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A Little Big Anticipation, With A Big Little Dread
What are we looking forward to this year and what do we dread? The year is young, but TODAY is about BOTH! No other real plans this year, except for in a couple of weeks, but that is tied into … Continue reading
Posted in big plans, blessings, decisions, experiences, Family, Life, Tonette Joyce, Travel
Tagged children, family, Family additions, grandchildren
6 Comments
Also Starring…
This week we’re discussing secondary characters in the stories we create. According to a few sources I checked, secondary characters are more important to the plot than minor characters, but not as important as the major characters. Actually, I find them as … Continue reading
You’re perfect to me
“My mom told me that I should trust the man who could see the sorrow behind my smile, the love behind my anger, and the reasons behind my silence.” ― Jill Shalvis, Always On My Mind We seem to enter … Continue reading
Posted in authors, childhood, Family
Tagged children, growing up, grown children, Maths, mother's day, Thank you
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“Ekam Eveileb”
“Children are the ones that know exactly what’s going on in the world, you know. They ‘see’ more than adults, ‘believe’ in more, are honest, and will always, ‘always’ let you know where you stand.” ― Cecelia Ahern, If You … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Life, Miscellaneous, writing
Tagged Anne Frank, Anne Frank exhibition, believe, Cecelia Ahern, characters, children, Diary, ekam eveileb, Elizabeth Egan, Happiness, If you could see me now, Iris Blobel, Ivan, love, make-believe, Romance, writing
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Throw Mama from the Train a Kiss
Jillian-the-Fox keeps inspiring my posts, (which is strange, because I know she doesn’t like writing prompts), and her post this week about her mother in NYC reminded me of my mother’s New York tales. This one involves my mother and … Continue reading
Posted in Tonette Joyce
Tagged children, family, grandmothers, immigrants, Italian language, Italy, Mothers, New York City, Pennsylvania, secretaries, Throw Mama from the Train a Kiss, time, trains
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The Dreaded Daylight Savings Time and a Symmetrical Birthday
I wish, wish, wish that the powers that be would stop with the changing of the clocks. They need to leave it alone. Every year, I drag around for months after loosing that hour. I know my body clock should … Continue reading
Posted in Jillian Chantal, Life
Tagged aging, birthday, children, daylight savings time, dread, family, fun, motherhood, sleep.
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Strangers on a Train
When Iris spoke yesterday about her conversation in England with a stranger and they spoke about the weather, it reminded me of a friend/colleague who struck up a conversation with a stranger on a train. This is not really my … Continue reading
Posted in Jillian Chantal, Life
Tagged cancer, children, europe, family, inspiration, love, men, Romance, Strangers, trains, transportation
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Winter Blues
This week’s topic is how we feel about winter, but I admit I’m not inspired to write about that this week in light of last Friday’s tragedy. The short version is that winter is my least favorite season. Native Floridian … Continue reading