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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: 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: 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
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Prompt: What books do you want to read? 1/25/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. I like to read a variety of books across most genres, from Sci-Fi and fantasy to fiction and nonfiction, as well as books passed along that they feel are good reads e.g., Charles… Continue reading
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Prompt: Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a child. What became of it? 01/08/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. Growing up in SW Philly, in a time and place where the grade school I attended, MBS (Most Blessed Sacrament), was the most populous in the country, with over 3,700 kids from K… Continue reading
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Prompt: What is your mission? 1/7/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. To live a complete life in the eyes of God, my wife, my family, my friends, my coworkers, and my neighbors. I hope that someday, after I’m gone, when my name comes up… Continue reading
