a present landed in my lap
my kids gave me a book
called
for my mother
a keepsake of thanks
and memories of growing up
it's a fill in the blank book
the author calls it a...
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roe on 2008-01-01 23:46:52 Average Rating:  | Views: 168 | # Comments: 6 | Tags:
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blocked from my thoughts or writers block
I have had a heck of a time getting into thoughts.com
sometimes I am able to get in and sometimes I can't
there is no rhyme or reason
I just have to keep trying
I'm in now, but 5...
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roe on 2008-01-08 12:49:15 Average Rating:  | Views: 147 | # Comments: 7 | Tags:
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dogs, mans best friends
I was never a dog person,
yet ended up with two
and
much to my surprise,
I have grown quite fond of little Max and Molly
Another story.
Leaving our two poodles alone breaks...
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roe on 2008-01-08 12:54:44 Average Rating:  | Views: 180 | # Comments: 8 | Tags:
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give me a ring sometime, I feel like dancing
My family bought me an I pod phone for Christmas.
I never even owned an I pod
Totally new to this technology
I was very concerned about my sim card,
even though I have no idea how that...
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roe on 2008-01-19 21:39:18 Average Rating:  | Views: 157 | # Comments: 11 | Tags:
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time passes, just stay in the game
I like to proceed after saying I realize what I am experiencing today is only temporary,
not life threatening and I know it will pass,
I will somehow get over it
and not obsess about it...
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roe on 2008-01-20 14:24:38 Average Rating:  | Views: 166 | # Comments: 4 | Tags:
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Happy 18th Birthday Sam, Hope it's Good
Happy Birthday Letter to Sam
Have a good one!
Born Jan 24, 1990
Dearest Sammy,
You and I were in the hospital and the emergency room so many times during the long 9 months you were...
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roe on 2008-01-24 00:52:53 Average Rating:  | Views: 225 | # Comments: 2 | Tags:
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the key to aging gracefully
I think I know the key to aging gracefully
Don't think about it
Dwell on anything else instead
choose another focus
visualise yourself at your best
not that...
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roe on 2008-01-24 01:51:39 Average Rating:  | Views: 140 | # Comments: 7 | Tags:
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dont get involved in every drama your kids create
don't get involved in every drama your kids create
sometimes their lives are like soap operas
and when they resolve things
like all my children usually do
they'll...
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roe on 2008-01-24 02:11:34 Average Rating:  | Views: 137 | # Comments: 6 | Tags:
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Skinny Bitch is a great book
I'm reading a book called
Skinny Bitch
by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.
What makes this book different from all the
other
lose weight self help books
is what the...
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roe on 2008-01-24 22:26:52 Average Rating:  | Views: 123 | # Comments: 5 | Tags:
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the blizzard of 79 ...a winter wonderland
During Chicago's Blizzard of 79
I was working 2 jobs
because
I could not afford to live in a 4th floor walk up
on Rush and Oak Street
in the near north side
on a teaching salary....
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roe on 2008-01-26 23:49:28 Average Rating:  | Views: 172 | # Comments: 9 | Tags:
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Happy birthday JR, 20 years old, OMG
Dear J.R.
Jan 26,1988, 2 weeks after my due date, weighing a hefty 189 pounds I gave birth to you. People asked me if I had any cravings during the pregnancy, and the answer was no, because...
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roe on 2008-01-27 00:42:26 Average Rating:  | Views: 205 | # Comments: 8 | Tags:
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Never give up hope
I started to write about hope and then I came across this poem by Grace Noll Crowell
and I don't think I could say it any better.
Hope is the best present possible.
Helping a...
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roe on 2008-01-31 22:10:04 Average Rating:  | Views: 166 | # Comments: 6 | Tags:
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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in
Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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roe on 2008-01-31 22:32:21 Average Rating:  | Views: 129 | # Comments: 7 | Tags:
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Will we have a snow day tomorrow?
I just wrote a story about the blizzard of 79 a few days ago and
it looks like the snow has been falling without a break all afternoon and evening.
My husband just went...
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roe on 2008-01-31 23:41:22 Average Rating:  | Views: 224 | # Comments: 6 | Tags:
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