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Throwback Thursday
Happy Anniversary to my mother and father. If they were alive, they would be celebrating their 46th Anniversary. Not a day passes where I don’t think about them and miss their presence in my life. I look at my children and am saddened by the knowledge that they have grown-up without my parents in their…
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Throw Back Thursday: October 1996
We take our children to Disney World for their tenth birthdays. My youngest turned ten in December, so we went to Disney for Christmas. Overall, we had a lovely time. I enjoy spending time with my family and hope they feel the same way about me. I will say that I will never go…
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Jo Ann’s Gems: Unsolicited Advice
You do you and don’t worry about what other people have or are doing. (This is a jealously thing, not a distress thing – if a person is in distress or breaking the law, call for help).
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Girl’s Weekend In NYC
Four women – lifelong friends since college – have been going on the same trip for many years. They would take a long weekend in New York City where they would visit museums, catch a Broadway show, eat at fancy restaurants and do a little shopping. It was their one constant in life, through marriages,…
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Throwback Thursday: Calico, CA
With the cold temperatures here in the Northeast, I started getting nostalgic for days gone by when I was first married and living in California. In August of 1998, my mother flew out for a visit, and we (OK I hate driving; it was Mark doing the driving and Mom and I did the riding)…