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This week's theme: The Family


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My grandmother died Saturday. My dad’s mom. She would have been 90 next Friday. We weren’t close. She wasn’t even a part of my life until I 18, after Mom & Dad got remarried. Until then, I hadn’t even met her, since they’d divorced before I was three. Even after, I rarely had any real contact with her. To say I am conflicted over this would be ( Read more... )

This week's theme: Children


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Last fall, I posted an entry titled Wallowing in Gratitude. It was well before Thanksgiving, but this year I decided to hold off and post it now. Once, again, I have so very much to be thankful for. I am truely blessed. Following is just a small sampling of those thing that have come to mind this afternoon...

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I spent much of Sunday in Cave City, Kentucky, at my cousin, Katie's, for her daughter, Amanda's, 4th birthday(after getting around 4 hrs of lseep b/c of the S&P show the night before). Katie runs a daycare, so there was an abundance of little ones at the party.  I spent much of the afternoon holding Max, who wasn't sure what to make of all these ( Read more... )

As you know, I have posted many pics of Max in the last 11 months(yes, he will be a year old one month from yesterday). However, I don't see my brother, Kenneth, and his girls as often, so there are not as many photos of them in my albums. Right after I got this newest camera, Mom and I were at Walmart and she saw a photo frame with three slots in ( Read more... )

Today, Aunt Nancy celebrated her 69th birthday with an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins.

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Tonight Margaret and Nathan had a "coupley" thing to go to, so Li'l Max went to church with Gramma and Uncle Gary tonight. Almost as cute as his uncle, huh? =0) He turned nine weeks old Friday.

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