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Fringe Benefits

I often ponder about the poisonous and insidious diatribe that is so prevalent in our society today. Every group has an agenda and assisted by statistics and data are able to influence and recruit the masses to jump on any bandwagon. But not you, right? Certainly not me. We are the exception. We are the …

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Wants Not

Write. Splatter the page with covert words. Suffocating between the sheets. Confused, contrived and denied Expire in heartless stead. Write. Until what is alleged is understood. What is sensed suffereth long. The lines and pauses and pages persevere. Suppressed lips liberate censored wrongs. Write. Others will own and mirror what they will. Embracing the pain …

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The Point

I have many moments where I think, “what is the point”? It doesn’t matter what project I am working on, some days I wonder why I ever thought “it” was important or worth my time and energy. Today I finished a book called THE HELP. As I came closer and closer to the end of …

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Newly Wed

Benjamin and Breann Bowman June 19, 2010         Honeymoon! Friends had way too much fun lighting up sparklers, but they wished them well as they began their adventure together.     Mothers dance Sweet moment in the evening was hearing my son ask the crowd where his Mom was. I was watching. …

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June Gloom … NOT

    After breaking down in the heat of the Arizona sun… We arrived too late for an evening Newport swim, but the next day….we managed to recuperate and get ready for….   DISNEYLAND!!!!!! Was way too much fun! We closed the park down! Love Splash Mountain. And I am a survivor of Tower of …

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Engaged

Chances are, if you are in a committed relationship you are or were first engaged. I used to call it in gagged, as in unable to speak. What should be true is just the opposite. Un-gagged. The freedom and pleasure of having someone to speak with at any given moment for any given reason. I …

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Grad Night

I wasn’t prepared for the emotional impact I experienced on Friday. I was sitting in the stands watching my first born receive his BA from ASU and I was overwhelmed with pride. He pretty much did this all on his own. At times it was sheer determination as he overcame unexpected obstacles and triumphed. He …

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Chocolate Milk Diet

You know it’s going to be a good day when the first thing you read is that drinking chocolate milk three times a day is a great way to loose weight and stay healthy. I feel a real sense of responsibility to be a part of the survey. I will post my results as soon …

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June Groom

I Have told my children that I don’t think it is a good idea for me to produce their wedding pictures or video. It is one thing for someone else to boss them around, but your mother? So I found myself this week trying to do what all mothers do. Whatever the children ask. Someone …

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