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Ants and Uncle
OK. So yesterday didn’t end up going exactly like I wanted. I had just returned to the office after a quick trip to the bank, and had just enough time to check emails and phone messages before heading to the … Continue reading →
Posted in Comedy, Stories
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Tagged ant bites, antihistamine, ants, diphenhydramine, fire ants, Kafka, lidocaine, overdose, say uncle
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Not Until You Say “Uncle”
It was just a phrase that children used to say in a wrestling match when one child would get the upper hand; the beaten child would have to say “uncle” in order to be released from the debilitating grasp of … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Fathers, Nursing Homes, Stories, Uncategorized, World War II
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Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 86, 92, acceptance, acquiescence, Alzheimer's, beside myself, British joke, character, concession, death, devastation, dilemma, dingy, disappointments, dreams, failures, faith, gloomy, grieving, higher power, loss, men of faith, RCA, say uncle, soap operas, submission, submit, surrender, The Lost Story, Uncle, undone, vanquished, without hope, wreckage, wrestling match
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The Lost Story 