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HAPPIEST DAY
Bloganuary January 17: Describe the happiest day in your life. Earlier this evening I was watching TV with Sammy. A news item came on with this lovely girl hardly bigger than a mite shown sitting on the deck of a … Continue reading
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Tagged happiest day, Jesus and me, life, me, success
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IF AT FIRST YOU SUCCEED,
It’s done, down to the menus, salt, pepper, and welcome mat. Dad chuckled when he saw the name, Felicia’s Forte. She was daddy’s little girl. Felicia nervously waited at the hostess desk. The door opens…..to customers and to her future. … Continue reading
CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS?
“Oh, please Hun, let’s buy it,” Lydia pleaded. Hun gave a loving but somewhat derisive chuckle. “Oh, I can see it now. The first time we have had money to invest, and you want this!” “I can see Luke and … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimson's Creative Challenge, goals, happiness, marriage, memories, success, wealth
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THE MAKING OF “me”
(A copy and paste from four years ago – instead of eighty-one, I’m now eighty-five and Alayna is twenty-six.) The browning album crackled from the weight of the fading pictures as my grandchildren turned the page of the wonderland that … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, childhood, generations, happiness, life, me, success
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SUCCESS AIN’T EASY
A determined swim Takes you to your desired goal. Floating drifts astray. ************** Hope my readers are not offended by my use of ain’t. Consider it poetic form. 😀 ************** Challenge by Ronovan. Write haiku using “swim” and “float” https://ronovanwrites.com/2019/03/04/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-243-swimfloat/ … Continue reading
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Tagged haiku, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, success
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