Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
true love
To express his love for me back in the days leading up to our marriage, Mauri listed a couple of things he loved me more than. His dog, Champagne, was one, and another was his guitar. That was a love language I could understand. I have a collection of pictures of my dear man and […]
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
happy heritage
Back in my early Macy years, when I worked freelance only, I had the time it took to organize all the boxes of family history that over time landed in my possession. I covered every flat surface in every upstairs room with old letters and pictures and documents and biographies. I separated out my dad’s […]
2 Comments » - Posted in family matters by Sherry
Friday, April 25th, 2008
appreciated
Anticipated appreciation isn’t nearly as sweet as surprise appreciation. On Tuesday, Denise’s and my boss, Elizabeth, surprised us with lily plants, scones, and coffee drinks to demonstrate her appreciation for our work as “administrative professionals.” Today Josh, our youth pastor—who this week suffered a computer crash toward the end of his final paper for his […]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
group date
Bethany asked her husband, Bryan: “What do I wear on a date with three married men?”
Her dates—Mauri, Howard, and Nate—concurred she chose well. Here they are on their way to Portland to hear jazz icon Dave Brubeck.
Dave is nearly 90 years old; each member of the quartet had a full, or approximately full, head […]
2 Comments » - Posted in old friends by Sherry
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
matching
Combining the contents of three computers into one gave me the perfect excuse to sort my digital pictures—files and files and files and files of them, and many of them duplicates. I have an eye (and love) for a good series, so consider this a warning that I’m going to feel compelled to post some […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
two
Tomorrow we’ll celebrate the two-year anniversary of our bike “mishap.” Our little crash pales in comparison to the catastrophes other people suffer, and that’s the very reason we celebrate. Yes, it was traumatic; yes, we both continue to have “issues” resulting from it. But when we drive down that same hill on North Valley Road […]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
m-m-m-m
Mauri took this picture yesterday in our backyard. Yes, the sky really was that blue, if only for a moment.
I can taste the applesauce already.
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
weekend
While cousin Helen Katherine is between dogs, she’s flying here and there from her home in Columbis, Ohio, to visit family. This weekend was our turn to show her our exciting life in Oregon. Someone must have been praying for good weather. If it was you, thanks!
When we walked in the door at Tillamook Cheese […]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
momEdna
Just so we’re all together here, MomEdna is Mauri’s first wife’s mom. She and I have talked often about life’s system of give and take. What was taken from her—her only daughter at age 42—and what was taken from me—my only mother at age 74—have, in a sense, been given back to each of us. […]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
curls and girls
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead
And when she was good
She was very, very good
And when she was bad
She was horrid.
My mother used to recite this poem to me on a regular basis when I was growing up. I got the point. Little Sharon was not the […]
