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If I Could Go Back and Do Something Differently.....

Wednesday, 07 December 2011

Rachel Johnson

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The most important thing I have ever done, I did when I was still quite young myself. I was a married girl of 20 when I became a mother. I was separated from my husband at 21 and divorced at 22. I then became a single parent. Though I did the...

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20/20 Vision

Tuesday, 06 December 2011

Sandy Jones

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This months' story prompt is: "If you could go back and relive any part of your life what would you do differently and why? I've heard people say "I wouldn't do ANYTHING different, because it made me who I am". NOTHING? Really? Sure we learn from our mistakes and foolish behaviors,...

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What I Could Change In My Life

Monday, 05 December 2011

Charles William Spratt

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The November Story Prompt is a tuff one . If you could go back in your life and change something what would you change. I read my cousin Millard Don Carriker’s story and I pretty much agree with him. Where would I be now if I changed anything. If I would...

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December Story Prompt- Week 1

Thursday, 01 December 2011

Legacy Blog

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One of the greatest rewards of having lived a long life is the perspective gained from experience. In every culture since the dawn of man the elders shared their wisdom with the young. Sharing this wisdom not only enriches the lives of those with whom it is shared but also provides...

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Family Pickle

Thursday, 01 December 2011

Redefine Life TV

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Family Pickle is as fast and frenetic as New York itself, a show about a family dynasty that flourishes in clamor, a maelstrom of histrionics, laughter, and sandwiches so big that “if you can put your mouth around them then we made a mistake,” says Sandy, who—with wife, Marian—runs the Carnegie...

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Christmas Baking

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Annie Payne

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Last Sunday I spent the day baking the first of my Christmas baking - 9 Christmas cakes. I started the process a month ago by digging out my special Christmas fruit jar and filling it with dried currants, sultanas, raisins glace cherries, candied orange peel, chopped dried apricots, glace peaches and...

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Sydna's Childhood Memories

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Barbara A. Hotelling

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Here are some memories for you: During wwII, while living at grandparents house, at 7 yrs. old; I wanted a dog, so seeing a huge conch shell being used as a door stop-I got the idea to make that my dog and put a rope around it and drug...

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Holiday Cranberry Salad

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Susan Darbro

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Although we never lived near the rest of our family, my mother always made an effort to connect with them durig the holiday season - which was a great thing, since my grandmother was the best cook in the entire universe. (Go ahead; put up your dukes. I stand by my...

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My Memories of the Farm

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Barbara A. Hotelling

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Yes, Bo, I remember the Farm very well. I remember spending the night with Grandmother and Grandaddy Anthony and then coming home telling my mom about the awful stuff Grandmother had me take before I went to bed. Turns out it was castor oil. I don't remember any sleep overs after...

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From Cousin Bo

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Barbara A. Hotelling

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Hey Barb ! It's little Dwight Beau (Bo) Hall ! Sydna was telling me about you wanting to share memories we have about the country - H.C. / Grannie / Bill / etc. You know I lived there from about 7 to 12 years of age and you guy's visited often...

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Daycare

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Barbara A. Hotelling

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One of my earliest memories of childhood with Barbara was during the summer time when we were out of school. I don't remember how old we were. Mom and Pop both worked and I guess there was a lapse in childcare so we got to go out with Granddaddy "Pop" Dodson...

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Australian Christmas Memories of a New Bride

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Annie Payne

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Australian Christmas Memories of a New Bride

Christmas Memories Being born in Brisbane, Queensland and having always lived in Australia, I find it difficult to connect to the northern hemisphere’s images of a white and snowy Christmas. The festive season is an entirely different type of celebration in Australia, where temperatures on The Big Day can often push...

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Close Encounters in Baja

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Janet Holt

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Recently, a friend forwarded a story to me about the 2005 rescue of a Humpback whale. The whale was spotted off the northern California coast, hopelessly tangled in crab trap lines that had begun to cut into her flesh. The divers who rescued her talked about how the 50-ton animal made...

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A Nuyorican Thanksgiving

Monday, 21 November 2011

Ellen Fernandez-Sacco

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Holidays in our home meant company, and the preparation of a table weighed with food. Hours of preparation yielded a large mound of pasteles and a huge pot of arroz con gandules , in addition to a turkey and a roast pork shoulder, a stand-in for puerco asado, roast suckling pig....

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Christmas is coming, time to start baking!

Sunday, 20 November 2011

Annie Payne

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Christmas is coming, time to start baking!

The Jacaranda trees are in full bloom here in Adelaide, South Australia as spring rushes into December and the start of summer. Last weekend, Santa arrived in Adelaide as the last float in the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, a tradition which has run annually for 79 years through the streets of the...

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Christmas 1949

Friday, 18 November 2011

Patricia White

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The Christmas I was seven, I have nothing but happiest of memories about. That year of all wonderful things we somehow got to be in Virginia on Christmas Eve. Usually, we had to wait until at least Christmas Day to head out from Tennessee because of my dad's church commitment , but this year was different. We were...

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November Story Prompt- Week 3

Friday, 18 November 2011

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Let's Eat!! Holiday traditions always include great food. This week let's share some family recipes. Your special meals will be remembered by your children and grandchildren. Remember to ask your parents and grandparents for their special recipes. As you publish your family delicacies try some of the recipes of other members....

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Dad and the Newspaper

Friday, 18 November 2011

Janet Holt

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My father was tougher than nails and rarely sick but that was before lymphoma took over. He fought it bravely for a long time but cancer inevitably wins. We lived 200 miles from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and made many trips there while he was undergoing treatment. At times...

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