As a child, I had one of those families that gathered every year at my Grandmother's house. My mother's family was large, Catholic and agricultural, a double whammy in the midwest. I have cousins that I still don't know the names of and wouldn't recognize on the street ( Read more... )

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I don't plug things very often but I have to do this one or I'll feel the guilt ( Read more... )

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While I expected what was coming (I saw Heather briefly on Thursday), I don't necessarily do well with grief. But then, who does? I did what was asked of me as soon as I got the call from Bill. I called the people that I needed to call and posted the information that I needed to post, drove to Mill Creek and dropped off a key, and then I shut ( Read more... )