New Beginnings?

When I was growing up, my mother used to tell us that whatever we began the year with, we’d end the year with. If we began it with friends and good times, so it would end. If we began it alone and in tears, so it would also end. The real [...]

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Thirteen Places I’ve Traveled To~Part 2

This is part 2 of a post that began as a small, thirteen item list and grew and grew and grew. It grew so much that I ended up dividing it into two parts. If you haven’t already read part 1, please do.
7. Chicago~I’ve been there twice. The first time was in January [...]

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Thirteen Places I’ve Traveled To~Part 1

Inspired by Smiler’s Thursday Thirteen posts. Thanks, Smiler! You’ve come through with another blog idea for me! This began as a simple list of thirteen items and ended up to be so long that I have divided it into two parts. I will post part 2 in a day or so. [...]

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Confessions Of A One Time Santa!

When my kids were in elementary school, there was a dad that would put on the Santa suit each year and he’d be driven in on a fire truck during the middle of a fire drill when the entire student body was out on the playground. After wishing everyone a Merry Christmas through a [...]

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Pie To Die For

(This piece of fiction was written from an image prompt for that other place that shall remain nameless. The image was a piece of pie. This is what immediately came into my mind.)
Sheryl had been puzzled when the invitation arrived. Why would her ex-husband’s wife invite herself to coffee? They [...]

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My Favorite Christmas Story

This is my favorite Christmas story. It’s about the night that I was born. I have posted this elsewhere over the years. I’m hoping this will inspire me to write a new Christmas story in the next week so I can publish it for your enjoyment.
DECEMBER 25, 1955
María lay in bed exhausted, [...]

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Are the Robbers Out Tonight?

Are the robbers out tonight?
It don’t matter if its cloudy or bright
cause they only have eyes for greed, dear
The moon may be nigh
But they can see everything in sight,
cause they only have eyes for greed.
Just a friendly reminder that they are out there.  I’ve heard from two friends who have lost everything to robbers in [...]

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Christmas Isn’t Christmas Until …

Watching certain holiday or Christmas movies has become a tradition in my family. Christmas is not Christmas if I don’t get to watch It’s A Wonderful Life. There have been a few years when I don’t get to watch it and it doesn’t feel like Christmas has come and gone. There are [...]

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My Lunch Conversation

My daughter and I were having lunch at Mimi’s yesterday. She was having French onion soup and mentioned that she had French onion soup when she was in Paris and didn’t like it as much as she likes it the way it is cooked here in the U.S. Apparently, the one she had [...]

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My Cell Phone Rang At 1 AM

My cell phone rang at 1 AM. Very few people have my cell number and no one calls me at that hour. My heart stopped. It had to be an emergency. I looked at it and it was my daughter who was in the other room of the house. I [...]

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