Who knew that John’s Hopkins was in the Ghetto?

Two weeks ago today at this time I was in the backseat of a car, trying desperately not to get carsick, on my way to John’s Hopkins Hospital with my mother and younger brother.  My mom had finally gotten word that a skilled pediatric oncologist who specializes in tumor development was available to see her.  [...]

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Thoughts on Father’s Day

Sunday was Father’s Day.
In the past, my family has not made a big deal out of Father’s Day or Mother’s Day. Both of my parents have birthdays within a week of their respective holidays so we always celebrated the birthdays and went about our usual Sunday business on the parental holiday. We gave [...]

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The Youngest Of Us Gets Hitched

Tonight I attended a wedding. There was a time about ten or so years ago when they were common. My friend C and I used to go to them together–he was my regular wedding date. Every two or three weeks there was another, and we just had a blast. It’s [...]

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When is the age that we are deemed ‘too old’ to do this sort of thing?

So last night my brother came home for the weekend.  We are very close, but we haven’t seen each other much in the last six months.  He only lives 120 miles away, but with logistics, jobs, and the cost of gas it has been a bit difficult to get together.  I realize this is common [...]

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Am I a Second-Cousin Now or a First-Cousin-Once-Removed?

I still have a hard time believing my cousins N&S are parents, but how cute is this little guy?  He was born today and weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces.

Here’s the irony–yesterday was the family reunion for those on my maternal grandmother’s side of the family, hosted by my mother.  My mother’s sister is now one [...]

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Now what do we do?

So four years ago there was this new show on TV.  It came on Sunday nights and it was total soap-opera material, but it was still a good show.  And the lead guy was darn good looking.  And it had some sassy supporting women in it as well.  So what if the main character was [...]

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I am in pain.

So today was part deux of my father’s visit. While I felt for him, he didn’t sleep well last night, I slept like a rock. We worked for another three hours this AM, trimming hedges, power washing a bit more, and then cutting down tree number two. He left to meet a [...]

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Daddy-do list

So today I’m not working, and my father, that blessed man, came down to help me out around the house.  We’ve power washed 7/8 of it, cut down a tree, cut the grass, fixed my car, rehung siding, and have another list for tomorrow.  Bless his heart, I bet he didn’t think he’d get into [...]

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Celebrate while Mourning

In 1977, my family moved from the only house that I had remembered into a new one. Immediately our neighbors, L&D, became like family to us. And when he came along, their son C did as well. Through the divorce of my parents to the troubled teen years, L was there [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

Today is Mother’s Day, so for all you moms out there, I hope you had a good one. I managed to spend it with two of the women in my life, my mom and my nana. We didn’t do anything special, just hung out. After church this morning (which was a great [...]

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Tuesday night musings

While the states of North Carolina and Indiana are determining the Democratic candidate in the primaries tonight, I went out to the movies with my mom. Originally it was to be a movie only, which then expanded to movie and quick dinner, then when she found out that oysters were on the menu at [...]

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Sunday Evening Wrap up

While I sit here and try to find something to write about tonight (something every day since April 11, almost halfway to the 60 day goal!) I am not finding much that is topic worthy in the news or in general. So here is a wrap up of a few things that have been [...]

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Friday afternoon . . .

I am sitting in my living room at 130 on a Friday, the door open, the TV on, and feeling incredibly guilty because I’m not at work.  It isn’t like I’m playing hooky or anything, I’m billed in as taking 4 vacation hours so that I can attend a family reunion this evening.  I’m not [...]

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Poor Puppy/Scientology

What do these two things have in common?
Absolutely nothing.
I was logging into my WordPress account and saw the name Jason Beghe.  I have always liked him as an actor, so I clicked on the site.  Wow.  It’s an 8 part interview about how he got sucked into Scientology and why he left the organization.  To [...]

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My dog has OCD

So I have a mutt. A combo of chocolate lab and husky, mostly, with a bit of a pit bull thrown in. We know her mom was a pure chocolate lab, we think her dad was a neighborhood runt. And my dog has OCD.
She has a lick granuloma on her right paw. [...]

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