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Love Your Family

Love Your Family

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Love Your Family Spend time, be kind and serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised and today is short. –Unknown Love your family and in order to do that, you have to make time for your family.  I think this quote really sums it...
She’s My Sister

She’s My Sister

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We celebrated my sister’s life this past weekend and I felt a need to do another post about her.  Not one filled with the sadness of missing her, but one filled with the joy and fun of knowing her.  She’s my sister, always. Sis was a smart woman....
My Sister Is Dying

My Sister Is Dying

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My sister is dying.  These are the words I’ve been trying to hold back in my mind.  I’ve been using ‘not doing well’ and ‘not getting any better’ instead.  That way, there was still some hope.  But...
That Elusive Memory

That Elusive Memory

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As Baby Boomers, I’m sure we all have elusive memories.  That something that we just can’t quite remember.  But I have a memory that’s been elusive since I was 7 years old.  I don’t remember an entire weekend, I’ve blotted...
Sisters

Sisters

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Both of my sisters are much older than I am.  One was already married and had her own daughter by the time I was born.  There is a twenty year age difference between us (almost to the day.)  She is also the one that I’m most like.  My other...

The Aging of Us

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I’m the youngest of five with a span of twenty years between oldest and youngest.  Never has that age difference been felt more than this past week. I want to give you some background, my oldest sister is 74 and lives an hour away.  The next sister is...
Driving With My Mother

Driving With My Mother

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When Dad was alive, he and Mom would take long drives through northwest Connecticut, into Massachusetts and Vermont.  One spring, I needed to drive to Massachusetts to pick up a friend who was hiking part of the Appalachian Trail.  Mom invited herself along...

What I Miss on 4th of July

Family

I hate to say it, but 4th of July is turning into just another day off for me.  Slowly, it’s becoming a day that reminds me of what I miss on 4th of July. I miss having my own a backyard….the condo I live in has a shared yard. I miss the cookouts. I...