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Memories

Wistie recommended this song to me today. We listened to it together, sort of, over the phone. I agreed with her. It is a beautiful song. Reminded me of young love when the idea of forever and ever seemed natural, normal and possible. Now I believe that deep kind of love is unique, unusual and…. …

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Manifested Wishes

I have often wished, over the last few months, for a week-end of relaxation to the point of boredom. It is wonderful when what you asked for actually looks like what you imagine. This week-end started off with the sound of laughter in my home. My friends came over to start the Christmas season. We …

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Every Life is Special

A few years ago I had the opportunity of producing a life documentary of an amazing woman. She had a remarkable life. She traveled and lived in foreign countries working, teaching and serving. Her and her husband were instrumental in building and operating a large teaching Academy in Mexico City. For three years they lived …

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You Wicked Thing

I don’t know what other Mothers and Daughters discuss between themselves while eating lunch at Disneyland, but our conversation went something like. “Which evil character do you think you most resemble?” “Evil Character?” “Yea. Lady Tremaine, Cinderella’s wicked Stepmother, Snow White’s step mother the Queen, Cruelladevil, My personal favorite, Maleficent from sleeping beauty…” “Are you …

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No Matter What

I started a tradition and didn’t even know it. I started taking my daughters on “mommy trips”. Just the two of us. Last year I took Ciera to Oregon and Northern California. We rented a car and went wherever we felt like going. One day we sat in an amusement park arguing. But at the …

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She Called

My son was hurt. Seriously. After the ambulance ride, after the air-vac, after the surgery, after the discovery of his broken back, after his brace fitting, before he recouped In our home, before getting the first of many bills and just as reality of this life altering experience began to penetrate our daily moments, she …

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Still Blogging

I haven’t stopped blogging. I write. I read. I delete. Its therapeutic. I can paraphrase. Yea…. Deleted again. I am thinking of creating a blog where no one knows it’s me and I can say whatever I want and not feel bad or wrong or worried about being bad or wrong or worried. Would you …

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Nothing Ever Gets Done

A conversation – “Do you want to go? Really?” – “No. I feel like I need to.” – “Maybe you could start doing what you really want to do.” – “If everyone did what they wanted to do, nothing would ever get done.” Really. I think Thomas Edison would disagree. “I never did a days …

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I HAVE NEVER FELT SO OLD

Are there pictures of me canoeing 4 miles up river while herding 45 teen-agers in 22 canoes? Nope. But I have sun burned knees and a very shiny red nose! Use your imagination. Are there pictures of all of us hauling said canoes half a mile up a steep mountain on our shoulders while walking …

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