Tag: family
member name: Cyndie G.
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July 13, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
Our ancestors sing
within us we hear their truth
to brighten our path.
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August 12, 2008 09:04 AM EDT --
My God-daughter, Amber dreams of being a pharmacist. Measuring medications, wearing white lab coats and helping people, pharmacists earned her respect and admiration. Now they have . . .
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July 14, 2008 12:30 PM EDT --
Sweet sixteen,
cowboy boots over heels;
She doesn't want dances.
She's licensed for wheels.
Singing away,
As the car's all gassed,
Drive, drive, drive,
life's a journey . . .
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July 17, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --
It was on my birthday when I first discovered that I was at a special place in my life. Some close friends of mine fretted about their passage into middle age, pointing to numerous new . . .
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July 14, 2008 05:02 PM EDT --
Scents and fragrances inspire some of the best moments in our lives. The smell of sugar cookies baking in the oven can bring back memories from our childhood. A warm cup of Lady Grey . . .
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July 29, 2008 01:20 AM EDT --
Sisters, take care with your words,
For they sting my ear.
So easily flung, those words of yours
Hit their mark every time,
Causing me to wonder
When can I be free
To be
. . .
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July 16, 2008 02:20 PM EDT --
It may be difficult to imagine now, but when I was a child in the late 60's, there were no fences in our South Texas neighborhood. As children, we could play, running wildly from yard . . .
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June 29, 2008 11:43 AM EDT --
C ompassion is a virtue, which we are endowed with, but like so many other precious aspects of ourselves, we tend to use it sparingly, as if the well might run dry someday. But, just like . . .
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July 14, 2008 12:07 PM EDT --
I am a member of National Family Caregivers Association. Having been a caregiver for over six years, I understand there is much to be done in providing support to those who provide . . .
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July 30, 2008 02:40 PM EDT --
For a girl born and raised in the city, I've spent a great deal of time in the forests of Tennessee and North Carolina. Towering pine trees and leafy trails were a part of my childhood vacation . . .
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August 01, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
what an adventure we could share. While my mind has been on weighty issues in our world this morning, I still have this sense of overwhelming hope. My soul is still tempted to dance on the . . .
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July 07, 2008 11:19 AM EDT --
Sometimes, it's easy to lose sight of the beauty around us. The world may not seem like such a bright and beautiful place. The responsibility of caregiving is enormous and . . .
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July 11, 2008 09:02 PM EDT --
I know this place. The temperature is soaring, fueling my fever and provoking the ache of loss. A wind from the southwest lazily taunts tall pine trees, causing . . .
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July 22, 2008 11:23 AM EDT --
"How can I go on?" I ask myself. The pain is unbearable. I feel numb and confused. I feel like someone tore a hole in my soul and it will never be the same again. . . .
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February 27, 2009 08:19 PM EST --
I spent Thanksgiving in the hospital. I laid in the little bed in Spohn Memorial looking at pins holding my wrist to my arm. A deep gash under my left arm and one on my left leg were bandaged . . .
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July 13, 2008 10:14 PM EDT --
There's a giraffe in our banana tree.
He eats green leaves, you see.
And though I laugh and shout with glee,
No one can see him but me!
His spotted neck is long and tall, . . .
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July 01, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
The garden in our soul is a perpetual garden, which is available to us at any moment in time. On a particularly dreary winter day, I can visit the garden within and find it blooming in . . .
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July 02, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
One October day, a dear friend of mine invited me to her small country home for tea. As she approaches the age of 85, I marvel at Estelle's gentle ways and, more importantly, her . . .
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July 14, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
I am a member of National Family Caregivers Association. Having been a caregiver for over six years, I understand there is much to be done in providing support to those who provide . . .
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July 27, 2009 03:55 PM EDT --
I envisioned the train wreck before it happened. On a clear day on one of the endless summers without rain, my thoughts happened on the way things could be, would be, sometime in the not-so distant . . .
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