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Alex Haley, a Writer & Speaker Who with Words Painted Pictures I Remember to this Day
Alex Haley, a Writer & Speaker Who with Words Painted Pictures I Remember to this Day For most of my 31 years working for the IRS, my job, which I loved, was managing, promoting, and coordinating the public outreach and education programs for the IRS, a one-of-a-kind position within each IRS...
A Treasure Intangible – The Name of a Beautiful Little Baby Boy
A Treasure Intangible – The Name of a Beautiful Little Baby Boy I have a variety of little physical treasures, little things worthless to practically everyone else, that sit on the little two drawer chest in my study. One, the red glazed ashtray that I made in kindergarten, my first ever...
Memories of Christmas Trees, the Help of Grandsons & the Overflowing Hot Chocolate of Christmases Past
Written: Monday, December 3, 2018 We, my wife and I, put up the Christmas tree and the outside lights on Saturday. On Sunday, after the 90th birthday celebration of the woman I consider my second mother, my wife continued putting out and arranging the Christmas decorations and now the house...
My Mom’s Fingers Upon Her Engagement Ring Box Waiting to Sail to the USA as a British War-Bride & Throughout Her Life in California
Sitting on the small, two-drawer chest somewhat in the middle of my study, is the small, brown, ring box, now worn and faded in places, that my mom’s engagement ring eventually came to rest in – a ring of 22k gold, my mom said, with three good-size sapphires and little diamonds in between - the...
Upon a Younger Sister’s Death – Day of Dissolution
On a Thursday, on a clear, warm, sunny day, a month after my sister Tania’s passing, we were finally able to have her funeral and burial, the delay due to the increased demand for mortuary and cemetery services because of pandemic deaths, and the restrictions then in place on public...
Eulogy for a Younger Sister, Who Never Married and Never Had Children, Who Was Loved and Who Will Be Missed
Welcome family and friends to this celebration and send-off of our sister, Tania. To start this eulogy for my sister, I am first going to read a slightly modified version of what is written on the back of the Order of Service handout that you received when you came into the church. Our...
Taking my Sister to a Medical Procedure & the Sounds, Smells, and Sights of Life
In February, two nieces and I took my sister to a medical clinic for a cancer related procedure. It took us all a month it seemed to set it up, to work out all the details, insurance and logistics, and to coax and convince, and mentally and emotionally prepare my sister – and all of us - for...
The Sign I held in Protest is Coming Apart, the Glue is Losing its Grip
The sign I held in protest is coming apart; the glue is losing its grip. It leans against the wall behind the open door to my study out of sight, but when I close the door to work at my desk in peace with quiet, I always see it, and I make no attempt to fix it. I prefer it now as it...