Holidaze
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Twenty-seven years ago August 2, I married the guy that knocked me up. I wasn’t going to. When I told him I was pregnant, while we sat on the picnic benches at Aldeen Park, a place we’d hung out many a time, he immediately dropped to one knee and proposed. I said no. I thought
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The Wedding It was a blast. And in the good way– as in da bomb, not ka-boom. My daughter and her husband (insert smiley emoticon here) know how to throw a party! You know I had very little to do with the planning. In a way, I think that made it all the better! Hopefully
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Well folks, it’s been 26 weeks since I A is for Accepted the In Print ABC Blog Challenge. Half a year has passed! Who believes? And here we are at the End of the Alphabet… the letter Z, which is, according to my phonetic logic, unnecessary but kind of cool. In the 6 months’ time
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It’s V week! With lots of graduations going on—makes me think of the word Valedictorian! V is for Valedictorian? It could be, but really, what would I know about that? With lots of graduations going on—also makes me think of Vacation! Vacation all I ever wanted! Vacation had to get away! Summer vacation is upon
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Tomorrow is a big day. The first of anything is always exciting. The first kiss, the first snow, the first chip from a freshly opened bag of Doritos. The first of the year is no different—even though we get one every year. Even though, when you think about it, we get one every day. Every
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I feel like Frosty the Snowman when he first comes to life and shouts, “Happy Birthday!” A bit overwhelmed and quite discombobulated. It’s been a long holiday season—and it isn’t over yet… I couldn’t tell you the day of the week. I don’t know if the clothes in the basket are clean or dirty. I
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I look forward to opening a Christmas card that includes a yearlong family update. I know a lot of people think Christmas letters are stupid, filled with enhanced positivity, but so what? You don’t really want your friends or family members to send bad news, do you? You can joke about how perfect Cousin Jane’s
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Most of us just celebrated Thanksgiving. Tables laden with an abundance of food surrounded by friends and family. Mostly family, right? Because it’s a family holiday. When we go around the table to say what we are thankful for, most folks say family… and food. It’s not that I’m not thankful for family and food!
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It is officially that time of year when I begin thinking in “and thens.” Yesterday was my son’s birthday (24, who believes?) and then there’s Thanksgiving (times two), and then there’s my daughter’s birthday (26, holy shit), and then there’re cookie parties and meetings and then there’s Christmas, of course, and then there’s New Year’s…
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