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Category: Remember when…
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A new era began for me today. At 6:59 this evening, my baby girl turned twenty years old, ushering me out of a twelve year stint in that fun club, "Mother of Teenagers." Now I belong to "Mother of Just Twenty-somethings." I think I'll stop keeping track after this. It makes me feel old. I…
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When I was growing up, if I stepped one foot in the kitchen, my grandmother would suddenly appear beside me to see what I was doing. It didn't matter if I waited until she was in her bedroom with the door closed playing the piano and belting out "Oh, What a Friend We Have in…
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More than two weeks have already passed since my Deer Park Diva Weekend, but I'm just now getting the photos uploaded to Facebook and I've barely mentioned it on here. (Or have I? I can't remember!) But on these hectic, over-packed days I find myself in lately, I just have to flip a page in my mind…
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A father gives advice A father nourishes the body and soul A father encourages A father is joyful A father reads A father lends a hand A father plays A father offers support A father sticks close by your side A father makes memories A father teaches A father laughs A…
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I try not to post twice in one day, but I just heard that Clarence Clemons, saxophone player extraordinaire, died today. Complications from a stroke a week ago. And it makes me sad. I was a latecomer to Brucie, Clarence and the E-Street Band, but once there, I was hooked. Tom and I went to…
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Back then… He was short. He loved Honey Nut Cheerios and Cyclops cookies. He loved building things with Legos. He loved books, making up stories, and playing 'what if…?' He had a wild, wonderful imagination. He could get lost in thought, observing and wondering about the world around him. He loved learning. He was…
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My mother, a pony-riding, chin-up champion tomboy, grew up… …to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, inside and out. She's only 17 in the photo above. I certainly didn't look this glamorous, elegant, or self-confident at 17. I'm not sure I ever have! She's a combination of strong,…
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On a summer morning in 1981, I stumbled up the stairs and into my condo after a twelve-hour night shift, turned on the television, plopped on the floor, and watched the fairy-tale wedding of Diana and Charles. Despite the cynicism of my 22 years, I guess I believed in the fairy-tale, and must have…
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"You have a daughter? I just remember the two boys!" "Yep. I had her in '91. What year did you leave?" "'90." "Well, that explains it then. Here's her picture…" "Yeah, I saw it. She looks just like you. You don't look like you, but she does!" When Ken first met me, I was 19.…
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I finished up my run on the treadmill, stepped around the couch, flipped the square coffee table on its side to make room on the rug for my sit-ups and stretches… …and that's when I saw this… Well, not this exact centipede, although it did cross my mind to run upstairs and get my camera……
Long Hollow 