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Tears for Obama, tears for my girls
When I was a little girl, my mother used to tell me about the importance of equal rights for women. I remember listening carefully but not completely understanding because it seemed, from my point of view as a kid in the 1970s, that women did have equal rights. I took it for granted and figured…
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Adieu, sweet prince
Today we said goodbye to a family friend, the beloved dog of one of my closest friends. Sweet Sam We don’t have a pet. We had some fishies for awhile, but we found it impossible to keep the tank clean. That, and Mr. Hubs doesn’t like to read directions or signage, and he inadvertently got…
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Whazzat?! Whazzat?!
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Now, my family doesn’t believe in the Great Pumpkin, exactly, but we do love to watch the Peanuts cartoon about Linus and his undying faith in the Great Pumpkin. (My favorite moment in all of cartoondom is when Linus is in the pumpkin patch keeping vigil for the appearance…
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Me and Obama, takin’ a walk
I was getting dressed for work, and my 5-year-old daughter came to me, holding a drawing. I asked her what it was of, and she said, “It’s me and Obama, takin’ a walk.” I looked at the drawing, and those curved legs and big smiles and said, “Yes, I can see that now. Of course. …
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Watching my wedding clothes as they are dragged on the floor
My husband was desperately trying to meet a deadline this morning, so I got my daughters to play upstairs while I did some badly-needed clothes weeding. He had the downstairs to himself, nice and quiet so he could concentrate on his work. At some point, while scooting hangers from side to side in the closet,…
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I actually made roll-out Halloween sugar cookies! (Gluten-free, no less)
Having a couple of Play-Doh fans for kids has meant promises to make cookies, the kind where you roll out the dough and use cookie cutters. The kind I’ve never made before. The kind everyone knows is a mess! To boot, I need to make them gluten-free because one of my daughters has a gluten…
BeTwinned
[Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered]
