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Entries from November 27th, 2009

Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009 – Night One: Halloween “On the Town”

November 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Families, Humor, Reflections, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

When I last left you on our trip, we had just arrived – long way around – at our country rental house near “GASS-vul” Arkansas. It was about 7 p.m., the house brightly lit and a “balm in Gilead.” We unglued our bodies from the van and spent 20 minutes prying the luggage and all [...]

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God Bless You All – I Am Thankful For You

November 26th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Friends, Inspirational, Photos, Videos

May God’s richest blessings be with you today and may we all raise our voices in thanksgiving to Him, our creator, our loving Father, who blesses us with all things. I am joyfully thankful for all of you – my dear friends. Dee

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Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009 – Day One, Part Two: Wally World to Mt. Home

November 23rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Families, Perspective, Tom & Me, Tom's Family, Uncategorized

What started out as one person going into Wally World in eastern Arkansas to get a step stool turned into all eight of us wandering around WW’s hinterlands for an hour searching for each other with our eyes wide at all of the costumed Halloweeners.  The 25% of the patrons not in full costume looked [...]

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Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009 – Day One, Part One: On the Road, Memphis to Mt. Home

November 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Families, Humor, Perspective, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

[Note:  Family - gotta love 'em!  We had a fabulous time on this trip.  And, what fun all along the way riding together - eight, then nine, of us - in a 15 passenger van.  Enjoy some of the highlights of our five days together.] At the end of the last episode of the Andrews’ [...]

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Who Am I

November 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Health, Inspirational, Movies; Music, Our Kids, Reflections, Tom's Family, Uncategorized

Casting Crowns Being in the middle generation between an elderly parent and grown children with young families many times – as has been lately – brings about all kinds of family crises.  Add to the mix siblings, nieces and nephews, even a grown grandchild with a little girl of her own and life can become [...]

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Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009 – Prologue and Gathering Day

November 12th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Families, Historical, Humor, Photos, Videos, Reflections, Stories, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

The trip we just made with all of Tom’s siblings (except a much older half-brother who died many years ago) to the Ozarks of Arkansas near Mt. Home, Arkansas (see here) was 60 years in the making, I suppose. You see, the three boys moved with their parents (and an uncle, aunt and cousin)  there [...]

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God Bless Our Veterans & Soldiers

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Historical, Inspirational

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