Tag Archives: family

SILENCE

Posted on January 21, 2018 by

(Note: This is fictitious. My experience only via peers) Poets are often out of balance When extolling the beauty of silence.             The quietness after the screaming child           The stillness … Continue reading →

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DADDY’S BOOTS

Posted on January 19, 2018 by

Whatever happened to daddy’s boots? Flannel shirts and Levis, or Western suits. Justin boots and Stetson hats were the apparel of my family roots.   They were given to my mom From the hospital that long night. Love and memories … Continue reading →

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CASSEROLE DREAMS and SAMMY

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

Picture November, 2017.  Oneta and Sammy wishing you a Merry Christmas! Blogging Friends:  The following is a Facebook status I posted about four years ago.   FB shot it up at me the other day so I decided to blog it.  … Continue reading →

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JUST A HOLY DAY – NOT A HOLIDAY

Posted on September 15, 2017 by

 Splintered fragments from my day. RRRing.  Answering phone.  Hello.  Want the girls today?  Sure send them over. Running with hugs.  Using water bottle to squirt water.  Chasing yellow butterfly. Enters house.  Soaking feet.  Painting toenails.  Turned over nail polish.  Cotton … Continue reading →

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAMMY

Posted on July 22, 2017 by

I  owe, I  owe so off to work you go! Not many people stay so pleasant when going off to work on a hot summer day.  Hats off to my hubby – my darling, dashing Englishman.  He decided to be … Continue reading →

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GRANDDAD’S TEARS

Posted on July 6, 2017 by

            (Picture is my granddad and grandma.  I’ll tell you about Grandma’s bonnet                                             … Continue reading →

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DAN

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

JOURNEY OF A FIRST TIME GRANDMOTHER.  DANNY WAS MY FIRST GRANDCHILD.  I WASN’T TERRIBLY ANXIOUS TO BEGIN THIS NEW EXPERIENCE.  IT’S AMAZING HOW EASY IT WAS TO  BE PUSHED INTO A  THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION Diary to Danny: 1980 Phone … Continue reading →

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ANCESTRAL FATHERS

Posted on June 17, 2017 by

  I came to be by way of a little hanky panky back in the long ago, by way of the Moores, who are said to be offspring of the Campbells of the infamous traitorous treatment of them toward a … Continue reading →

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TAKING CHILD TO JESUS

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

“Welcome your wandering child back home,” will likely be good advice given from pulpits this Sunday, Father’s Day.  And it is a good one and it is scripture based on the story of the Prodigal Son.  This is tied to … Continue reading →

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DECORATION DAY

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

Sadly I admit to contributing to the falling away of such things as decorating graves.  Due, I suppose, to the fact that I have no one buried within 350 miles of me.  And compounded by the lack of a decision … Continue reading →

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