MEDICAL ADVOCACY We have found that we must have advocates for medical purposes. The best thing about being an adult is that you get to stand up for yourself (or you have the skill to ask for help when you need it). Can I tell a story? My mom had Waldenstrom’s, a blood cancer that produces thick …
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FAMILY PHOTOS/STORIES
Supernal Sunday – Jan 5, 2025 Edition
This will be a bit of a different one. But my recent – and current – experience with finding a church is something I want to share this week. Pete and I haven’t had a regular church since we left Roscommon County in 2015. We’ve been back to “our” church several times but things change, …
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GUEST POST from Don – Christmas Young
CHRISTMAS YOUNG Packing 4 kids into a station wagon a few weeks before Christmas is difficult in any weather, but when the path to where it is parked is slippery … that’s a struggle. We were headed to a small nearby city where there were several tightly packed stores to do shopping. Everyone got a bath, dressed, …
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GUEST POST from Don – GUEST POST from Don – Christmas on Blurry Mountain (part 4 of 4)
CHRISTMAS ON BLURRY MOUNTAIN (4 of 4 – final) After the festivities, Mr Hughes banked the fire and everyone got ready for sleep. Mike took a moment to speak to Sarah. “You have such a giving family. I am privileged to be part of this. At my house is a plastic tree with little electric lights and lots of …
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VIDEO (short) – Maxwell CRACKS US UP!!!
The PoiBoiz (my poicephalus parrots for those who don’t know) are on a table in the corner of the living room where they can throughout the main areas of the house: the whole living room, through the kitchen, and down the hallway to the back door. And they like keeping track of everything that goes …
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Supernal Sunday – Dec 8, 2024 Edition: What Is Advent About?
It seems that most people these days see Advent as something having to do with daily doses of chocolate or other gifts that come embedded in a December calendar. I love chocolate as much as the next guy, but the purpose of these weeks before we celebrate the birth of Christ have a very special …
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A Little Thrifting Haul
These are the things I bought at the Salvation Army thrift store yesterday:
VIDEO: Thanksgiving 2024
This year was, um, “different” for me and I didn’t end up taking many photos or much video – but what I took at Casey’s house is below, and a smaller clip from when the girls arrived here for the weekend last night, and first saw their new beds. I will be posting more about …
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