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Tag Archives: birthday
May Fourth; A Month of Mom Celebrations
Today, my mother celebrates eighty seven years of life. The eighth of this month is Mother’s Day here in the U.S. and on the nineteenth, my parents will celebrate sixty-six years of married life. But right now, I want to … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, celebrate, family, happy birthday, honoring a life, memories, Mother
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January Twenty First; On This Your Day My Son
Happy birthday my son, my rock. When I think back, I had pretty much decided that I would never know the feeling of having someone call me mom. I would never feel a small hand holding mine, never get those … Continue reading
Posted in animals, encouragement, family, inspiration, life's journey, memories, Uncategorized
Tagged birthday, celebrate, family, growth, journey, life, proud, son
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August Thirty-first; Month In Retrospect
Good-bye August. How in the world, has this year sped by us so quickly? How, can today be the last day of August? The child in me doesn’t want to say good-bye to August and to summer. I love the … Continue reading
Posted in animals, dogs, education, encouragement, faith, family, inspiration, life's journey, memories, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, August, birthday, camping, gifts, hurricane, Jeep, Louisiana, prayers, Smokey Mountain Jeep Invasion, time passing quickly, trip, vacation
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Day 231; Footnotes of Simple Pleasures
It was that close. My son introduced me to a friend of his who is the wife of a man who once worked with him. They are members of the Jeep group that I joined and were the first friends … Continue reading
Posted in animals, dogs, encouragement, faith, family, Imagine, inspiration, life's journey, Uncategorized
Tagged baby yoda, birthday, blessings, content, fear, friends, friends who are family, gift, peace, storm, thunder
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August Seventeenth; In This Month of My Birth, If I Could Request a Gift
I would request, work. Back when I worked, I stayed busy. Working on a manufacturing floor, there was always something that needed to be done. From setting up, to changing, to what ever, it was constant motion. Days off work … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, alligator, birthday, busy, coompassion, escape, freedom, homeless, hours, hungry, Jesus, needed, needs, risks, see, unemployed, work
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August Second; If I Could Request the Gift of..
I want to understand. I do. It seems that we are living in a time of great and easy availability of information, but there is still so little understanding. I won’t claim to understand everything going on around the world, … Continue reading
Posted in education, encouragement, faith, family, growth, inspiration, life's journey, Uncategorized
Tagged anger, birth month, birthday, defund, disturbances, first responder, gift, gift request, hate, social concerns, the strongest is love, understanding
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August First; Essential verses the Nonessential Gifts
And let the month begin. I remember as a youth, always anticipating the arrival of August, my birthday was almost here. Another year celebrated, another year closer to being grown. There were no big elaborate parties, no celebrations in fancy … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, celebration, essential, gifts, material, material things, nonessential, presents, year
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Day 212, The Real 212; Footnotes of the Good and the good and the good..
Even with disappointing days, good things can come. First, my son didn’t feed the not so stray cats this morning. When I went to feed them they came running. The kittens were so hungry they ignored my petting them. Before … Continue reading
Posted in Cats and Kittens, encouragement, faith, family, inspiration, life's journey, Uncategorized
Tagged birthday, blog, bloggers, conversation, donations, help, IRS, taxes, upgrades
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July Twenty-seventh, Happy Another Trip Around the Sun Dad
Happy one more time around the sun dad. Ninety-two years old, did you ever think you would see this day? Happy birthday dad, yes, it is time for my annual thank you, even though I do try to show you … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, celebration, family, father, lessons, love, memories, respect
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Day 206; Footnotes of One of the Better Changes
I was sitting here watching the kittens playing in the backyard. They were having a wonderful time playing, wrestling, attacking each other and plants. Both mother cats were close by. Then something caught my attention. The sound of an owl … Continue reading
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Tagged adaption, altered, birthday, changes, different, lessons, Olympics, race
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