Tag: family
member name: Linda Douglas
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September 29, 2006 06:59 AM EDT --
It is a rainy fall morning here in the beautiful state of New Hampshire and the weather is fitting my mood. It has been the end of a long work week and I am looking forward to the weekend. . . .
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November 12, 2006 12:53 PM EST --
I want to thank you for all of the prayers and offerings of love and light. My mother passed away early this morning at the hospice center in Hartford, CT. My sister and brother had spent . . .
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June 08, 2006 08:46 AM EDT --
Where do skinny women put their children?
I mean, how do you carry a child when you have
no hips on which to rest his sweet bum?
How . . .
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June 25, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
Yesterday afternoon I called my son. I didn't get an answer and I didn't leave a message. I knew that I wasn't going to be home for him to call me back. He has caller ID, . . .
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August 23, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
I just got done spending three days with my mother. I hadn't seen her since Christmas and seeing her again brought home how quickly our parents can age.
My father passed away in . . .
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September 10, 2006 01:25 PM EDT --
If you have never been hiking with a four year old you are missing out on one of the great joys of life.
Let me take you with me back to yesterday afternoon. I arrived at my son's . . .
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May 14, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
The Bathrobe
I knew it was inevitable.
Genetics are the strongest force in the world
And there is a point when acceptance is the only answer.
I had seen her face in my grandmother
But still . . .
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July 29, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Free Spirit
My father's youngest brother,
same age as my mother,
handsome as a movie star
with deep brown eyes.
I adored him.
His guilt for having
poured the coffee
that spilled . . .
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August 05, 2006 07:36 AM EDT --
Help!! My head is spinning. I have a decision to make and it is making me crazy.
For twenty six years I lived in southeast Virginia while my parents lived in northern Wisconsin. . . .
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May 30, 2006 08:26 PM EDT --
He had known for a while that he would be taking the trip sometime soon. He wasn't sure when. He just knew that there was no avoiding the inevitable and preparations might as well start . . .
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August 23, 2006 02:36 PM EDT --
What is it about women and their hair? We are never satisfied and we base so much of our self esteem on how our hair looks. I consider myself to be a fairly basic and low fuss woman but my . . .
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November 17, 2006 01:56 PM EST --
I woke up this morning feeling better than I have in weeks. I was finally able to get a good night of sleep and the aura of anxiety that has been following me around since my mother was diagnosed . . .
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July 29, 2006 06:13 PM EDT --
Bitter Violet
She wore her bitterness like the
scarf she wore to keep her pin curls
in place.
Eleven children in fifteen Depression
years by a man who only came home
from . . .
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August 08, 2006 07:24 AM EDT --
Does the urge to sooth a crying baby
ever leave a woman who has even
just once given birth?
The desire to breathe in the baby scent,
wipe away tears,
smooth down the sweaty hair?
. . .
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February 15, 2006 09:25 PM EST --
Republish for Memorial Day
She awoke with a start just
before the alarm clock buzzed and
vibrated next to his picture
on the night stand.
She shut it off and looked at the . . .
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May 29, 2006 12:17 PM EDT --
Waking up on warm summer mornings to the sound of birds in the big pine tree outside my window brings to mind the small farm on which my family lived when I was in grade school. It was not a large . . .
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October 14, 2006 07:53 AM EDT --
Heading south on a brisk, bright October day
I look up and see a flock of geese flying north,
their bodies black against the clear blue sky.
It seems to be an omen. I want to stop, scream . . .
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November 06, 2006 09:25 AM EST --
Quiet Time
Some days call for quiet time
in order to boost the spirits after
facing the facts of life and death
and needing to find diversions
to end the racing mind and focus
on something that can . . .
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February 25, 2006 03:02 PM EST --
I remember the first time I went to hold Diane's hand and she pulled back and shrieked. My heart nearly broke. A gesture that was meant to be of tenderness and companionship had become . . .
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March 20, 2006 07:11 PM EST --
Grandchild
Another grandchild
born, placed
feather light upon
my breast.
Heart leaps,
eyes tear,
her mouth puckers
as she sighs.
I breathe in her
scent, touch newborn
skin, wisps of hair, . . .
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