Tag: family
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Gratitude Day 5: Church Family
I have been attending church in the city with my brother and his family for the last year. It has been incredible. I have met so many wonderful people. I have been able to participate and help out with different things, like teaching Sunday school. I have made new friends and reconnected with some childhood…
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Moral Obligations to Our Siblings
I love to harass my siblings. And they also pester me. It’s the law. An unwritten but universally understood law. Harassing your siblings is a necessary bonding experience. The best example of this is with my youngest brother who has autism. He’s a gentle giant and likes the simple things in life. Movies, snacks, and…
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Grandma Did My Homework
When I was in 8th grade one of our weekly homework assignments for science was to bring a science news article to school. I hated science class. I didn’t read the paper. We didn’t get the paper. But my Grandparents did. So every Sunday evening my Grandma would bring a science news article to church…
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Grandma Memories: Bookstores
Every time I see a Nora Roberts or JD Robb book I think of my Grandma. When I was 16 and able to drive I would from time to time take my Grandma to half price books. I would wheel her over to the paperback mystery/thriller section and let her peruse while I checked out…
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Stories of FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome)
In case you were pregnant and considering alcohol, think again! The damage that does to your babies brain is unreal. My youngest sister was adopted from Russia in 2004. Her birth mother drank and my sister’s brain is forever altered. At 20 years old there are basic concepts that my sister struggles with. The other…
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1 Year
Today is two things. It is my youngest brother’s 23 birthday. And it is the one year anniversary of my Grandpa Smith’s passing. When I think about Grandpa Smith, Popo as we called him, I think about a whistle-like chuckle and a grin. I think about a beige cowboy hat and a grey mustache. (He…
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Errands with Grandma
A couple weeks ago, when I was on my mini birthday trip, I surprised my Grandma. She had no idea I was coming, because I didn’t want to call her in case it didn’t work out. I showed up at 9:00 a.m. and she had just gotten out of bed. (I was shocked because she…
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The Best of Times
One of my favorite things in this world is going places with my mom. I love to go thrifting with her, I love to run errands with her, I love to watch her annihilate a yard sale (while I awkwardly linger behind because I feel weird knowing people are watching me judge their junk). This…
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My Dad is My Trash Man
So one of the perks of living next to your parents who own a small business is they have a commercial dumpster. One of the perks of having a very generous dad, is he allows you to use that dumpster and sometimes (almost all the) will come get your trash for you. When my grandma…
Redheaded Jill 