Tag: living
member name: Debbie G.
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August 18, 2009 12:56 PM EDT --
Phengphang
Crossed the mountains fleeing with her children and her husband fell and got up in the dark.
By the time I knew her her oldest spoke some English. Left some notes and on one day her mother's . . .
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August 21, 2009 11:10 AM EDT --
I am not proud to say that I normally steer clear of political discussions. You know, dissenting opinions and plans about real life issues. They aren't for me. I don't consider myself knowledgable enough . . .
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August 22, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
Amidst all the challenges that we have faced these past few months there has come a beautiful gift. A few weeks ago my son called and asked if I was sitting down. He then gave me the news that I have a . . .
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June 24, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
I remember my eyes tightly closed for
washcloth scrubbings with zest bar soap
the tone of my mother's voice while she worked
trying to erase stained pokeberry
war paint.
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October 28, 2008 09:11 PM EDT --
September 13th, 2007 1100 AM
Hazel was more puzzled than anything, by all the changes. At the grocery store for example. The young man who placed her carefully budgeted for and chosen goods . . .
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January 01, 2007 09:38 AM EST --
Every sunrise new.
Moments make the year good will.
Count the smiles, not tears.
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April 12, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
If you haven't yet seen this very moving video it is worth your time.
http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1
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November 04, 2008 02:49 PM EST --
Several people told me they had driven by when polls first opened and the line was already long. With a population of just over 5000 how long could this last? A few people bemoaned that their last names . . .
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November 12, 2008 12:03 AM EST --
"We need you." The caller told me briskly. "It's fetal distress."
Within five minutes I was out the door. Ten minutes later I was parking and running through the emergency . . .
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December 19, 2006 08:04 AM EST --
Not a rehearsal.
Grow,Give,Struggle,cry and laugh.
Not a rehearsal.
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January 01, 2007 09:47 AM EST --
Not the year ahead
but the now of this today.
Your precious canvas.
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April 05, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
We see things differently, you and I.
You in your powerful places
wearing three button Armani jackets,
Firenze Italiano briefcase ever at your side.
How could you know . . .
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October 13, 2008 03:25 PM EDT --
We wore our mother's nail polish
Passion pink or
Candyapple red
boys and girls alike
under not on our nails.
Only the very lucky
escaped the epidemic.
I considered myself so
. . .
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August 07, 2009 01:11 PM EDT --
I think of all the things I want to share with Lili
and hope to be around long enough to share them
with Ari when she is old enough to remember too.
Like falling asleep under the . . .
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April 08, 2007 12:10 AM EDT --
On our afternoon drive we discovered a little treasure.
A proud mare and her young mule colt were out enjoying their privacy, in a pasture all to themselves. The youngster immediately saw us . . .
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June 14, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
I am outraged and physically ill after reading, and hearing about this woman's death. An ICU and trauma nurse for over 20 years, tears are flowing that any member of my profession could . . .
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August 06, 2009 12:54 PM EDT --
Seeking a truce
with conditions.
I know that you know
I propose it
between you and I only.
I know that you know
on any other front
I will still fight you with every means at my . . .
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September 15, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
I unearthed the chocolate suitcase in a barn. On a Sunday.
But that's not what was important.
Within it still remained
scraps of material left from my grandmother's creations.
The . . .
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December 08, 2006 09:41 PM EST --
I received this link in an email tonight - it is one of the finest things I've seen in a long time. A group of about 100 horses got stranded on a tiny island in the Netherlands because of flooding . . .
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October 20, 2008 10:22 AM EDT --
Tonia G, our beloved Tree Hugger, was born today, only..a few years ago! Help her know how grateful we are that she is here with us!
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