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Category Archives: Family
Happy Daddy’s Day!
This Be the Verse They f’ you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. Man hands on … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Family, God, Relationships, Sober Life, Texas
Tagged Alzheimer, anniversaries, family, Father's Day, grieving, sober life, sober living, Texas
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Memorial Day
I celebrated Memorial Day twice: over the 3 day week-end and on May 30 since that is the traditional Memorial Day. May 30, 1868 was the first time Americans observed Memorial Day commemorating lives lost during the Civil War. General … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Corpus Christi, Family, God, Gratitude, Grief, Relationships, Sober Life, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged family, family celebrations, Love, Memorial Day, sober life, sober living, special days, Texas
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Planning ahead
I have spent much of my life imprisoned by my plans. In my drinking days, I stayed furious because the troops, i.e. husband and kids, didn’t toe the line. Back then, the plans were generally in my head and nobody … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Family, God, Grief, Sisters, Sober Life, Women's issues
Tagged Death, family, Funeral, Funeral home, Funeral Services, God, Grief Loss and Bereavement, loss of a child, sober life, sober living, sobriety
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Small moments
“We’re conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware – beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.” ― Kent Nerburn, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace: Living … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Celebrations, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Relationships, Sisters, Sober Life
Tagged anniversaries, Birthday, family, family celebrations, Mother, mothers and daughters, Parent, sober living, Texas
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Erasure
I get daily blogging prompts from the WordPress people to help with writer’s block, I suppose. They are usually interesting and even when I don’t have time to write something, I often turn the prompt over in my head a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, God, Gratitude, Grief, Philosophy, Relationships, Sober Life, Women's issues
Tagged family, God, Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, grieving, loss of a child, sober life, sober living, Support Groups
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Holidays, hollow days, hallowed days
I took a sabbatical from writing. I’m not sure if an itinerant blogger can take a sabbatical. I think it takes gainfully employment to sabbat yourself away from your job. I am employed but I can’t afford to take a … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Celebrations, Driving, Family, God, Gratitude, Humor, Relationships, Sober Life
Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, family, God, grieving, humor, Serenity Prayer, sober life, sobriety, Texas
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Missing Jack
24 years ago on December 7 at about this very moment, I was in labor, riding in a car with John and Georgie as we crossed the Harbor Bridge, listening to U-2 and B.B. King sing “When Loves Comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Corpus Christi, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Relationships, Sober Life, Texas, Women's issues
Tagged family, family celebrations, Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, grieving, loss of a child, sober life
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Day 13—Simple Pleasures
I had to define what I think constitutes a simple pleasure before I could name any. After a year of driving a car that would alternately overheat or not start, I thought that the sound of my car starting would … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Celebrations, Family, God, Gratitude, nostalgia, Relationships, Sober Life, Texas
Tagged family, Harper Lee, humor, Margaret Mitchell, Scarlet Pimpernel, sober life, Thanksgiving
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Day 11—Skies
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.—Jimi Hendrix We spent 2011 in a drought in Texas. The sky stayed unrelentingly blue as fields dried, lakes evaporated, and wildfires ravaged. Hearing someone in central Texas pray for a hurricane astounded me. … Continue reading
Posted in Corpus Christi, Family, Gratitude, Sober Life, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged Drought, family, family celebrations, Gulf of Mexico, sober life, sobriety, Texas, Thanksgiving
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Day 10—Books
Once again, an incredibly good time with family bisected my plans to make a gratitude blog daily. I could write a whole blog about that particular blessing, but I will stick to my gratitude list and write about books. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, Gratitude, Humor, nostalgia, Sisters, Uncategorized
Tagged Dresden, family, Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison, Neil Gaiman, Nook, Reading, Thanksgiving
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