It’s all about me
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It took me 16 blogs to come full circle. I began with my name and a play on words, Mary Frances = Mary Fran Says. Last week I wrote about my word nerdiness and today I’m writing about my name. (I have many a Mary story to share, this is merely an introduction!) MARY Mar·y /ˈmɛəri/…
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I attended 8 elementary schools. Eight. I began my public education at Summerdale. I have two significant memories of that school. First is being carted around the playground in a wagon. I started school with a cast on my leg. I caught my foot in the spokes of a bicycle. (I still have the scar.)…
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I have friends. You have friends. Everybody has friends. But I must be doing something right because I have the best friends. Not to discount my ‘newer’ friends, but having had several reunions of sorts lately with people I’ve known since junior high, high school and my first time at NIU—going back almost 35 years!—I…
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Wednesdays have been my husband’s day off of work for the last twenty years. It is our weekend. We stay up late on Tuesdays and sleep in on Wednesdays. We walk the dogs, hang out, buy a paper, eat lunch, go to a matinee, or stay home. The staying home part has earned the designation…
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I was at a meeting a few weeks back and the city of Freeport was mentioned. I said I’d only ever been to Freeport once—for a Beauty Pageant Birthday Party. Well, that got everyone’s attention and the conversation briefly turned. Briefly because I promised I’d blog about it. (You really need the pictures!) I met…
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I am a benefit-of-the-doubter. I justify certain behaviors by making excuses for the potential offenders. My initial reaction when I get cut off in traffic is usually to swear. But then I think, Gosh, I hope he gets his laboring wife to the hospital in time. New fathers get the benefit of my doubt. My…
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Most of the people in my life know that I collect Mary songs. With all the changes in the musical media over the past two decades since I began collecting, I have lost many a cassette, album, cd and iTunes file, but trust me when I say; I have easily discovered over 500 songs with my name…
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I love Mondays. I made the Monday discovery a long time ago. The kids went back to school after notoriously busy weekends filled with practices, projects, parties and away games. Dave began his work week. And I had the house to myself. I’d recuperate from the mayhem at an indulgent pace—things would get done, when…
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