Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Friendship
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I met some of my fellow Deer Park "expats" for dinner Sunday afternoon in Houston …well, Houston's Restaurant in Austin. Our excuse this time was to celebrate Donna B.V.'s birthday, which was actually last month, but we don't let little details like that get in the way of our celebrations. Here we are, Donna and Leslie in…
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We went to Mexico tonight. Well, not really Mexico, but it would have been easy to pretend we were across the border because we had waiters who spoke no English, delicious salsa, chips, other Mexican-type food and wonderful Margaritas. We were actually in a little restaurant in Leander, Texas - El Jardin del Rey - a small house painted…
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Pom-poms, signs, funny hats and pins, cheering, chanting, and crying…these party conventions remind me why I'm not a card-carrying member of either one. In high school I joined over a hundred other girls at Texas Lutheran College for ten days of an intense live-and-breathe lesson in the Texas political process: Girl's State, sponsored…
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When I tucked the handwritten songs in a box more than thirty years ago, it was mostly for sentimental reasons. (I have boxes and boxes of sentiment – it's a sickness…I can't get rid of anything!) However, a teensy voice inside my head said, "Hmmm…he'll probably be famous one day…I wonder if these will be worth something?" So…
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My stomach is a glowing red – too much sun, too little sunscreen. Tom and I tubed the Comal River in New Braunfels for several hours this past Saturday with our longtime friends Bob and Lisa, their son Justin, his girlfriend Patty, and friend Eric. I've heard people say the Comal isn't as rough as…
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You think you know someone, and then SNAP! they reveal another side to themselves you never even suspected. I’m talking about creativity..talents…passions. With some friends, I have always known about their creative interests, but there are more and more who have waited until these middle-aged years to reveal and pursue their passion. …
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"You're the one I think of when Brad Paisley sings 'She's Everything,'" the new groom sang to his bride, strumming his guitar, watching tears fill her eyes, oblivous to the rest of us crowding around to listen. "We've come a…
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My mother vowed several years ago that she would never own another pet. "They just break your heart when they die and I can't take it anymore." I agree with her. It's something I can't help thinking about each time we get a new pet, but so far the promise of joy and pure love…
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It’s true. All it takes is the right phone call at the right time. Headed to the mall with Kendall, I called my friend Kim to see if she wanted to meet us for lunch – since she moved from Lago, I rarely get to see her. I’m still in withdrawal…
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I entered the room full of smiling, but unfamiliar, faces, trying to set a brave, confident example for my three kids. But inside I felt shy, like I was a kid on the first day of school, afraid no one would like me. I smiled and said, hi, hi, hi, and they…
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