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In the Blink of an Eye — The Final Five Months 3

Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer … Romans 12:12 I suggested to Mom we might consider going to Illinois for Stacia’s graduation in early June. In typical Mom fashion, she thought of a 1,000 reasons why … Continue reading

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In the Blink of an Eye — The Final Five Months 2

Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer … Romans 12:12 I  know Mom appreciated everyone coming for Mother’s Day. “It really did me good,” she wrote, “kept my mind off things. Unfortunately when they left reality returned.” … Continue reading

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In the Blink of an Eye — The Final Five Months 1

Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer … Romans 12:12 We actually have to go back a little further than April 2008. Back in November, both Mom and I got sick … just colds. The problem was … Continue reading

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Try

The Five Minute Friday prompt word this week was TRY. And try as I may, I just couldn’t get the thoughts together … so I am going to piggyback off the prompt and just write …. for more than five … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday … Ten

One thing is certain, when the girls get together to come up with a prompt for Five Minute Friday, they give it a lot of thought … which means we have to give it a lot of thought. That’s what … Continue reading

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The Meltdown

I haven’t been around for awhile. Truth is, I didn’t want to be here. This father just had no more wisdom in his tank. I didn’t want to be here in upstate New York either. Truth is, I didn’t want … Continue reading

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On the Naughty List

“You’re gettin nuttin for Christmas Dr. Mary is mad. You’re gettin nuttin for Christmas Cause you’ve been nuttin but the bad.” That was Dr. Mary’s holiday greeting last week when I went for my follow-up visit. “What! Why?” I protested. … Continue reading

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Coming In and Catching Up

Bad me. I haven’t been in the mood for writing. It isn’t writer’s block, but I’ve been fighting a cold for a couple of weeks and it has taken me to the mat.  I’ve been pushing myself to get some … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Nothing

It’s Friday. You know what that means … Five Minute Friday. Lisa Jo (http://lisajobaker.com/2014/05/five-minute-friday-nothing/)always seems to come up with a prompt word to make you think. And even though the rules call for spontaneous five minute writing and see what … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday – Fight

It’s the first Friday in January. Do you know what that means? Five Minute Friday is back! Under Lisa Jo Baker’s direction (http://lisajobaker.com/), hundreds of bloggers rally around a themed word and, well, write for five minutes. No rules. No … Continue reading

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