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Friends, Family & Fate
You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can’t forget. Those are your ‘friends.’Once again, life is showing me that people are placed within the lives of others for a reason. I originally met my friend, Beverly, some 13 years ago when her son joined the Cub Scout pack at the local school. Through the...
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Two Kittens and Ten Months
July 3, 2009. Today is the ten-month anniversary of the death of my dad, Remo. This morning, I had a few moments where the loss was tearing at my heart. I was sitting in the living room, looking out the front windows, recalling a July day last year when I drove my dad by the house to see the way my husband, David, had landscaped the yard. Dad admired the new bushes, flowers and...
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Along Came A Kitten
Jethro became a member of our family back in October 2007. He was a mere 6...
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Meet “The Boys”
I realize that I may be in serious danger of becoming the “crazy cat...