Today is our daughter’s birthday. Every birthday, we are amazed and grateful for the fact that she is alive and well. When she was 16 months old, she had a seizure that lasted 90 minutes. 90 minutes that literally took her breath away. Because she was a chubby, seizing toddler, the medics at the military […]
BAR HOPPING
I’ve been on the lookout for a good protein bar. Apparently I don’t get enough protein. That can happen when you don’t eat cows, much chicken, most dairy, or anything else that tastes good. So about two months ago, I went to the health food store and asked the woman in the snack section which […]
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Best Valentine’s Day (and multipurpose) Card Ever
Are you looking at Valentine cards for a loved one this week? According to Hallmark, 141 million greeting cards are exchanged on February 14. Whoa. My husband and I have exchanged cards over the years, for various holidays, but for quite a while now, we’ve not been excited about the card options out there. They’re […]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE! (a limerick)
It’s birthday time for Joe! who usually goes with the flow He’s laid back and kind…a reflective mind He’s very happy to mow Joe has a wife and four boys For years, his house was all noise… …the boys are now grown, Joe’s house is his own He now enjoys his own toys… […]
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Allowing Laughter (in an ALF)
Recently, my husband came home from playing Bingo with my dad at the assisted living facility (ALF.) “That’s the funniest game of Bingo I’ve ever played in my life,” he chuckled as he handed me these… “Where’d you get these?” I asked. “They were prizes,” he said. “I won two games.” “A three-pack of Whoppers […]
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Making Butter!
As I write this, there is a small lizard watching me from the wall along the ceiling. It’s the third one I’ve found in the house this week. This current guy is scrawny and moving pretty slow. I hate to see them wither away in the house. They’re so much happier outside in the sunshine […]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA! (a limerick)
Happy Birthday, Laura! At Robert E. Peary we met We didn’t know anyone yet We shared the name Baker It was a bond-maker That, and our time with the Vet We both were new kids on the block who shared a locker and lock We grew to be buds, who surveyed the studs, […]
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BEYOND the EARTH SUIT
My maternal grandmother, whom we called G.G., died when she was 93. As a family of faith, we knew G.G. was at peace in her eternal home. However, many of G.G.’s great grand kids were elementary school age when she passed, and my brother Phil was concerned that his young children might be traumatized […]
