Tag: shame
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What Defines You?
photo courtesy of Santa Barbara on Unsplash Cooking and baking fascinated me when I was young. The preferred norm in our home was having the adults to do it–there were no mess ups or culinary disasters to cause issues. One morning when I was about seven, I decided it would be a grand idea to…
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Get Ready–Get Set–Wait
photo courtesy of Filip Mroz on Unsplash When we returned from Arizona, we had five of our grands ready to be embraced by us for two and a half weeks–littles and bigs. Their folks are away, and we were more than willing to step in. One of them, Sydney, is leaving for college soon and…
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The Shaming Game
photo courtesy of Ildar Garifullin on Unsplash When we bought a car several years ago, it was one of those purchases made of necessity. Our old car had literally given up the ghost. It shimmied like a disco dancer and then periodically lost power. The car we chose had newer gadgets than we were used…
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I’m The Worst
I’ve got to be the worst nana in the history of the world. John and I were asked to help with our grands while their parents were at a work retreat, a job that’s a joy with an immense amount of humor thrown in for good measure. I needed to drive Cal to preschool in…
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Pause and Ponder
Don’t let his incredibly interesting outfit confuse you. This young man is a deep thinker. Great thinkers often are quirky people with no concern for societal conventions. Like matching clothes. Throughout history, people who think and act differently have been ridiculed. Some of our most significant ideas have come from people others have seen as…
Tip of My Iceberg 