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May 18, 2009 12:03 AM EDT --
There is no generation gap
In our home.
There is laughter, tradition,
A foundation of hope,
And love . . . always love.
The babes and the elders beam brightest in the presence of one another, . . .
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April 27, 2009 11:36 PM EDT --
Just a few thoughts as I say goodbye . . .
I loved your Deep South accent, the way you said, "Lord!" or "Honey!" You were Alabama.
Do you remember making washtubs . . .
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April 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT --
Cocooned, protected, nurtured, blessed;
Hidden under wings, gloriously warmed until winter has passed and I am
Warmed with the sun on my face,
Comforted by the warm, gentle wind,
. . .
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April 14, 2009 01:00 AM EDT --
It has been a while since I have posted, but boy have we been busy! I will try to catch up with a bunch of unrelated events, all blessings in the end.
My mother-in-law is in recovery from open . . .
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April 14, 2009 12:07 AM EDT --
What is the number one thing that puts you in a good mood? GRANDCHILDREN
What is your biggest pet peeve? INCONSISTENT BEHAVIOR
What foods put you in a good mood? FRUIT
Who in your life . . .
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March 15, 2009 12:17 AM EDT --
THE TWINS ARE FINALLY HERE!! ISAAC COLEMAN (COLE) IS 4 POUNDS 5 OUNCES AND 18 INCHES. CHRISTIAN BLAKE IS 7 POUNDS 2 OUNCES AND 21 INCHES.
BLAKE SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS IN NICU, BUT . . .
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March 03, 2009 12:30 AM EST --
Does every mother's heart leap when her son, full grown, walks into the room?
Does she stop and stare and think, "That's my big, beautiful boy?"
And does every mother's . . .
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February 25, 2009 12:14 AM EST --
The first thing I did this morning was: smile at my grandson
My strength is: Faithfulness
My weakness is: Wanting to control my grown children's lives
I feel . . .
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February 16, 2009 09:18 AM EST --
Let me take you on a journey away from your pain
To defy what should not own you.
Close your eyes, now listen.
A baby giggles . . . squeals in delight.
Bask in the sound . . .
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February 07, 2009 02:41 AM EST --
Tracing paths with fingertips
Over familiar turns of you,
Tiny steps across your heart,
Now palm to cheek, askew,
Ah, With lashes low, I breath you in.
Reward, a smile, . . .
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January 17, 2009 09:57 PM EST --
I am boxing up several hundred paperback novels to take to goodwill . . . ones I shouldn't have probably read in the first place (lol-but it is a weakness of mine). I have a lot of novels by . . .
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January 17, 2009 12:52 AM EST --
My daughter-in-law and son, as many of you know, are expecting twins on April 2nd. Lindsay is having some serious complications with her pregnacy. Although Blake and Cole are fraternal, her . . .
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January 13, 2009 02:23 AM EST --
Why, if I believe in something more
Would it anger you?
Why if I teach my young to believe
And hold fast, and not be deceived
Do you rage so violently?
I love you.
I do not force what . . .
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January 13, 2009 02:12 AM EST --
Crystal beauty, a clarity and strength, formed in only three journeys about our daily light,
And you, together, forged a bond, a covering, a protection from the gravest blight;
I see the . . .
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January 12, 2009 05:10 AM EST --
Sometimes we minister to the hearts of others. Sometimes we have not the strength. That was me today, but today, I was ministered to. Before, I was feeling lonely in a crowded . . .
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January 01, 2009 11:20 PM EST --
As the ebb and flow of tides will be,
Each morn and eve you change;
New discoveries add to a collection of memories
Some, with time, slip away;
Some, I . . .
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December 20, 2008 01:45 AM EST --
My son winterized his boat, but then the weather warmed a little and it got the better of him. He took it back out this week. My husband and I went along for a last ride with him, his fiancée, . . .
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December 20, 2008 12:58 AM EST --
I am officially a yellow belly. Was a day, once, when I thought nothing of hopping on the back of my husband's motorcyle (and yes, I said motorcycle, not Harley, so I guess I am not a real biker-babe). . . .
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December 19, 2008 11:44 PM EST --
I can hardly believe three months have passed. Already he has grown so much, and each day is somthing new. Ryan Michael, my sweet baby grandson has brought me such joy! I don't want . . .
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December 15, 2008 03:37 AM EST --
I have a big, bad watchdog in my backyard, but he is as gentle as a lamb with family. This is Sox, with my son and daughter-in-law (preggers with twins).
Sox is a one eyed . . .
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