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Okay, so I’ve missed more than one post in NaBloPoMo. And I might have not told the whole truth as to why. Mom is still in the hospital. It’s been a week as of Sunday. Her pneumonia / infection showed signs of improvement, then it didn’t. She’s going backwards. Whatever antibiotics / anti-fungals / anti-everythings [...]

Seriously. So, my mom has had to go back to the hospital – again. She’s got some mystery infection that is causing problems and they advised my folks to go back to the hospital so that an infectious disease person can evaluate her and run some tests. It seems that even though her white cell [...]

My Aunt Judy asked that I write about a food that has caused riots between my brother and I on certain holidays…Deviled Eggs. Yeah, we’re classy like that. My (maternal) grandmother makes these little wonders of culinary delight. And if you ask her for the recipe, you’ll get an answer as clear as the reason [...]

Happy Friday, everyone! Love, The Swimmy Letter A on Vimeo

Chris asked, “What is the real impact of introducing a little one to Swimmy and how that’s all worked out so far. Frankly, the idea of dealing with more than one kid freaks my ass out.” My original response to him was the working title of this post, “How to Kill the Spirit of a [...]

Well, Sylvia asked how Husband and I met. Here’s the story! Actually, the story goes back a much longer way than just us meeting. You see, my (paternal) grandfather and his (paternal) grandfather were friends – very good friends – but we had never met. Husband is 16 years older than I am and because [...]