Tag: family
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July 25, 2007 02:25 PM EDT --
It's been one of those crazy months. I still have the two step-kids, the two ex-step kids and of course I'm still my aunt's guardian. We still have our three foster-to-adopt daughters. . . . more
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March 04, 2007 04:08 PM EST --
We had an incedent emerge this week in which we learned, accidentally, that our neighbors were part of a group of swinging couples and had their pictures plastered all over the internet. I had a variety . . . more
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January 11, 2008 05:10 PM EST --
Yesterday, my 12-year-old son woke up with half his face swollen and a toothache. Although he had mentioned a tooth bothering him earlier in the week, I pretty much didn't . . . more
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February 14, 2007 01:35 AM EST --
I'm hoping to move away from my home in the mountains. This may surprise some of you who saw my recent article, Five Things I Love About My Home. Though it's true I love my home and have enjoyed . . . more
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October 24, 2006 12:43 AM EDT --
I have depression. It catches me by surprise every four or five months. Usually I can kick it in a few days to one week. Occasionally, it lasts longer. Last year I had the most . . . more
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June 06, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
Those who know me (and through me, my family) may remember a photo essay I posted about Kacy, my 9-year-old daughter and her recent performance at a school talent show. It has been no great mystery . . . more
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August 22, 2007 08:42 PM EDT --
"Lay still! Don't move! the voice echoing up through the gully sent chills down my spine....
It was a typical hot summer day and myself and my two young children had been outside talking . . . more
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June 10, 2008 06:09 PM EDT --
Recently, Peter Wimsey posted a postcard with a reference to Halley's Comet . It reminded me of my Grandma Alice's mention of the same. So here is another "chapter" of Grandma Alice, . . . more
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April 07, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
I've been reading a science fiction book of short stories which included a short story written by H.G. Wells originally published in 1897. In it, he described a world in which everyone migrated to . . . more
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September 29, 2006 06:59 AM EDT --
It is a rainy fall morning here in the beautiful state of New Hampshire and the weather is fitting my mood. It has been the end of a long work week and I am looking forward to the weekend. . . . more
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April 07, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
Poetry Form: Lanterne
Dedicated to my angel, Gail
written on the day she was
diagnosed with terminal cancer
and who passed away in January 2006
. . . more
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March 28, 2007 06:36 PM EDT --
This is a plea for change. The change I ask for seems so simple, but it has eluded us for almost a decade now. I ask for this because I’ve reached the end of . . . more
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October 16, 2007 06:49 PM EDT --
Another story my Grandma Alice told me about her childhood. Enjoy. ~kate
In the early part of the 20th century, the Mack family lived on what was essentially a farm despite the fact that . . . more
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August 30, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
As my due date approached, I was both elated and exhausted. Elated because, after three miscarriages (and five years), I was finally going to have the baby I wanted so badly. Exhausted because I was the . . . more
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May 11, 2007 11:02 PM EDT --
I never really knew her.
We shared this planet for some twenty one years, but I never really got to know her.
The woman I called "Mom" was terribly unhappy, suffering from an illness . . . more
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September 01, 2007 10:59 AM EDT --
It was late September. I had just returned from vacation when the phone call came. A friend and I had visited Seattle, then flown to Juneau to catch an 11-day cruise back to Seattle, stopping all along . . . more
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September 01, 2007 10:01 PM EDT --
One of the hazards of doing genealogy work (aside from getting poison ivy at the cemetery or paper cuts at the library) is digging up the family skeleton. For me it's not a problem. It's those . . . more
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August 22, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
My parents essentially had two families. My brother Rick and my sister Kristi are eight and nine years older than me respecctively. My brother Roger is four years younger than me. It's funny . . . more
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June 05, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
Sometimes I'm embarrassed to tell people that I had a really nice childhood. I had great parents who stayed married until my mother's death when I was 25. We lived in a modest, but comfortably . . . more
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September 15, 2006 07:22 PM EDT --
Ten years have passed now since that night's events unfolded, yet they are burned in my mind like they happened yesterday.
It was a normal Thursday evening; I had just finished getting my . . . more
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