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Tag Archives: family
Elbows Off The Table
“If your mother serves fried combat boot, you kids will eat it.” Thus ended any potential debate on the edibility factor of canned beets and succinctly describes the negotiation-free tone of my childhood. We were five kids who held … Continue reading
Posted in Random Ruminations
Tagged armybrat, dinner hour, family, family history, old school parenting, table manners
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For Better or Worse…
His books, his booze, his Brooks Brothers shirts are all at home, but he is not. In their eighties, my once inseparable parents have been wrenched apart, physically anyway, by the disabling symptoms of Parkinson’s. Dad is in a veterans’ … Continue reading
War Stories: The Painting
I grew up listening to war stories told by my father, US Army Signal Corps, and my mother, a German child of WWII. This is the third in the series. The others are here and here. And maybe even here, now that … Continue reading
My Phantom Son-in-Law
Most days I manage to hold him at bay, that son-in-law I once imagined I’d have. It’s pointless to indulge in thoughts of what might have been if life had gone as planned. But sometimes, when I least expect it, he kicks down … Continue reading
Posted in Random Ruminations
Tagged family, health, life lessons, mental health, Personal Principles
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What’s in a (First) Name?
I’ve been going through old photo albums and, as a result, thinking about family and family names. When I was a little girl, I used to imagine what I would name a future daughter. For a long time my choice was Elizabeth, but … Continue reading
Posted in Random Ruminations
Tagged ancestors, ancestry, family, family history, family names, first names, Grandma Helen
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