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All Things Family
Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. -Michael J. Fox
Conversations My Grandma approached me at Thanksgiving and said “Where’s your ring” while grabbing my left hand. “Gram? He just moved to Buffalo” “But he was here last…
Auntie Penguin (as the family is now calling me) tagged along to BUBBLE FEST 2006 at the Buffalo Museum of Science this afternoon with Lil Brother, Dayna and…
I can’t stop making Christmas cookies! I have no control. It’s in my genes, literally, my mother’s family name is Baker. Since I was a little girl, I…
I *heart* my brother (and Old Navy). My most precious niece Baby A had a VERY special outfit on for Thanksgiving. I am sooooo NOT kidding. She was…
Half a Lifetime Ago On This Day. My dad passed away. Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. No idea how long he was sick, he never let in a clue and never…
“I often thought how proud I’d be……in a boat like Gideon Brown’s.” I love this song. On the right day (like today) it brings me to tears… Why?…
Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again, Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the vision that…
Lil Brother Tim has a countdown to XX or XY on his blog. One 192 days for Auntie Jen to get her act together to be a responsible…
Sometimes I don’t know how I got so lucky… The good doctor brother and his wife decided to give their bigger, depressed, unemployed sister a little boost. Nutritionally…
Ah. Happy Blog-I-versary…to me in seven days. AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my two favorite people in the whole world (who just happen to be bloggers as well as…
I am watching CNN, as usual. Remembering Ronald Reagan They remind me so much of my Grandpa and Grandma Smith. I’m watching the coverage and watching Mrs. Reagan….
Well, Happy Father’s Day to all those out there reading…as well as future dads! I found myself whisked happily away into my own peaceful worship today. Woke up…
I hate hospitals. And nursing homes. And cemeteries. But what I hate even more are hospital workers who are indifferent and dumb… I sat in the hospital room…
I hate Monday. I hate being the girl who waits until the last minute to complete her work. I hate thinking about the person I COULD be if…
Six Degrees of Alex Trebek. Time with the Smiths. Indeed, life has thrown us a most serious turn. Lil Brother has informed me of some disturbing news. And…
“Red Bull” Cousin My littlest cousin spent the night. That would be Brenda and her little daughter, Jessica. HOLY energy drink in a can Batman! In the same…
(insert cell phone blog tale from Saturday here. eventually. thanks to the family for the plan) I was innocently watching the game at T/Ds two weeks ago when…