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Tag Archives: memories
I Was Once a Thief
I was once a thief, deliberate, conniving, and unrepentant. Sort of. I got twenty-five cents for a weekly allowance, and it was the good old days when that kind of coin really meant something. Well, . . . not really. … Continue reading
Posted in a little bit about that, Christian, Faith, Family, Humor, love, memories, Non-fiction, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged childhood memories, Christian, faith, family, humor, memories, nostalgia, thoughts
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It may have been a mistake . . .
It may have been a mistake to try to start the big project of cleaning out my craft / sewing room today. I went through several boxes and was having a hard time as it was wanting to throw away … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Family, memories, Writing
Tagged family, family history, mementoes, memories, remembering, sorting out, writing
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We Wait
It’s a tentative touch—a toddler stretch—to make connection to one whose cells are giving up one by one, and we wait as toddlers touch. It is the way of things, I guess, this living and dying. She is young and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, memories, Photography, Poetry
Tagged family, grandchildren, grandkids, great grandma, hospice care, memories, mother-in-law, photography
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Angel in the Rough
She was an angel, I think, if angels can be plain, rough, and all crisp around the edges, dressed in hygienic blue. I had read all the La Leche books; and so as it pertained to breastfeeding, I was good … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, creative writing, Faith, memories, Non-fiction, nostalgia, Photography, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged angels, breastfeeding, Christian, creative writing, death, faith, loss, memories, non-fiction, nostalgia, nursing, photography, thoughts, writing
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A World in My Bedroom
Posted in Family, memories, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged family, memories, photography
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Ghosts in the Laundry
A storm came in the night—bright jagged lightning with thunder rumbling and crashing in response. I hugged the covers closer. Moist air gusted through my open window. It appeared in a single electric moment—a headless apparition floating by my bedroom … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, memories, nostalgia, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged hanging laundry, home, humor, laundry, memories, nostalgia, photography, washer, wringers
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Just in case you didn’t believe my chicken story . . .
Here is proof positive. See the love. This is before they grow up to be idiots and before my vandalism escapade. Gotta love the wardrobe, right. I was stylin’. Cool chick. Pun intended. 🙂
Posted in Family, Humor, Photography
Tagged chickens, childhood memories, family, home, memories, nostalgia, photography
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I Only Went in for Dogfood
And I really did not buy these beauties, but I strongly considered it! Aren’t they cute? They took me down memory lane. My mom used to get hundred’s of wee chicks like this at a time and raise then from … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Humor, memories, nostalgia, Photography, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged chickens, childhood memories, family, memories, nostalgia, photography, thoughts, writing
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A Year in Review: Only 12 Pictures–Impossible!
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The Real Fly By . . . Endeavor!
Though my hummers were not impressed, the school children certainly were. I thought I had missed my chance to see Endeavor’s last piggy back flight, but it had been delayed one hour. So all I had was my point and shoot Kodak. … Continue reading
Posted in memories, nostalgia, Photography, Thoughts
Tagged Endeavor, memories, photography, school, space shuttle, thoughts
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