Tag: family
member name: Kimberly Ripley
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November 06, 2009 05:04 PM EST --
It's the weekend, and with it comes a list a mile long. Shopping, cleaning, cooking, laundry and a plethora of errands start the list. Then add in all the extra things that need doing with Thanksgiving . . .
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October 04, 2009 04:53 PM EDT --
Last night we celebrated the birthday of a dear family friend at our home. Even though she is not related to us in any way, all of my kids have grown up calling her "Auntie." Two of them have never . . .
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August 15, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
It occurred nearly every Sunday after church. The family...and that term was very loosely defined...gathered around the dining room table at my grandmother's apartment for Sunday dinner.
The . . .
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May 20, 2009 08:43 AM EDT --
He didn't shy away when he learned I had three small children. Most men would have run; never glancing sideways on their way out the door. We added two children to the brood, and with them came extras....they're . . .
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January 14, 2008 04:46 PM EST --
Formal attire typically means black tie or an evening gown for the ladies.
Casual attire runs the gamut these days...anything from jeans and sneakers to dress slacks and a nice sweater.
Business . . .
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December 11, 2007 05:14 PM EST --
Marjorie Tilton had been divorced since the 1930's. Divorce was a scandalous affair back then-especially when filed by the wife. But this was one feisty woman, and she wasn't one to be . . .
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April 13, 2009 12:00 AM EDT --
Your hair is gray. Don't you think you should color it?
You used to be so thin. What happened to you?
Don't you take care of yourself? You could really use a facial.
You don't . . .
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August 16, 2009 11:49 PM EDT --
Our family traveled to Bar Harbor, Maine just over a week ago, for my baby brother's wedding. I call him my "baby" brother, because he is exactly two months to the day younger than my middle child. . . .
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September 23, 2009 11:08 PM EDT --
Greetings, Gather writers. It's Thursday (or at least it will be soon!) and I want you to dig way down into the deepest resources in your creative minds for something wonderful to post to the Writing . . .
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July 25, 2009 11:21 PM EDT --
I was reminded of this poem that my great-grandmother so often read to me when I was just a small child, as I watched both of my grandchildren, Lilly and Aiden, enjoy the new swing we put up in . . .
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December 28, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
So often we ask the question, "Why, Lord?"
Sometimes there is no answer.
This is one of those times.
On Christmas afternoon a young man threw himself off a building in our city, . . .
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January 05, 2008 10:12 PM EST --
Mothers spend many sleepless nights caring for their children-sometimes when those children are in their 20's.
Mothers seldom eat hot food.
Mothers pray without . . .
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September 20, 2008 11:36 PM EDT --
Aiden Cole McCarthy was born this evening at 8:09 PM, weighing in at 8 pounds even and measuring 21 inches long. My daughter Elizabeth and I stayed with Judy and Eric throughout the entire labor and . . .
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January 01, 2008 06:51 PM EST --
Restroom Reflections
(Ever thought of putting in a port-o-let?)
Ask ten people what their impression is of a public restroom, and it is quite likely that . . .
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February 13, 2008 12:55 PM EST --
I may have posted this a few months back....probably not in this exact format, but am reposting it today for Kathryn Esplin-Oleski's Wednesday Writing Essential.
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February 13, 2008 08:35 PM EST --
I wrote this piece several years back when my in-laws first became ill. They have both since passed away, within four months of each other.
When did life as they knew it slip away? . . .
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March 03, 2008 09:13 AM EST --
Dear Honey Bumpkins,
These are a few short words of wisdom from your mother, before you start your new life as a husband. First of all, you must realize, you aren't marrying your mother. . . .
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March 24, 2008 02:30 PM EDT --
There are occasions when my mind tends to do far worse than wander. In fact I think it takes a hiatus from time to time. I try to cover it up, but never to much success.
"Your name is...." . . .
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January 03, 2009 11:05 PM EST --
As a follow-up to my article about sweepstakes, I have to post that I feel like I just won the lottery!
My middle son just proposed to his wonderful girlfriend of two years, and she said yes! . . .
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January 11, 2009 10:52 PM EST --
How could they be best described? Perhaps like a cross between a chicken and a human being-that is the most accurate description of skin that has suffered the wrath of significant . . .
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