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Life Lessons From the Seahawks
I am not a football fan per se, as I referenced in my last post, but the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl victory last Sunday and the legacy they are leaving, warrants another post. Inaugurating a New...
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It’s a Small, Small World
The first time I went to Disneyland was as an adult with my husband. Even though we didn’t have kids at the time, we did venture into Fantasy Land and ride one ride: It’s a Small World. It’s a Small...
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Remembering Wanda
The community of women that I scrapbook with lost our fearless leader Wanda rather suddenly earlier this month. Going out in style, Wanda passed away on National Scrapbook Day. She had just laid her...
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Lights, Camera, Action, Part 3 ~ Creating a Movie Soundtrack
Here I sit late night typing away on my laptop rushing to write a post of great significance with the current goings-on in my life. I am listening to some beautiful music to help put me in the mood to...
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Fairy Tales do Come True
I’m going to the ball!!! I’ve dreamed of this day for a long time. It’s not the fairy tale type of ball or romantic fairy tale type of dream. It’s the dream of seeing Pedro’s music come to life on the...
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Houston We Have a Problem
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two weeks since traveling to Pedro’s Tempting Fate* movie première and my (his) so called fairy tale moment that I last wrote about. I’m back to reality in...
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Giving Up Christmas?
We don’t watch much TV in our home. One of our favorite shows is “The Middle.” We love to laugh at the dysfunction of this family with 3 kids spanning from middle school to college. The holiday episode...
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Celebrating the Sound of Music’s 50th Anniversary
The 50th anniversary of the Sound of Music was recently marked with lots of fanfare: tributes, release of a 50th Anniversary 5-disk DVD/Blu-ray collection, television programs, and special viewings of...
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A Letter to Mom
Dear Mom, I am writing your birthday letter early this year. I have so much to tell you, and it can’t wait until June. The sad news is Dee had a stroke. I couldn’t talk her into taking better care of...
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A Mother’s Day Gift for my Sons & my Readers
The last time I saw my mother alive was five years ago over Mother’s Day weekend. As I wrote in “Walking My Mother Home,” my story in Journeys to Mother Love, these trips back home were instrumental...
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The Graduation Road Less Traveled
Today is a bittersweet day for me and my family. My youngest child will be walking across the stage and receiving his high school diploma. What is so significant to me about this is how he got to...
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Being First: A Graduation Legacy
Last week a class of 115 students proudly walked across the stage of our church auditorium to receive their diplomas from a new high school in Washington State. My son was one of these students in the...
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Commemorating Christopher Columbus in Spanish Style, Part 1
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” The opening line of the poem “In 1492” about Christopher Columbus takes me back to my childhood when we learned about Columbus and his...
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A Bittersweet Birthday Gift
Every year since my mother passed away, I can’t help but think of her on my birthday. It was on my 50th birthday that I was by her bedside, 2000 miles away from friends and family. It was a very...
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Nominations Open for Mother of the Year
As Mother’s Day approaches this year I’ve noticed a bit of longing for the times when my kids were young and family plans were made to do something special to celebrate the day. If something wasn’t...
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It was in the summer of 2015 that Tempting Fate, the movie that includes soundtrack music by Pedro González Arbona, was released in theaters across Africa. Ever since that time, I waited and watched...
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My heart grieves again for the loss of a loved one so dear to me, my stepmother Glenna, so, I dedicate this post to her. Glenna passed away in early June. Her memorial was held last month. I was...
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