Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Merry Moments - August 22

Skyler, Rita’s four year old grand daughter,  was the flower girl in a wedding recently . Skyler so enjoyed dressing up and all the festitives afterward that she decided that wanted her Mama to “start over” and get married again.  She told her mom while they were looking at the wedding photos, “Mom, you need to start over. You can marry [...]

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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Merry Moments - June 11, 2008

When my sons were little, David, who was three years older than Michael, took on a lot of responsibility for his little brother.  Whenever Michael would get in a little trouble, David would take care of him, but when the trouble was something David didn’t know how to handle, he’d say to Michael, “Go to [...]

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Monday, June 9th, 2008

Merry Moments - June 9, 2008

 

My younger son, when he was around fifteen months old, would say if an accident that needed my attention had occurred, “Uh oh. Uh oh.”  He would just keep saying that over and over until I could take care of the problem.  I always thought that was very cute.
One night when I was sitting at the kitchen [...]

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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Merry Moments - June 4, 2008

“Family life is full of major and minor crises — the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce — and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It’s difficult to [...]

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Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Merry Moments - June 1, 2008

“Children are our most valuable natural resource.” ~Herbert Hoover
When my son Michael was very young, my older son and I used to love to laugh at the way he invented his own names for fast food items.  His names were similar to the real thing, but just cute enough to make us laugh.  For instance, [...]

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