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Dec.01.2012 Saint David I have an amazing nephew who is a living Saint. He has been challenged since birth with a severe autistic condition. He has conquered life with perseverance, that is unmatched by anyone I know. David has been employed as a dishwasher for the same restaurant for 21 years, and has a...	Oct.09.2012 Summer Memories I didn't get much work done yesterday, not with the bloody nose and the roofers making all kinds of noise. I did better this morning since I slept in and they finished up their work and went their way without waking me up. Tells me just how tired I was from yesterday's sturm und drang. Last...
Aug.25.2012 Time on the Flying Trapese Has it been over a week since I blogged? Oh, dear. I used to assume that time would somehow slow when people retired. I have longed for time to slow down, but instead it goes faster and faster. Some have told me that time does this for people as they grow older. Certainly I...	Jun.19.2012 Training Day My first bra was a hand-me-down. I have three older female cousins and I’ll never know with whom this one originated, but I do know that it didn’t fit. My Auntie Jo told me that it was inappropriate for a girl my age to not wear a bra and since I was under her care deep in the...
Dec.16.2011 Kinfolk Today my extended family welcomed our newest member: Catherine Marie. It's also one of my favorite cousin's birthday today: Colleen. Reading all the comments on the baby, seeing new pictures on Colleen's Facebook page filled me with waves of longing for the days when we all lived closer to each...	Aug.15.2011 Interwoven I was born in the Virgin Islands, the former Danish West Indies colony now a U.S. territory, a.k.a. America’s Paradise. It is a place where many families including mine can trace our mini-United Nations roots loosely back a few generations, following relatives as they migrated, crisscrossing...
Nov.13.2010 Succeeding with Elijah, Cousins, and Buddies Bouncing through the streets of Freeport in the pickup last night, I felt great waves of success as I listened to the constant giggles of the two young teens and one near-teen in the back seat. I think Gerald felt it also. As the three cousins—Brianna, Sam, and Cecelie—planned and plotted, they...	May.18.2009 One little, two little, three little ... Guess what? Are you sitting down? With all the excitement about my recent accolades, I forgot to mention the most important news of all. My book, "Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map" (www.cryokid.com) is written in part about the discovery of eight half-siblings (scattered across the U.S.) for...
Nov.28.2008 Still Thankful But Winding Down There is still a piece or two of pumpkin pie left. Broth from the turkey carcass is ready to be put in the freezer tomorrow. And it will be time to cook something new to go with the left-over turkey from yesterday and the lasagna we had on Wednesday night. My house is quiet right now because...