I had to drop a few things off at my daughter’s yesterday. I mentioned that Suzy and I would come this weekend to drop of presents. Seven year old Frannie started to shake with excitement and shouted, “presents, presents!” I hope every reader has had the opportunity to enjoy watching little children dive into packages with…

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Today my father would have been 102 years old. His birthday is one I never forgot, but seldom celebrated because he was away during the Korean war or at work like any other day for the rest of his life. He was happy to get a pair of socks, maybe a really bad Christmas album,…

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After reading yesterday’s post, Suzy said like Paul Harvey you have to tell them the rest of the story: This year I decided to do something different. The grandkids aren’t big fans of my fruit cookies, for them they don’t hold the same magic or believe they give you super powers. I decided to try…

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One of my fondest memories of the Advent season was my grandmother baking cakes and cookies, especially fruit cookies. These cookies were special, and I used to imagine they gave me super powers. I would climb my favorite tree with a pocketful of cookies, eat them slowly and imagine how to save the world from…

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A lot of families are trying to come to grips with modifying their normal Christmas traditions with the virus. We certainly are, and it is causing some angst. Although in the grand scheme of things it could be a lot worse. It’s not a bad thing to learn to adjust and/or do things differently. Want…

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