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My sister-in-law has a lovely little home in a close-knit neighborhood. Everyone has come over to say hello and they’ve brought enough food to feed an army. One neighbor even cut the grass for her without asking or any fuss about it. That’s one of the nice things about living in a small town – [...]
Wow, we finally arrived after two longs day’s drive. Hubby did all the driving – I think he needed the driving to keep his mind and hands busy so he doesn’t dwell on the fact that we are going to his mother’s funeral. We got all the way to Shawnee, OK before we caved and [...]
When the phone rings really late at night it is never good news. I actually hate to even answer a phone that rings any time between midnight and 7:00 am. It’s going to be bad news, and sure enough around midnight we got a call that we didn’t want to get. My mother-in-law passed away [...]
There’s a commercial airing now that strikes close to home. It’s called “Stand Up To Cancer” and shows dozens of different TV and movie stars standing up solemnly where the narrator speaks the message. It brought back memories of my own fight against cancer and how much I owe my mother and stepfather for their [...]
Gosh, just when I thought everything had settled down with our pup and he’s on a nice routine taking his meds, today he had a seizure while lying at my feet at my desk. He makes no noise at all, he just goes into horrendous convulsions and looses control of his bodily functions. It is [...]