Month: October 2018
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Happy Birthday, and Sweetest Day, Mom
Today would have been my mom’s 89th birthday, this year falling the day after Sweetest Day. Funny that I’ve never noticed that connection before, as I always think of her on that “holiday.” Flashback to about 40 years ago. I was dating a predecessor to my husband, and we stopped at my parents’ house…
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Who Edited My Bucket List?
“I’ve never ridden in an ambulance,” I said, as I was strapped to the gurney and loaded in. One of the two cute, young (he reminded me of my 16-year-old nephew) EMTs responded in a chipper tone, “Now you can cross it off your bucket list!” This weekend adventure started last Thursday afternoon, when crushing…