Tag: life
group name: sandwichgen
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September 01, 2006 08:39 PM EDT --
I am feeling a little fragile.
I had been looking forward to this weekend for the past five days and had done everything I could to prepare for it. Even with the coming rain, I knew . . .
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September 11, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
I just wanted to let everyone who offered prayers and good wishes to my mother last week that the news is now good. Thanks to the tenacity of my brother in law, Bing (who insisted my mother go to . . .
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September 29, 2006 06:59 AM EDT --
It is a rainy fall morning here in the beautiful state of New Hampshire and the weather is fitting my mood. It has been the end of a long work week and I am looking forward to the weekend. . . .
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September 28, 2006 07:55 AM EDT --
Two huge blue eyes
Two deep sweet dimples
Too cute
Two small hands hold books and balls
Two strong legs run and roam
Too precious
Two new words every day
Two new adventures . . .
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April 20, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
**I wrote this in 2004, after my losing my Grandma. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of her passing. I want to share this piece with you in honor of her...and if you are lucky . . .
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October 19, 2006 11:09 PM EDT --
I always wondered why they used the phrase the 'sandwich generation'. I've certainly figured that one out, especially now as I find myself caught in the middle between my children and . . .
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August 30, 2006 09:02 AM EDT --
When you work in a hospital, especially on an intensive care unit, you come to recognize the different ways people grieve. It is a sad but true fact that, as I walk down . . .
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October 27, 2006 11:07 PM EDT --
In The Best Way to Ease Your Troubled Life, (/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976825514) , Bill Allin brings out the point that by helping others we can forget our own troubles. . . .
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October 20, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
What's your name?? Is there a story about your name?? When you were younger did you ever wish your name was different?? Have you ever had the priviledge of naming someone else?? Why . . .
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May 19, 2008 04:31 PM EDT --
On October 15th of 2006, my mother stood up in the living room of her home, walked three feet and collapsed - suffering a severe GI Bleed.
Despite her insisting to me she did not require an ambulance . . .
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December 28, 2007 12:47 AM EST --
Mom died this past January. The grieving was back with a vengeance for me as Christmas drew closer. The sadness was a huge weight and there was a darkness shrouding my days. Occasional . . .
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November 17, 2006 01:56 PM EST --
I woke up this morning feeling better than I have in weeks. I was finally able to get a good night of sleep and the aura of anxiety that has been following me around since my mother was diagnosed . . .
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October 01, 2007 08:18 PM EDT --
From My Email on September 22nd, 2007
Dear Friends and Family,
A lot has happened in a short period of time. My mother went in for bypass surgery on Monday, bounced out of it perfectly . . .
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November 06, 2006 09:57 AM EST --
The Drive
It was a long drive after a long weekend. The trees had shed their leaves and reminded her that all things eventually come to an end. The winter ahead was going to be difficult. . . .
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October 05, 2006 03:17 PM EDT --
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/health/05age.html?ei=5094&en=875712713dbf0063&hp=&ex=1160107200&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1160066671-E4r1YgTPnNBWojwcgL1nuA
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September 02, 2006 06:13 PM EDT --
The east entrance to Yellowstone Park is 52 miles from Cody. The legend of Buffalo Bill, cowboys and Indians, and RG's brothers and sister awaited me there. RG's mom was driving and we would take . . .
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October 23, 2006 07:54 PM EDT --
I have lost about 65 pounds in the past four months. One of the best things about this is that I now fit comfortably in the old fashioned claw foot tub I have in my apartment. I am in heaven. . . .
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October 01, 2006 10:19 AM EDT --
The rain beats upon the ole tin roof
Sounds creeping from outside the fence
I was just a girl of ten, you'd surprise
Me with presents from your trips.
Now I remember you.
Every morning I . . .
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July 30, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
As we read that Amnesty International and the Catholic Church are feuding over the issue of supporting abortions for women subject to rape and incest, a friend of mine in Oregon sent out this quote and . . .
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December 25, 2007 04:20 AM EST --
This Christmas, there's a tree with 1700 lights on it standing 8 feet tall in my living room.
Then there's my mother, in her grave, six feet down, 550 miles away.
I'd pack up the tree . . .
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