Tag: remembrance
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May 07, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
I don't have the luxury that some do. My mommy memories are just that. Memories of a woman I called "Mommy." I never grew to "Mom" or the wonderfully patient . . . more
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September 11, 2008 10:53 AM EDT --
white stones planted in laid . . . more
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July 26, 2007 05:33 PM EDT --
I'm not sure if it was 1985 or 1986, but I was in California in June or maybe July somewhere south, or maybe east, of San Francisco totally lost and really low on gas. I was driving a rental, . . . more
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October 30, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Remember the Andrews Sisters? I'm sure some of you do. Patty, Maxine and Laverne were one of the most popular female singing groups of the 40s.
Some of their songs were the earliest . . . more
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May 28, 2007 01:46 PM EDT --
Today I remember Lt. Tom Kelly who dies in Viet Nam. He was a special young man and I know his family is celebrating the life he had as they too remember him of this Memorial Day.
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October 29, 2007 09:33 AM EDT --
This was given to me by a friend in the flat track motorcycle racing family. I thought is well worth sharing with my Gather family.
“To Remember Me”
The day will come . . . more
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June 15, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
My mother died when I was eight. When Daddy came to tell me, I suffered a horror I never expected: I watched a grown man cry. It was more heart-breaking and frightening to experience . . . more
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September 10, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
I remember the day as if it was yesterday. I woke up, got dressed and went to work at the group home where I was a Case Manager for abused and neglected children.
By the time I got there, they . . . more
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September 11, 2006 11:14 PM EDT --
In remembrance of 9/11, here's a word/phrase association for the events on that fateful day.
I'll start...
Missing you
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October 21, 2006 12:45 PM EDT --
Shoulders slouched, feet firmly planted, sunglasses shielding his swollen eyes, he gazed upon her with wonder. Who was this boisterous blonde? He knew she favored soy lattes, channeled . . . more
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January 07, 2007 12:26 AM EST --
I fell into your ocean blue;
We merged with earth and sky,
blanketed by the sun
when the wind took its toll;
Cradled by the forest green,
we bathed in clear running streams
and danced alone
in our . . . more
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November 11, 2007 11:34 AM EST --
Today is Remembrance Day. I can't get over how important this day has become now because of the war.
When I was a kid I remember how special this day made me feel...I can still remember the . . . more
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April 03, 2008 05:38 PM EDT --
A wonderful family lost a husband and father, a son & nephew, a brother and a friend, lots of famililes lost a great friend and the Army lost an amazing soldier. Today I make it a point every . . . more
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May 05, 2008 05:30 PM EDT --
It was the lucky ones,
They said,
The lucky ones whose lives
Went up in smoke
Who did not have to face
the horror everyday
Cold snow, cold eyes
Broken bodies
Blasted minds . . . more
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April 14, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
I loved his writing:
The Tralfamadorians assert that there are no less than seven sexes on planet earth, all but two invisible to humans, and they try to explain to Billy why some are necessary . . . more
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July 03, 2008 02:04 AM EDT --
Once the day is over, just before the fireworks, check out your flag. If it is too tattered to fly with dignity, here is a quick but moving way to retire her, as described in The Firelight Honor.
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October 21, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
Hello fellow Gatherers,
I have been asked to speak at numerous functions since Brent's death. Below is what I have chosen, when asked, to speak about. I try to stay away from the politics . . . more
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November 08, 2007 09:11 AM EST --
A salute to all the veterans of all the wars .
May our children and grandchildren continue to remember the sacrifices that have been made for us to enjoy the freedoms we have today .
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January 27, 2008 05:33 PM EST --
It Happened ToDay
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 1945 - Soviet troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz . . . more
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October 08, 2006 02:15 PM EDT --
Decrepit , aged body painted yellow
Static, colorless TV her only company
Tar stained curtains drawn a putrid brown
A bouquet of reticent buds and festering bugs
Blossom and stir faint memories
Of . . . more
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