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  • - Teddy Bear Lane - When I was a kid, my mother and I used to look forward to the holidays because we would drive around our small town and look at the Christmas decorations. We always looked forward to "Teddy Bear L…

  • Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank you for this place in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded us this day, for the hope with which we expect the morrow, for the…

  • - Scrapbook - My fiancee's bridal shower was this morning -- an event that, due to the extraordinary efforts of a couple of good friends, was a success. One of the "events" associated with the shower was the creation …

  • - Yi Yi - Heavy Note: I finally got a breather today. Work has been totally crushing me that last couple of weeks. I've had bad runs before, but this year has been the thickest that it's ever been -- and this mon…

  • "We do not see the world as it is; we see the world as we are." - Talmud - Memorial - I think it's almost ungracious how we anthropomorphize the dead. We talk about unsettled spirits that wander the earth because o…

  • - Excerpt (i.e. I didn't write this) - Whoever imagined that LOVE YOUR MOTHER would make a good environmental bumper sticker obviously didn't have a mom like mine. Well into the nineties, tailing Subarus or Volvos outf…

  • May, 1941 - January, 2007 Saturday, January 13 Dear Friends, Late this afternoon as the sun set over the ocean, [] ended her long struggle with cancer. She was peaceful and suffered no pain. Her family wa…

  • "History illuminates reality, vitalises memory, provides guidance in daily life." - Cicero - It's a Gift - I always think it's interesting to see what memories I use to reflect upon my relationships with other peo…

  • - Haunted - Recently I've started to gain a deeper appreciation of the paranormal. Like many other things, I think there's always a kernel of truth from which the mythology springs. But of course, like many other …

  • - Depressing Thought - We learned yesterday that my mother's cancer has grown resistant to the chemotherapy treatments that she's been using. The numerous spots that showed in her last scans are now confirmed to b…