Category: Memories from Back Home
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My Cousins are Coming!
My cousin Alma and her dear husband Mike arrive this evening to stay with us! We have talked about this trip for years, and now it is here! Every summer our families vacationed together, and as a child and into…
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A Walk She Said…
with my friend Erika, and her dog Hank.
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Marty, Mathew, Mark, Zane and Me
When I was home last month visiting my mom and the rest of my family, I went through a bunch of old photographs and came across this one of my four brothers and me. I’m the oldest of the five…
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A Problem with the Plane
The plane backed away from the gate, rolled for a bit, and then stopped. A few minutes later, the pilot came on the intercom and said there was a problem with one of the engines. They were trying to locate…
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Hellos and Goodbyes
The leaving. It asks more of me now- this goodbye pierced heavier, and deeper. This time, something happened that caught me off guard. I cried uncontrollably at the airport. I remembered the first time I left home for France. I…
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Family and Faith
In the wooden pews In the candlelight.In the slow ribbon of incense rising Faces I have loved since childhood.Hands reaching.Nods across the aisle. A sacred silence. Every word finding its place. Felt the presence of those who knelt here years ago.Grandparents.Aunts.Uncles.Cousins.Neighbors.Entire…