Month: July 2008
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do your best
My son took his third-grade teacher literally. She set-up a self-paced program of packets of lessons for reading and arithmetic and told the students they had to complete at least one page in math every day. My son did just that – and spent the rest of his time reading books and magazine several grades…
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Deciding on a nursing home for dad
None of my grandparents spent their last days in a nursing home. None of their children have either – with the exception of my father. My mother died at home, my dad’s twin brother lived beyond his life expectancy with Parkinson’s – thanks to my aunt’s ministrations in their home. Other aunts and uncles suffered…
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Visiting baby Sophie
My husband resisted, but I insisted. After 36 years of more or less managing to avoid feeding a baby, I figured he could and should give the youngest grandbaby her bottle. He likes to pick up babies and make faces at them until they chuckle at him. He enjoys playing games and showing them all…
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the quandry of quilting
If I would just keep my mouth shut, I could save myself a lot of work. But no, I had to tell my parents about the quilt family members assembled for my neighbor’s 50th wedding anniversary. It had foot square blocks with an different embroidered picture for each family member. With my grandparents’ golden wedding…