Category Archives: death

Cemeteries,cremation. What’s your preference?

When I was a little girl my grandma used to go once a week with all her little old lady friends to the Greenridge Cemetery and “take care of the graves.” They’d all load up their tools and would fill … Continue reading

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Pulling for the bad guy…….

Last weekend Paul and I had nothing on the DVR to watch and our VHS/DVD player decided to break down. They don’t last very long but that’s another post. Anyway, we were channel flipping being it was the weekend and … Continue reading

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My Little Dreams

I know everyone has a list of things they want to do before their time comes. A bucket list if you will. I think someone even wrote about this already but frankly I’m just too lazy to go back and … Continue reading

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Even Miracles Take A Little Time

I’m sure everyone has heard about the amazing story of Jaycee Dugard. Kidnapped as she was heading to the bus stop one morning in 1991, all the while her step dad watching helplessly. I remember when this happened, we’re the … Continue reading

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Who should decide?

I was wondering if you’ve all heard of Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s lymphoma?  He’s from Sleepy Eye Minnesota so we’ve been hearing about it on the news now for days.  Doctors testified in court last week that Daniel … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, beliefs, cancer, chemotherapy, children, choices, dangerous, death, differences, doctors, emotions, fears, feelings, government, illness's, judging, lifestyles, medicine, minnesota, parent's, people, radiation, things, thinking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments

Teen Organ Donors

This is a very sad story from a friend of mine at work.  Her niece died in a pedestrian/car accident.  It was an accident plain and simple so there was no blame passed around.  She was 16 years old and … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, adults, behavior, beliefs, children, choices, comfort, death, differences, emotions, family, fears, feelings, grief, hospitals, kids, life, love, organ donation, pain, parent's, people, sorrow, teenagers, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 27 Comments

2 Connected By Holocaust Reunited After 63 Years

I’m not sure why I’ve always been so interested in anything and everything that has to do with the Holocaust.  But ever since I can remember, something about it really grabs me in.  I’m not sure if it’s the historical aspect … Continue reading

Posted in adulthood, adults, afraid, age, anger, anne frank, behavior, best friends, change, changes, childhood, children, choices, death, depression, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, friendships, girls, growing up, history, holocaust, humiliate, humiliation, hurt, kids, memories, news, people, reuntied, schindlers list, sorrow, Uncategorized, war, wars, women | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

The Loss of an Old Friend

I had the privilege of meeting Cody the summer I turned 16. We both moved to Montana that summer from California so right away we clicked. I’ll never forget his curly out of control dark hair and his contagious smile. … Continue reading

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American dream

I think about this quite often. I don’t know why. What is your American dream? Is it baseball and apple pie? Freedom to do what we want or the right to bitch when something doesn’t go our way? To me … Continue reading

Posted in aging, childhood, children, choices, death, dreams, emotions, family, Father's, fears, feelings, freedoms, games, home, housework, husbands, jobs, kids, life, lifestyles, love, marriage, memory, mom, money, parent's, people, pre teens, relationships, responsibility, smell, teenagers, thoughts, wives, work, working | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

I’m only seventeen

The first time I read this story was thirteen years ago. I was eighteen at the time and living with my grandpa. I came up from my room one morning to find the newspaper opened up to this story, like someone … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, cars, children, choices, death, dreams, driving, emotions, family, Father's, fears, feelings, kids, parent's, people, relationships, rules, teenagers, thoughts, Uncategorized, worry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Teen dies in car crash

This is very sad and it’s even more sad to us.  Our niece and nephew knew this girl, please listen to the video.  It also happened on my sister and brother in law’s road and the crossing is one that … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, cars, children, choices, death, driving, emotions, fears, feelings, freedoms, friends, government, kids, laws, life, parent's, people, saftey, teenagers, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Question of the day

                                       If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are living now?

Posted in death, emotions, feelings, lifestyles, people, Question of the day, relationships, thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments