Tag: memories
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Baby Things
Some things every parent or caretaker of a baby has experienced. What are some baby things on your list?
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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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Childhood Comforts
As a kid one of the most comforting memories I have is being carried to bed. I loved to “fall asleep” in the car and get carried to bed. If I stayed asleep, or kept my eyes closed, I could get a free ride up the stairs. I was thinking recently, as I dozed, man…
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The Desire to be Memorable
I have spent a lot of time in my life being naive. I thought that everyone who I remembered would also remember me. I thought everyone who I loved would also love me. I thought everyone who had a big impact on my life would feel the same. I now realize that things aren’t always…
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Millennial Comforts (or Safety Blankets)
Let’s play a game… Hold up your hand. Put a finger down if you wore a hoodie/sweatshirt growing up with thumb holes in the sleeve. Put a finger down if you went through a phase of all black because Stacy and Clinton on What Not to Wear told you black was a slimming color. Put…
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Childhood Valentines
I cannot stress enough the importance of childhood valentines. Every year my mom would suggest, “Just write your name on all the cards and drop them in the boxes at random.” But no… that was NOT part of the fun. What if you accidentally gave your friend an ugly valentine? What if you gave the…
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0 Score & 7 Years Ago
Grandpa Fish died seven years ago today. If our family was Korean we would gather and set a table of food and burn incense in his memory. We are not Korean. And we don’t have any memorial type traditions. So I think about him by myself. In years past I would visit his graveside, have…
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My Column: Stories from High School
When I was in high school I took journalism and eventually became a writer for the editorial page. A friend and I made a column called “Fonzie Says” about Fonzie from Happy Days. He gave a thumbs up to things I liked and a thumbs down to things I didn’t. My senior year of high…
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Random Memories
Sometimes I have moments where I think of things that happened 10 or 20 years ago and I get embarrassed. Sometimes I think of things that happened yesterday and get embarrassed. But sometimes those embarrassing memories are linked to really powerful ones. In the 17 years I’ve been driving. I have had a few scrapes,…
Redheaded Jill 