Tag: family
group name: slicesoflife
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April 21, 2006 06:54 PM EDT --
I Wonder
Another sleepless night has fallen upon my restless soul. I listen to the rumbling of distant thunder amidst the silence I sit in. I wait for my mesmeric Anna to come home at her 2am curfew . . .
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August 22, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
Amidst all the challenges that we have faced these past few months there has come a beautiful gift. A few weeks ago my son called and asked if I was sitting down. He then gave me the news that I have a . . .
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July 27, 2006 03:56 PM EDT --
You don't show the world the real you. . . .
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February 07, 2007 01:21 PM EST --
I would like to recommend two excellent articles. I just read both of these this morning and feel that they speak to many women. Please take the time to read these two articles and several . . .
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June 26, 2008 01:42 AM EDT --
It was not until my mid 30's that I discovered I could cook. There were a few dishes that I would prepare, recipes that had come to me from my father, but I'd had enough disastrous experiences . . .
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February 12, 2007 03:16 AM EST --
The door slammed open; a door-stop bent and still vibrating, open. "It's gone, it's gone!" screamed Trevor with dilated eyes, outstretched, shaking hands and anxious . . .
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January 02, 2007 11:05 PM EST --
Today we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. I got married in Las Vegas on January 2, 1982. We chose the Candlelight Wedding Chapel and a non-denominational minister. When our turn . . .
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April 08, 2007 04:14 PM EDT --
Recently someone asked me this question and quite frankly I'm not sure how to answer it. Why was anyone born where they were born? Of course, it's where your mother happened to . . .
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June 02, 2006 09:35 PM EDT --
It was Christmas 1977 and after midnight mass a young towhead girl runs excitedly towards the living room. She knows Santa has brought her wonderful gifts. What she didn't know was that . . .
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August 08, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
When I met my siblings in 1982, I learned that I had three brothers and two sisters. It was a wonderful reunion for them, but rather different for me, since I didn't remember any of them. I was the . . .
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September 06, 2006 02:46 PM EDT --
My favorite skirt ripped last night as my son, 11, helped me take the clothes off the twisted rope hanging across my backyard. It caught on the rough tin edge of the garden shed as I swung it from line . . .
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May 25, 2006 07:25 AM EDT --
Good Morning, Gather!
Good morning, Gather! It's now five am in North Alabama. Well, I'm sure in all of Alabama for that matter unless someone changed the rules on me during the last week. That . . .
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June 17, 2006 11:15 AM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
life is crazy.
my parents have a hobby farm. there is so much to do there that you could work all the time and never rest and still never be done. . . .
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June 25, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
Yesterday afternoon I called my son. I didn't get an answer and I didn't leave a message. I knew that I wasn't going to be home for him to call me back. He has caller ID, . . .
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October 18, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Something within my gut recoils as I hear the flippant response . . . again. My words, thoughts, ideas are dismissed as a husband no longer consultsthe once esteemed mental checklist of "verbal offenses." . . .
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October 31, 2009 01:40 AM EDT --
It is a simple recipe, hand written on a recipe card that has browned with age. Titled “Oatmeal Cookies” from Grandma Conner, it contains the promise of memories from a childhood lived a lifetime . . .
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April 28, 2006 08:33 PM EDT --
Thank You Gather Friends
Last night I had one of those overpowering dreams that haunts you through out your day. I dreamed that I was still married to my second husband. During the dream he had gone . . .
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June 13, 2006 12:26 AM EDT --
When I was growing up, my father and I didn't see eye to eye. Maybe it was because of my distrust for men. Maybe it was because, even at a tender age, I didn't want to be controlled by anyone and . . .
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June 25, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
rarely do we play on the road-side of our house. we're always by the lake. of course! who wouldn't choose to be by water? still, lillie wants to ride her bike on the road sometimes. her bike is . . .
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October 01, 2006 07:52 PM EDT --
earlier this week, the *cutest* little kitty showed up at our house. after feeding and watering him (he was so hungry) and watching him for a few days to make sure he didn't have a home, we took . . .
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