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A Nostalgic Look Back Through Personal Memories and Cultural Shifts Some thoughts linger after reading the morning news, weaving their way into present musings. Today, unexpectedly, “As the World Turns”—an old soap opera—floated into my mind. My grandmother, Ma Reeves, a devoted Baptist with few indulgences, never missed an episode. The show became more than…
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Rambling on about Finding Solace and Strength in a Day for Myself… Sometimes, what we need most is just one day, one day to step back, breathe, and allow ourselves to simply exist without demands or expectations. Today, I gave myself that day. I minimized interactions, speaking only when necessary, and allowed myself the luxury…
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Rambling on about Stress, Today’s Youth, and the Weight of Change… Sometimes I find myself sitting quietly, letting out a long sigh, and muttering, “I’m too old for this…” The stress of getting older is something I could almost laugh about if it weren’t compounded by the absolute insanity of the world we live in…
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Rambling on about Navigating the endless abyss of waiting on the tech support industry and the experience of being on hold… Hold on please… What is a good callback number if we lose connection… Let me see what I can do and find out for you… HOLD PLEASE… We have all heard it before if…
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Rambling on about dreaming and its connection to life… I still wander about among those I have lost in my dreams. Their silhouettes linger at the edges of sleep, woven into the tapestry of shadows that haunt the corridors of my mind. Each night, I drift through a restless twilight, where memory and longing entwine,…
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Rambling on about Reflections, Resilience, and Hopes for a Better Year Ahead… As November fades into memory and December quietly arrives, there’s a sense that we’re stepping into life’s final chapter of the year. The days grow shorter, the air crisper, and the world seems to slow down just enough for reflection. December is often…
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Rambling on about Why It’s Never Too Late for Fairy Tales and New Beginnings… Dream a little dream with ME… When we think of dreaming big or believing in fairy tales, childhood often comes to mind. Yet, the truth is that the magic of dreams, transformation, and new adventures doesn’t fade as we grow older—it…
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Famous people, Infamous people… Rambling on about not being star struck by people… We are all people
When I read this question this morning I had to think a bit. Mainly for the reason that I am not the kind of person to be all giddy and excited to follow or be impressed by what society deems “Famous People” and the Infamous ones I know of I have thankfully never met. I…
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Reading and Writing, and Arithmetic, Taught to the tune of a Hickory Stick… I was a child that really loved school, as a kid, a teen, and an adult. In my childhood, I adored spelling, words amazed me and I competed in spelling bees and won once in grammar school. That played into a love…
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Rambling on about plans and the vision for the next three years… I suppose we all make plans, that is what we do as humans, plan things, do things, and try to make them happen in our own time. I have aged to the point I now understand that old saying, “We make plans and…
