Tag: family
member name: Dena Straughn
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October 31, 2008 03:59 AM EDT --
My children and I switch off from year to year at each others homes for the holidays. We are big on tradition. Beginning last year, my kids decided add a new autumn tradition, . . .
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August 30, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
I am expecting my first grandchild, Ryan Michael, next month, and my second and third in April. When . . .
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October 03, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
The summer had been dry and fall had come early. Betty was living in the old graveyard house with her sister Joyce, her nine brothers, and her mother and father. It was . . .
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October 03, 2008 02:44 AM EDT --
I remember the nights when I heard you weeping in another room.
I wanted to go to you, comfort you, but knew, it was too soon.
All those years together, promises . . .
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November 06, 2008 01:39 AM EST --
Yesterday was rainy, so the only two outdoor pictures that I got was this one out of my windshield and . . .
. . . this next one, taken in front of the museum and city hall in my . . .
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August 31, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
When trouble falls soft,
Like summer rain,
There is almost a pleasure
In the strength . . .
The shelter of loving arms;
But when the storm becomes icy, cruel,
The protecter weeps, breaks,
When . . .
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November 02, 2008 10:11 PM EST --
Today's Walk about was a bit lazy, but Sundays are good for resting. I mostly sat in the yard, read and birdwatched, and pretended to be editing. I really have to get back to that. . . .
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November 09, 2008 02:27 AM EST --
As with each morning of late, I have met the day with feathered friends. I took a few shots, but today, only decided to share the tailfeathers of the bluejays. After coffee . . .
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November 12, 2008 03:23 AM EST --
I have been keeping a photo journal of the beauty I find in my days, and of late, I have been sharing my photos here on gather, hoping to inspire this one thought . . . we live in a beautiful world if . . .
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December 19, 2008 11:44 PM EST --
I can hardly believe three months have passed. Already he has grown so much, and each day is somthing new. Ryan Michael, my sweet baby grandson has brought me such joy! I don't want . . .
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February 07, 2009 02:41 AM EST --
Tracing paths with fingertips
Over familiar turns of you,
Tiny steps across your heart,
Now palm to cheek, askew,
Ah, With lashes low, I breath you in.
Reward, a smile, . . .
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December 15, 2007 02:32 AM EST --
I have been married to my best friend and love for 25 years. I am a very happy woman and have enough sense to count my blessings. Kenny has a pulmonary disease and his lung capacity is only . . .
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November 21, 2007 01:12 AM EST --
I have so many things to be thankful for.
Though I have some health issuess, extended family problems, and grief from losing loved ones, I have a wonderful support system . . .
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March 14, 2008 10:28 PM EDT --
One-eyed bears and Happy Meals,
Footie Pajamas and fairy tales,
Sippy cups, a big red ball,
Pitter Patter down the hall,
Princess dresses, frilly lace,
Pretty, freckled, smiling face, . . .
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October 11, 2008 11:53 PM EDT --
Invisible in a crowded room,
Betty fought to keep her mind from pain.
Laughter in a tunnel, so far away,
And muffled by the sound of rain.
She tried to look into the future,
But . . .
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August 16, 2007 02:40 AM EDT --
Onyx eyes dancing around the room,
Curious, laughing, wild and untamed;
She looks up and just as soon
As she sees me everything's changed;
She becomes shy; her hand rises,
Palm out, two dimpled fingers . . .
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August 16, 2007 02:44 AM EDT --
Kayla Rose
KAYLA ROSE is three today
SHE had a hole in her heart when SHE was born
SHE has little scars on her chest
but that little girl can light up a room!
SHE smiles . . .
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September 26, 2007 01:10 AM EDT --
My mom had nine brothers and one sister. There are not many of them left now, but there are stories that should not go untold. I have decided to tell the Gatherers a few of them along the way. . . .
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September 26, 2007 03:09 AM EDT --
The Old Leaky House
Mom, her sister and nine brothers named the houses they lived in. They have stories to tell from them all (all different versions of course). In this post, I will . . .
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April 27, 2009 11:36 PM EDT --
Just a few thoughts as I say goodbye . . .
I loved your Deep South accent, the way you said, "Lord!" or "Honey!" You were Alabama.
Do you remember making washtubs of fresh squeezed lemonade . . .
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