Tag: living
member name: Gisela S.
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April 30, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
1. I was born dead. When my heart stopped beating during delivery, they knocked my mom out, removed me with forceps and spent 2 minutes reviving me. The jury is still out as to if there . . .
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February 25, 2007 08:33 PM EST --
All last week, I knew she was out there, waiting for someone - anyone - to find a place where she could be put to good use again. Other than adjusting the sheets and blankets that we'd draped over . . .
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April 25, 2006 09:34 PM EDT --
Sixteen years ago today, I awoke at 2:45 am from a sound sleep to a ruptured amniotic surprise. An hour and a half, and some serious hard work later, I was handed a small bundle.
Who . . .
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August 09, 2006 01:30 PM EDT --
Logan Seth - quite possibly the most laid-back baby in the world, and our very first grand child was born yesterday morning at 10:54 am.
He weighed in at 8 pounds 2 oz, and stretched out to 21 inches . . .
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March 03, 2006 07:24 PM EST --
As some of you know, I have had the privilege to enjoy a special friendship with Liz, my pen-pal of a solid quarter of a century. We did not lay eyes on each other for the first 24 years of our correspondence. . . .
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May 27, 2006 07:41 PM EDT --
It was supposed to be a nice quiet morning of Gathering. I'd been away in the real world, and all I wanted to do was to catch up a bit on what had been happening over the past couple of weeks. . . .
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June 16, 2006 11:36 AM EDT --
I was thrilled when Gather first asked if I'd be willing to test a few "brain training" games offered by Nintendo and then to write about my experiences. Like many others with a family . . .
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March 27, 2008 08:30 AM EDT --
Apparently, photographs to chronicle and commemorate one's surgical procedures are standard fare these days. Oh yes, printed on a glossy sheet of photo paper, my ovaries and abdominal cavity . . .
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January 01, 2007 11:55 PM EST --
At the end of 2005, I swore off all resolutions for the rest of my life. Faced with my 40th birthday, my daughter's announcement that I was SURPRISE going to be a grandmother, the last semesters of . . .
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January 18, 2009 04:02 PM EST --
I realized earlier today that like so many other things I've recently come to take for granted, expecting my husband to come to my rescue in the midst of a household emergency is probably NOT something . . .
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June 01, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
"I just know I'm forgetting something...."
"There's a hole in your pants."
"I know dear."
"Well, aren't you going to change them?"
"No dear." . . .
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March 31, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
In the summer of 2006, my husband's Aunt Tillie and Uncle Ed celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. To commemorate the event, their children, spouses/partners as well as Fred, Danielle . . .
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February 15, 2006 04:33 PM EST --
This is an update in my ongoing adventure - the imminent wedding for my eldest daughter. If you would like to get read some of the developments so far please see my previous posts "Why I Will . . .
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January 26, 2009 11:17 PM EST --
I have two confessions to make.
1) I abhor the fact that I appear to have become ORDINARY and
2) I have morphed into a compulsive list maker.
There really is no excuse for the first item. . . .
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July 17, 2006 08:06 PM EDT --
It was 100 degrees in the shade. My daughter and I had just finished the annual back to school shopping trek. Loaded down with bags containing everything from number 2 pencils to six packs . . .
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January 28, 2009 10:54 PM EST --
My grandmother, Florence, was a real inspiration to me. She lost not one but TWO sons to freak flying accidents, but somehow managed to gather herself and channel her energies into . . .
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February 11, 2007 09:44 AM EST --
As many of you know, I lost my grandmother (Yup - that's her picture smiling down at you) to Alzheimer's Disease in 1994. Since that time, I've read extensively on brain . . .
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February 15, 2006 03:04 PM EST --
Please note: This article has been superceded by Amusing Musings SIMPLIFIED
Hello Everyone –
Thanks for your interest in this little group which I created on a whim this morning!
My idea . . .
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March 03, 2006 01:04 PM EST --
More than one person has asked me why I agreed to put myself and our finances through the drama of trying to plan and execute a full-scale formal wedding in less than two months. While in the throes of . . .
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January 30, 2009 11:30 AM EST --
It started with a phone call two days ago.
Danielle, my youngest, telephoned from school. Apparently, her friend's family had found a stray pug and Dani, lover of dogs and . . .
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