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Category: Remember when…
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One of the first and best gifts my parents ever gave me was my big sister, or "See-uh-stuh" as I called her for the first few years – I don't remember when I switched to Brenda. How do people make it through life without a sister? ~Sara Corpening I've asked myself this question so many…
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A year ago today, I whispered goodbye to this man and promised him I'd help keep an eye on his beloved wife. It's hard to believe a whole year has gone by without him…until I stop and think of all that has happened in that time. So many changes. Much happiness and laughter,…
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Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with. ~Robert Brault I just staggered in from the annual Diva gathering at my friend Rae's house. Two nights and days of margaritas and non-stop talking, too much food, and too little sleep. The sun barely made an…
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My blogging group, Generation Fabulous, hosts a monthly Blog Hop. July's theme is “Transformative Travel.” I knew exactly what to write about… On this date thirty-seven years ago I stood beneath the glorious ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. I also toured St. Peter's Basilica that day, thinking – paraphrasing my travel diary - "It's really pretty, but…
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I missed the parade this morning. I had the freedom to sleep in, and felt it would be un-American not to take advantage of it, so by the time I was up and walked the dogs, I would have been scrambling to get to work on time if I had dashed off to the parade.…
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I'm home from my first real estate class. I don't count the one Tom and I took when I was pregnant with our firstborn. That was almost thirty years ago…and to be honest, it just didn't click with me at the time…maybe because I was pregnant, attending class after working a twelve-hour shift.…
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1. Do any of you still have your landlines? I've been so tempted to cancel ours…but then I remember the agonizing two months we lived without it when we first moved into this house in the country, and how our cell phones only worked outside, up the hill a little bit. How I…
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Once upon a time, I was an elementary school librarian. Well, technically an aide, barely making minimum wage and working 50+ hours a week …but essentially I ran the library and absolutely loved it. If I had the time and money to go back to school, that's what I would be if I ever grow…