Black Oak's Daughter

Seriously.
God bless Mom but she had her issues.  Yes, I have mine too, but they’re OH SO DIFFERENT. I’ve been thinking a lot about Mom lately. Probably because of the surgery that I’ve been through. I never understood what she endured before with each of her bypass operations.
Mom collected newspapers. I collect CD’s full of [...]

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“The Greatest Player in the World”
A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he
strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball
cap and toting a ball and bat: “I’m the greatest
hitter in the world.”
Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it,
and missed.
“Strike One!” he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball
and said again, [...]

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I spend my days building people up. Telling them about the good things I see in them. Appreciating the normally mundane tasks that they do, to let them know they’re valued. I love making them smile.
So, why is it that I’m so critical about myself. I look in the mirror and see my double chin, [...]

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I was sent 2 different Meme’s today. Here’s the better of them.  Consider yourself tagged. 
 DIRECTIONS: Now, here is what you are supposed to do.
1) Hit Forward.  Copy and paste into e-mail or your blog)
2) Delete my answers.
3) Type in your answers.
4 ) Send it back to me so I can see your answers.
The theory is that [...]

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Hello My bloggy fans.
It’s been a couple of weeks, and I’ve been healing and recovering and not writing much.  It seems that my brain has taken a vacation, and writing for the last few weeks has been more like work than like the release at the end of the day that I’m used to it [...]

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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Thornton Wilder

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