Tag Archives: life

2026: The Winter of our Discontent

I woke up to 16℉ this morning when I got out of bed. There’s something fundamentally wrong with not waking up to a light warm breeze flowing through your open window, maybe blowing off the ocean. I remember Saturday mornings … Continue reading

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2026: Getting to Know You!

           It’s the first Sunday in the year 2026 and I wanted to try something different. I’d love some interaction on my blog. I keep telling you what I’m doing. I want to know what you are doing! Do you … Continue reading

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2025: Christmas Lights and The One

This is the last blog of the year. Next week will be 2026 and what a year it has been. I hope to involve more of you in the blogging next year and we can discuss what we’ve been doing. … Continue reading

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2025: Pre Christmas Thoughts

Today is the first day of winter, the shortest day of the year. It was also my mother’s birthday, so memories come flooding in. We are just a few days until Christmas and all that it entails in our lives. … Continue reading

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2025: The Beginning of the Christmas Season

It is Sunday once again and I was unprepared with a blog topic. But it is Christmas, time for family, warmth, and reflection. How has the year gone and how can we make it better?             My family is close, … Continue reading

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2025: Surgeries and Thanksgiving Holidays

I normally blog on Sunday morning and I hope you read them as you surf the net. Some are more interesting than others, but I try to produce topics that appeal to people. The last few weeks were written in … Continue reading

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2025: A Moving Example

My neighbors are moving. The neighbor across the street moved out of state last week leaving an empty house. My husband lent him a dolly to help him move his bigger things. Now the neighbor to the south of him … Continue reading

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2025: Pain and Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy hurts—sometimes. But it helps—all the time. I have had chronic back issues since before my first back surgery in 2005. I’ve had three and hope I’m not looking at number four in the near future. I’ve been going … Continue reading

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2025: Fifty-three Years and Counting

My husband and I have been married 53 years this week. We met in high school, married young, had our children young, and then stopped having children at a young age. By twenty-five we had two children and a mortgage … Continue reading

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2025: Happy Mother’s Day

I became a mother at barely 20 years old. It was not in the plans. But it was in the cards. And I played them. And I loved them. College could wait. I eventually got back to that goal. Marrying … Continue reading

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