Lundi Gras
A friend stopped by looking for a headband. We are preparing to costume tomorrow – it’s a new year and every year you make a new suit.
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The hardest lesson to learn
Goes in the category of it is what it is but I was thinking about the things that are what they are and yet are so unsatisfactory – like knowing someone screwed you over and yet they got off scott free, or watching a friend ebb and flow through a self-induced depression, or being in your ebb when just minutes ago you were in flow, and trying to understand how to make it all better…
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Talk to the animals
My mom kept insisting that the animals spoke to her while she was here watching them. Arlene told her she wanted to go in the backyard and wanted her to pick up the poo. Mom said she even scooted the dog bags over to her. Loca told her she was going to be alright when she fell in the bathroom. Well, we’re starting to think my mom isn’t so crazy. I was telling T that…
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A better Oscars by a stretch
I read a headline this morning that said the Oscars suffered from bad jokes and pairings. I disagree. I thought this was one of the best Oscar shows I’ve seen and I feel the advertisers who defected were probably sorry when they actually watched the show. Hugh Jackman was a great entertainer and having the veteran actors come out in groups and present the nominees by offering accolades made for a richer presentation all the…
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Mother ate an egg and toast today, or was it yesterday?
Mom said she was up till five o’clock in the morning. She said, “I remember because I ate a piece of toast and an egg. Or was it yesterday?” There is nothing that prepares us as children to care for our aging parents. My aunt took care of my grandparents and my other aunt took care of my other grandparents. I only saw this in passing as I didn’t live with either aunt. Aging parents…
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Save the postman
After Katrina, we lost our favorite postman Cliff. His sister insisted he move closer to her in one of the Carolina states. I cried when he told me he was leaving. Then through a series of nonmail, a rotating door of postal carriers, we lucked upon Rudy. For a couple of years, Rudy has warmed his way into being a good replacement for Cliff. Then yesterday we learned that Rudy was reassigned without consent to…
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Featherbeds and featherheads
Stopped in to see mom on Friday and had to wake her from a dead sleep, which scared the hell out of me. The alarm went off and I spoke to the alarm company and she still hadn’t woken up. I noticed she had a beautiful gold bedspread and pillowcases and asked her if they were new. She said no, but her featherbed was new. She said, “I thought I could get it on myself…
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To Croatia with Love
The boys left and we miss them even though they forced us to eat and drink and have fun 24/7 for 10 days straight!
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Preparing and waiting and how faith factors into all this
A friend of mine is 34 weeks pregnant and her baby’s room is all decorated and she has spent the better part of the last few months obsessing about color schemes. My niece is preparing for her pregnancy and just announced the crib is in and she and my nephew are having fun fluffing the nest. We get a weekly update from babycenter telling us how big the baby is in our belly right now…