“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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The End of an Era
Yesterday, we pulled down the kids swing set/fort/backdrop for all things magical. We’ve been planning to take it down for a couple of years now — when we had the time. But time is one thing that we always seem to be lacking. Finally, MTG went out and took a look at it. He […]
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Memory endures
Are you a fox or a hedgehog? A fox knows many things and a hedgehog knows one thing well. My grandfather was a foxy hedgehog. Or maybe a hedgehoggy fox. He had a wide variety of hobbies and interest, and he did them all well. He was a photographer, a genealogist, a gardener, a collector […]
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Kitty stories
Sweet Keaggy is gone, and MTG has very kindly put away all the cat paraphernalia. The house feels empty without that small, inactive cat, but we still have the memories. So here is a Keaggy story for you. In the summer of 1999, I lived in a townhouse with 3 other girls and my two […]
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Repost: For my Grandpa
This is slightly edited, from three years ago. I thought I’d write something new, but I keep getting something in my eye. I can’t believe how much I still miss him. My grandpa passed away Friday morning, March 14, 2008. Wednesday, he was sedated to manage his pain. Friday morning, my mom and dad were going […]
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Christmas Memories
This year is the first Christmas without my grandpa. My grandfather loved Christmas, reveled in it. He wrote an annual Christmas letter that ranged from multi-page collage catalogs of all his wishes (complete with a new vacuum for my grandma) to poems and quizzes reminding us of the importance of God becoming man. He made […]
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Songs of my grandfather
I’ve been thinking of my grandpa a lot lately. My grandma gave us his recliner and my parent’s were down (up? over?) a couple of weeks ago to deliver it. I can just see him propped up “reading” the newspaper with eyes closed. I have a screensaver that scrolls through my digital photo albums. Pictures […]
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For my grandpa
My grandpa passed away Friday morning. Wednesday, he was sedated to manage his pain. Friday morning, my mom and dad were going to my grandparent’s house to say goodbye, but he died before they arrived. I had sent a note for mom to read to him, a note he never heard, but I know that […]
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Aw, man!
The wind was a bit brisk today. Keep that in mind because it was the wind’s fault, not mine. Getting out of my car at Sprout’s today, the wind (not me) caught my van’s door and banged it into the car next to me. A Lexus RX. A very shiny, very new looking Lexus. And […]
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Another roadtrip flashback
One year ago, two adults, a six-year-old, a four-year-old, a two-year-old, a two-month-old, and two cats crammed themselves into a minivan and drove from Virginia to Texas. This is from the Charlotte, NC to Birmingham, AL leg of the trip: From the people who gave us “Happiness is a warm puppy” and “Love is never […]
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