Tag: life
member name: Linda Douglas
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September 06, 2006 04:14 PM EDT --
Slow Down
My baby boy will be twenty nine in eleven more days.
I am not old enough to have a son that old.
His baby boy started pre-school today, following
behind his older sisters, the baby . . .
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September 11, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
I just wanted to let everyone who offered prayers and good wishes to my mother last week that the news is now good. Thanks to the tenacity of my brother in law, Bing (who insisted my mother go to . . .
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September 01, 2006 03:21 AM EDT --
It is three o'clock in the morning and I feel like the only person in the world. There isn't even anyone on Gather right now that I can tell.
The birds are quiet, but my feline friends . . .
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September 01, 2006 08:39 PM EDT --
I am feeling a little fragile.
I had been looking forward to this weekend for the past five days and had done everything I could to prepare for it. Even with the coming rain, I knew . . .
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October 27, 2006 11:07 PM EDT --
In The Best Way to Ease Your Troubled Life, (/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976825514) , Bill Allin brings out the point that by helping others we can forget our own troubles. . . .
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June 07, 2006 07:55 PM EDT --
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Seven days of rainfall
Gray skies, wind, mud, lack of sun
Turns my brain to mush.
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Green leaves cry raindrops,
Birds huddle, hiding in trees.
Cat wistfully watching.
III . . .
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June 19, 2006 10:28 PM EDT --
The rain came through tonight and
washed away the stickiness of a hot June day.
Along with the breeze came a memory of you
carried along on the scent of honeysuckle
outside my bedroom window. . . .
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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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July 15, 2006 09:30 PM EDT --
It was a soft summer evening. The sun was making its way to the western horizon leaving a subtle pink sky. I had finished a long week and looked forward to relaxation and an evening of music. . . .
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July 23, 2006 08:48 AM EDT --
Ode to Morning
Unrushed Sunday mornings,
Moving slowly . . .
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September 17, 2006 07:16 AM EDT --
Sun Salutation
I lay in wait for the chirps of the
first morning birds,
a sense of anticipation and hope
in the dawn of a new day
draws me out of bed to the
fog of an early Fall morning. . . .
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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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January 06, 2007 10:36 PM EST --
What happened to the youthful days
when bedtime meant falling onto the sheets
in the wee hours of the morning,
mascara streaks across the pillowcase,
too tired to wash face
after dancing and . . .
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January 21, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
Grief is such a tricky emotion. It shows up in a variety of ways.
My mother is gone. I am now an orphan. I tell myself that I knew this was coming. It was only a . . .
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May 03, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
I woke this morning to the sound of the rain on the windows and the cars splashing on the wet highway near my apartment. The night had been a rough one. I had tossed and turned and fretted . . .
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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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May 24, 2006 10:12 PM EDT --
Republish to Disability Forum
It was 3:15 a.m. according to the glow of the digital clock next to my bed. I had been up and to the bathroom twice since I had turned out my light five hours . . .
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August 19, 2006 05:50 AM EDT --
You may ask me very seriously,
"Why are you up at such an early hour?"
"You have no cows to milk, chickens to feed,
nor a dog to walk? The sun has not even
started its . . .
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July 09, 2006 10:30 AM EDT --
I have pretty much been able to follow the circle of life to justify the existence of any living creature (including a few politicians). There is one, however, I have not found a reason for its life . . .
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June 25, 2006 02:10 PM EDT --
It was just before Christmas about twenty years ago and I had been out for a run and a stop at the gym. I was sweaty and cranky. I was at my worst. My hair was in sweat dreads and I know . . .
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