work I made a beeline to the church to light a candle. I normally light one after Mass every Sunday, but this past Sunday I was at Mama and Daddy's Baptist church. No candles. I like the Catholic tradition of lighting prayer candles – the idea of a continuous flame pointing up to God, carrying my…
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There is no doubt in my mind that, given the right circumstances, my mother could have been anything she wanted to be – teacher, doctor, lawyer, CEO, President of the United States – and she would have been the best. Instead, she chose to be my mom. For that I am eternally grateful. And of course, she…
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It's been almost thirty years since my first trip to the Renaissance Festival north of Houston, and I've been back just about every year since. It's changed a bit over the years, but then, so have I… I have dozens and dozens of photos from past years…starting with my pre-Tom life, my early-Tom days (including the day he…
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it. ~George Eliot British writer, 19th century What a beautiful weekend! And what a perfect way to spend it…wandering the streets of medieval Europe, even if it's really just a make-believe village set in the thick woods north of Houston, and the buildings are really only thirty years old. Music, wine,…
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Tonight I watched Kendall in her last marching band performance. I felt a mixture of relief and wistfulness…I've spent most of my autumn Friday nights and Saturdays the last few years helping the band. It's a lot of work. My heart went out of it last year, partly because of school district politics, and it just hasn't been…
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. (Martin Luther King Jr., letter from Birmingham Jail 1963) When Daniel was a high school senior, he applied to five or six colleges, public and private. He had worked hard and was accepted into all of them. He received large academic scholarship offers from each of the private schools…except for one.…
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Last Saturday, I slept until 11am and got nothing else done. That was okay. But this week my to-do lists are weighing heavier and heavier on my shoulders. I'm sinking…DROWNING… So this Saturday I'm kicking into high gear, pencil out, ready to start scratching things off and burning the lists. Heck, I'm so pumped, I didn't…
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Okay, I can't help it. I still think Tommy and Kirby as Mr. and Mrs. Smith (aka Branjelina) a couple of years ago is one of my all-time favorite couple-costumes. I just had to share the photos…. Happy Halloween again!!
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A few years after Daniel first wore the snow leopard costume, TG decided to wear it for the elementary school's Halloween parade (a tradition I enjoyed but then it was deemed inappropriate and changed to a Book Character parade in November, which was okay until they started telling the kids who they had to be…sorry, back…
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