life
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Daily Prompt: What experiences in life helped you grow the most? 2/28/26
Be thankful, be grateful, be patient, be charitable, be kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious. Starting from conception, birth, through the toddler years, learning to crawl before you walk and walk before you run. Like learning to accept when roller skating or ice skating, you’re going to fall often, learning you… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. 2/26/26
Be thankful, be grateful, be patient, be charitable, be kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious. ~~~~~ Happy Heavenly 106th Birthday, Aunt Cass Donahue! ~~~~ I was a smoker for many years and tried to quit on more occasions than I can count using my fingers and toes. I even switched from… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Describe the most ambitious DIY project ever taken on. 2/24/25
Be thankful, be grateful, be patient, be charitable, be kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious. Hmm! This is a difficult one, as over the past 50 years, and in three different homes, there have been many instances. I’ve installed wainscoting in two houses and refinished old kitchen cabinets. I painted and… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: If you could ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? 2/23/26
Be thankful, be grateful, be patient, be charitable, be kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious. ~~~ Sorry for the late post due to a snow related power outage ~~~~ This is an easy one, at least for me and most of my siblings anyway. My father, a WWII Army Sgt., raised… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. 02/17/26
Be thankful, be grateful, be patient, be charitable, be kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious. I have a pair of black Classic cap-toe Oxfords shoes that I bought back in the 80’s, which I have had resoled and heeled several times over the years. I have had them so long that… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received? 02/16/26
Be thankful, grateful, Patient, Charitable, Kind and don’t forget to smile as it is infectious Over my almost 70 years, there have been a few memorable gifts at different stages of life and for different reasons. In 1958, everything Popeye-related was a hero of mine. In 1959, I received my first tricycle, and in 1963,… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? 2/13/26
Be Thankful, Grateful, Patient, Charitable, Kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious. HAPPY VALENTINE’S WEEKEND!! I remember in the Fall of 1971, the local Catholic Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools (Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast) were having a computer dance. They would enter your name and interest details and give you a… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: What were your parents doing at your age? 2/11/26
Be Thankful, Grateful, Patient, Charitable, Kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious My father (9/24/1915 – 8/12/1976) died about a month shy of his 61st birthday. He had a debilitating stroke when I was two, almost to the day, in 1958, while driving the EL out of 69th street for PTC at… Continue reading
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Prompt: How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? 2/2/26
Greet the day thankful, grateful, patient, charitable, and kind. Don’t forget to do it with a smile, as it is infectious! Precursor: Below are my views, only drawn from what I experienced and through my soon-to-be 70-year-old eyes, a lifetime. Yours may be different from mine, and that’s okay. I was raised not to expect… Continue reading
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Prompt: Write about your first computer. 1/30/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY TO OUR GRANDSON KEVIN – STAY WARM OUT THERE AND HAVE A GREAT DAY! My wife, back in 1989, got an older model Dell, Amdex. You know, the kind that… Continue reading
