There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. ~Guy Gavriel Kay After Kyle’s birthday celebration I found…
Story of one boy changing my life
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It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe. ~Anne Brontë Life contains those subtle special moments that…
Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I…
Shut your eyes and see. ~James Joyce I’m a little late in telling about our escape room experience two weekends ago, but I believe it’s…
Report Card. How Do I Help?
But Montague is bound as well as I, In penalty alike, and ’tis not hard, I think, For men so old as we to keep…
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Still Adjusting to the Loss of Ryan, 14 Years Later
The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seemed filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster …
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Teenager vs. Aunt Heather Part 3 – Flexing the Attitude
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. ~George Orwell So far in my last two posts, Kyle has…
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Teenager vs. Aunt Heather Part 2 Calm Before the Storm
On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly…
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Teenager vs. Aunt Heather – Part 1 Math Tutor
Some people care too much. I think it’s called love. ~A.A. Milne Where to begin. How about in chronological order. To be honest, I’ve been…
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Happy Birthday Kyle! 14 Years!
Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take…
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A Dip in the Grades
Children aren’t happy with nothing to ignore, And that’s what parents were created for. ~Ogden Nash Grades. I remember report card time. The stress of…
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Getting A Handle On the Teenage Years
I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ~J.D. Salinger Evey time I catch myself huffing and puffing over Kyle’s behavior, or worse his attitude,…
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Cruising the Open Seas
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. ~Kate Chopin Summer has arrived and has consumed all of my time. Between Thrill of the…
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Fighting For What’s Right
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. ~Oscar Wilde This is not a finger pointer,…
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Laughing About Nothing … Hitchhiker
Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up. ~Thomas Wolfe Kyle always surprises me, especially with what he…
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Christmas Equals Childlike
I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. …
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Painting Warmachine
People do not change, they are merely revealed. ~Anne Enright Kyle’s newest interest is called Warmachine. Warmachine Tournament It’s a game that young and old…
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Pushing My Buttons
You think you can break me, you have another thing coming, I invented stubborn! ~Heather Piper Those words have been ringing true over the years. …
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Patron the Local Business & Show Appreciation
Behind every small business, there’s a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware…
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Warmachine Tournament
May the odds be ever in your favor! ~Suzanne Collins What the heck is Warmachine? Believe it or not I can answer that one! Warmachine…
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