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Downgrading

Typically in life, you upgrade… newer car… bigger house… you know… “the American dream.” When you’re a widow… not only are so many dreams crushed-gone… over… D E A D– you also have to deal with the reality that there … Continue reading

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Planting the Christmas trees

I know… it’s April… I should have planted them much earlier, but honestly, I didn’t think they’d live… I didn’t believe they would live through winter with me as their caregiver.  But sure enough this spring they were showing new … Continue reading

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Sometimes things happen and you just have to take them as a sign

Yesterday, kiddo was playing upstairs and he came downstairs with a necklace and insisted that I put it on.  I don’t wear jewelry that often other- usually just my ring.  It’s not normal that kiddo brings me jewelry and insists … Continue reading

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Looking back- September 17, 2005

John and I were simple people.  No need for a big fancy wedding.  We had one bridesmaid and one groom- Wendy & James O’Rourke.  They were the people who had set us up on way back on August 30, 1997.  … Continue reading

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