Tag: Christmas

Not Friday the 13th in 2024

Today, January 13, holds a couple anniversaries for me.  I remember the day of the Air Florida Flight 90 Crash in 1982 so well. We were living in the Metro DC area and our young son had just turned 2 in December.  Tom, my DH, worked in DC and I was never sure the route that …

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Merry Christmas!

December 18

I was always very proud of my paternal grandmother.  In the early part of the last century she had been living in Scotland with her husband and they had a young son – my father.  My grandfather was in the Black Watch during World War I, and he was killed in Peshawar, India. My grandmother left …

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Giving Thanks, Day 14

  TiVo. I love that I can fast forward through commercials and have all my favorite shows waiting for me when I lie down on the sofa (and fall asleep!) I probably wouldn’t have gotten one of these when we did but our son got us one for Christmas many years ago. He had it …

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Giving Thanks, Day 12

  Today I am thankful for my church choir.  A few years ago the “low voice choir” formerly the Men’s Choir will be singing this:     I’ve had a long history with singing from the time I was a kid singing in the choir at my Dad’s church in Springfield, Mass.   In High …

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Anniversaries

  Today, January 13, holds a couple anniversaries for me.  I remember the day of the Air Florida Flight 90 Crash in 1982 so well. We were living in the Metro DC area and our young son had just turned 2 in December.  Tom, my DH, worked in DC and I was never sure the route …

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It’s the Thought that Counts?

It was one of those brilliant, yet failed ideas. Last night, I set up a bunch of gift cards in amazon to send today, Christmas.  I had planned to send them to myself so I could give them out individually to our son and family in New York. When I got to my amazon cart …

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Merry Christmas, Everyone!

 

Merry Christmas 2019!

40 Days of Thankfulness: Day 15

Today I am thankful for my church choir.  Two years ago at this time, the “low voice choir” (formerly the Men’s Choir) sang this: I’ve had a long history with singing from the time I was a kid singing in the choir at my Dad’s church in Springfield, Mass. In High School we had a …

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