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This Is Us
Finally watched the final show in the sixth and final season of This Is Us last night; I rank this series up there with the series, LOST, in terms of cinematography, acting, and story line. Excellent stuff! One of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged addiction, alcoholism, body image, cancer, death, dementia, discouragement, disillusionment, divorce, Family, Forgiveness, grandparents, LOST, love, Pittsburgh, racism, sex, sibling rivalry, This Is Us
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The State of the Onion Message
Two nights ago President Obama presented the annual State of the Union message. To say that it “made history” is an understatement! Whether or not you agreed with all the President had to say, or whether you think our country … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 2015, benefits, better days, citizens, Family, flourish, Jim Carrey, Nation, onionskin, peel, personal, President Obama, public policy, State of the Union, The Grinch, unruly
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Sunday Morning Musings (45 minutes at Dunkin’ Donuts)
Watching people eating, interacting, working . . . with George Strait singing in the background. Cars arrive at the drive thru, people place their orders of sugar and/or caffeine then drive away. A constant stream of humanity. A father negotiates … Continue reading →
Posted in Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged beauty, cleansing, Dunkin Donuts, embrace, Family, flowers, George Strait, humanity, Indian accent, iPhone, Life, people, prejudice, rain, soccer, springtime, story, tattooed, the grace of God, yellow pollen
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Hitting Hard
On Wednesday of this week the traffic on the way to work was unusually heavy, and the pouring rain made it an even greater challenge to navigate. As I crept along in the seemingly endless slow moving stream of cars … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Nursing Homes, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged accident, Alzheimer's, amazing star, appreciation, Bedouin, bleeding on the brain, change, Christmas, clarity, dead teeth, dementia, dentist, falling, Family, friends, give of ourselves, hard hit, ice, irreparable, Jesus, life events, murder of infants, pause, rain, refocus, routine, sacrifice, Salvation Army, shepherds, slipping, trauma, value, wise men
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Thanksgiving
Three weeks from this Thursday families across this country will celebrate a day that Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863. Prior to that there is evidence that some form of it had been celebrated by various colonies (and later by … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1621, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Alan Jackson, aunts, children, Family, Garrison Keillor, Gettysburg, grandparents, it takes a village, Kermit the Frog, love, Massachusetts, mother, niece, parents, pets, Plymouth, roots, seasons, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, togetherness, tryptophan, uncles, unifying, Wampanoag, Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)
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The Perfect Day
I might be wrong about this, but . . . today may have been “the perfect day.” My wife got up early (for a Saturday) and drove off with a good friend at 7:22 AM, headed for a day of … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged Dunkin Donuts, errands, Fall, Family, gifts, grande salted caramel frappuccino, hard work, leisure, love, mowing, perfect day, Red Bank TN, Saturday, Starbucks, tasks, The Perfect Storm, The Wonder Years
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Nothing To Write Home About
In the collective memory of each and every family there are words and phrases that are so commonplace, so absolutely predictable that they become home to family members just as much as the family house or a favorite family recipe. … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged aware, dreams, email, failures, Family, garden, grandchildren, home, house recipe, letters, little things, memory, phrases, planting, reading, sensational, sequel, sharing, successes, unremarkable, value, words, writing
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First Christmas
My first Christmas was in 1953. But I don’t remember it at all. I was just a few weeks out of the incubator at the hospital in Chattanooga (having been 4 to 7 weeks premature, and just over 4 lbs … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized, World War II
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Tagged Christmas, death, Family, first, gifts, memory, Merrythought toys, mother, ornaments, presents, teddy bear, toys
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Unfinished Tasks
My oldest daughter was going through Christmas cards yesterday, sorting through some of her late grandmother’s unused cards to use as her own this season. We had given these cards to her as we cleaned out mother’s apartment in late … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Nursing Homes, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged blessings, cards, Christmas, death, Family, final words, joy, loving words, mother, season, smiles, tasks, unfinished
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30 Years Ago
It was thirty years ago next month that my friends and I ran in the Marine Corps Marathon is Washington, DC. It was a beautiful, cool morning, with crystal clear skies as we embarked on the 26.2 mile treck around … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged aging, death, Family, friends, funeral, marathon, memories, old age, running
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The Lost Story 