Tag: life
group name: i-am-grateful
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October 01, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
I married my ex for his family. They were loving and loud and in my business all the time. I loved it.
I grew up in a house that didn't . . . more
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August 22, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
Amidst all the challenges that we have faced these past few months there has come a beautiful gift. A few weeks ago my son called and asked if I was sitting down. He then gave me the news that I have a . . . more
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April 22, 2008 02:35 AM EDT --
.....and I still hae over 5,000 points left!!
At first I was looking at my points balance tinking "wow, lots of them." Then I started thinking "what good are they if they are just . . . more
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September 19, 2006 11:25 AM EDT --
The things that I am grateful for today are much different than the things I was grateful for twenty years ago.
My focus has changed. The material has lost much of its meaning to me. I am . . . more
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May 11, 2007 04:34 PM EDT --
Thought I would share of few of these...
1. I had an Ice Cream Sunday at work day
2. I saw some beautiful lilacs blooming this morning on my commute.
3. . . . more
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October 03, 2006 01:15 PM EDT --
Everyone knows the old SNL skit based on the reality of refrigerator repairmen who are, shall we say, on the hefty side.
This morning was spent counting the moments until I had the joy of seeing one of . . . more
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January 04, 2007 06:29 AM EST --
I almost shot my horse.
It was the tail-end of elk season and the heavy snows had forced my son and I down from our high camp at 5,000 feet near Craggy Peak, not far from the Cascade crest, half way between . . . more
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October 18, 2007 08:50 PM EDT --
Perhaps some of you will remember that we put up a portable shelter for our mares earlier this summer. Maybe you will even recall how pleased we were to finally have provided shelter for them that would . . . more
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December 08, 2006 10:59 AM EST --
I had to get up early today for an appliance delivery. Generally I get up at 10 or 11 a.m. because I work from 1 p.m. until 9:30 or later depending on the situation at the . . . more
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November 17, 2006 11:47 PM EST --
Today hasn't been the best day for me. But, as I'm about to turn in, I came across the "Grateful" group and I was reminded that I have quite a bit to be grateful for, even today. Indulge . . . more
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March 19, 2007 12:38 AM EDT --
(Handsome fella, don't you think?)
Today is my father's . . . more
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October 27, 2006 10:42 AM EDT --
Enough is enogh!
I have tried being nice about people forcing their religous belifes on me. Nicely saying I'm not intrested in being saved by their God. I was born and raised as a pagan as some . . . more
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September 24, 2006 01:18 PM EDT --
( this was the first poem that was published commercially)
The shaman of autumn extends his staff
And touches the green leaves,
Transmuting them into gold and flame.
But all too soon they turn . . . more
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October 15, 2006 12:36 AM EDT --
Ya know, I never thought I could be as easily fooled as I was today! My family and friends caught me by surprise and threw me a birthday party! I walked in and was like a deer caught in the spotlight! . . . more
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November 08, 2006 06:34 PM EST --
An insistent smile
Tugs the corners of my mouth
When you are near me.
more
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November 19, 2006 05:26 PM EST --
Gold finials gleam
Atop our Parliament -
London in sunshine.
more
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February 11, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
He was 17 when he enlisted, so eager to serve his country that he had his father sign him into the army. It was 1967, and there was no doubt that he would be shipped off to Vietnam. . . . more
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October 20, 2007 03:10 PM EDT --
Each of us has milestones in our lives by which we measure how far we've come. Certainly 18 and 21 are big ones, 40 and 50 seem to give people cause to reflect. For me, 39 has loomed large in . . . more
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February 14, 2008 02:25 PM EST --
The kids just left after being with us for 12 days. The dogs have all settled down in the office with me and are now sleeping. All the activity probably was exhausting for them as well. Little Bogie has . . . more
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November 12, 2006 02:24 AM EST --
For days I have been trying to post comments to those wonderful articles I have been fortunate enough to read in Gather. Sadly my postings are not going through. So now I will try to post an article; a . . . more
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