Dear Grandma
June 26th, 2010
Dear Grandma,
I can’t believe you are gone. I don’t know if you even realized how much of an influence you had over me, over all of us. There are so many things I want you to know before you really go. Though I no longer am sure that I believe in the [...]
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Time is a Bitch…and she’s HERE NOW
May 17th, 2010
My oldest kid is getting ready to graduate. There is so much to do that I’m getting buried and overwhelmed. I’ve started this monster thing by planning an open house for her. How am I supposed to feed dozens of people when I can’t even feed my family without major head-scratching? [...]
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In the Land of Women
January 17th, 2009
This was one of the perfect moments in life to watch this movie. Of course I don’t know what other perfect moments there will be in my own life for this story but in this particularly perfect moment there was #1 and I alone on the couch for the evening. This doesn’t happen often because [...]
Filed under Death, Love, Motherhood, Womanhood
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Something Truly of Myself
October 21st, 2006
Being a labor and delivery nurse brings with it some amazing and powerful experiences. I truly could and would like to write a book filled with stories and often wished I had written some things down as I’ve experienced them during the last 13 years. A song came on my ipod the other morning that [...]
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Kathie
August 13th, 2005
Tonight I was putting away some jewelry and saw a special piece of paper poking out of the bottom. I rarely take it out and look at it becuase I can’t read it without crying. Before I tell you about the paper, let me tell you about my Aunt Kathie. I met Aunt Kathie when [...]
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