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Love

Love is not always romance. Love is care, support, checking in, and checking on. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new … Continue reading

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What is it Like to Live with Dementia?

James Tomlinson in Bedford, England“It’s just frightening. I get hallucinations where I think there are ghosts living in our garden. But my world seems to take on several dimensions. So I don’t know which house I’m in.” Tommy Dunne in Liverpool, England“[Words] … Continue reading

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My Husband’s Late Wife

I like to think we could have been friends. She gave birth to two boys. Years later, I handed them lunches in paper bags when they walked out the door. I attended parent-teacher conferences, baked apple pies for Pi Day, … Continue reading

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The Sugar Fairy

Our sugar bowl is small, glass and always magically full. My husband jokes that there must be a sugar fairy in our home. Sometimes, when the bowl gets a little low, he gives me a knowing smile and wonders aloud … Continue reading

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Parenting

No one…who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly reaslise what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents. – Suzanne La Follette If God were a woman, She would have installed one of … Continue reading

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