As if the month of December 2009 wasn’t negative enough for our family, we spent the last days of the year with the stomach flu – all 6 of us. It’s just an interesting end to an interesting month, and I have to admit I am glad to see 2009 go. Hopefully, a year like […]
AH… 2009, where have you gone? Some really high points and some really low ones. Lets deal with the low and end on a high (not THAT kind). We lost Michael Jackson who was one of my favorite performers growing up and even throughout his wierdness was a genius. Aunt Carol is still hanging on
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It is now the 30th of December. 6 years ago my wife of almost 20 years died. Today is a day to remember all the good times. It is also a day to remember the bad times. That was what marriage was all about. There were good times and bad times. They all need to
it was an almost perfect Christmas. The day started with going to a movie with my grandchildren, their parents and my youngest daughter. The movie was not my first choice, but it did impress my grandchildren, and I was happy to be there. Then came dinner with my wife’s family, with all of my daughters
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I was thinking about our family’s 2009 holiday season, now come and almost gone already, and I was envisioning words to describe this wonderful season, despite the fact that this year ours was peppered with unpleasant familial dramatics. But about a week ago, I made what was a conscious decision to pull myself up from
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Since we are in the third day of the twelve, I would like to share with you my favorite song and video of the season. I think it was around last year, but it really got exposure this year. Since the good doctor made mention of the two songs here is Josh Groban singing Petit
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This year, the extended family gathering fell on the day after the big day when everyone could fit it into their schedule with their other festivities. Get us all together and it is bound to be a fun-filled event. The hilarity began when my brother dropped his plate of food on the floor on the
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I LOVE CHRISTMAS. I still look at the holiday with the wonder of a child. For the entire month of December, I still do believe in the magic of Jolly Ol’ St. Nick but still marvel at the wonder of the true meaning of the holiday. I even have my sister wrap my presnts and
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On Christmas my four daughters were together for the first time since my 3rd daughter got married. This is the first time my 3 married daughters and their husbands have been together. This is the first time I got to spend some time after Christmas with my youngest grandchildren. The first Christmas I got to
Sorry for the lack of posts. Time, stress, not feeling like posting- you know, the usual. Still nothing about my life at the moment, but here’s a cute video. Merry Christmas! Oh, I’ll start reading some blogs soon too…
