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Camping with my Dad

My earliest memories of camping was a fishing trip that my friend and I went on with my Dad. We were about 6 years old and oh so excited. I had watched my brother get to go with his friends for years and now it was my turn. We helped my Dad pack up our […]

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Travel through Time

Have you ever noticed how your perception of the same thing differs greatly from when you were a child verses now as an adult? This was brought to my attention lately when my brother came to visit. He arrived by the train. He was telling me the size of the roomette sleeper room and I […]

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Timeless childhood memories

What things do you remember from when you were young or what things will bring those memories back to the front of your brain. I think it is funny how a word or experience can bring those memories back. I was working on the computer one Friday when the lights flashed several times and then […]

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Romancing the Past

You know I remember when I lived in a dorm and did all the things you normally do in a dorm such as study with music and noise all around. Not too long ago I was at a small university with a friend and I said I thought it would be fun to go back […]

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Mother’s Day 2016

This past Sunday was Mother’s Day and everywhere I looked I saw Mom. I went to get a skirt out of the closet and there was her handiwork. She had run two rows of elastic in the waist to make it smaller. The way she did it made it look like it had originally come […]

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Snowbound at Home

  I know we all (or most of us) are hoping that we have had our snow for the season. It can be quite a challenge to keep everyone occupied when cooped up in the house. What things do you remember doing when you couldn’t leave the house? I remember playing board games, cards, and […]

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Practice Makes Perfect

  Good lesson learned, “parents should quit doing their children’s work” Now that fair season is upon us and people are vying for the Blue Ribbon I begin to think about my entry when I was a Girl Scout. My Mom was my Girl Scout leader so she could never make it seem like she showed […]

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Learning to Drive

    There are a lot of moments in our lives that become memorable moments. For me, one of those moments was learning to drive a car. From an early age I would sit beside my Dad and he would tell me what everything was. I was reading the odometer mileage before I was doing […]

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Springtime Memories with Mom

  Spring was a time that was highly anticipated by both Mom and Me. We enjoyed going to the local park each week walking thru the gardens and seeing all the different colors of spring. The sky would be full of colorful kites of all kinds. Somehow I was never able to get mine to […]

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Mother’s Day

Today is a wonderful day that we reserve for our Mother’s. Mom’s do so much for us and give up more than we can ever imagine just to make sure that we get a good start in life. I thank my Mom for all that she gave me and gave up for me: a world filled with […]

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