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Archive for April, 2008

Mimi~

When we moved to Landers on Christmas Eve 1983, we brought with us my Christmas present.  A black lab mix (dumbest animals on the planet.  Why is it that you take a smart dog like a lab, mix it with any other dog, including other smart ones, and you get a stupid mutt instead of [...]

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A Good Old Fashioned Spanking~

I had old-fashioned parents.  They had crazy ideas about them being the authority and I being under their authority.  I was expected to obey, without question, and without complaint.  And I did.
 
I only remember two spankings.  I know I must have had more.  I remember dad explaining to me when we lived in Fillmore- I [...]

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Trying to Help~

Why is it, that trying to help never actually helps?  I can name a number of times that I “tried to help” and made things worse but the one that stands out most in my mind was when mom was either in Missouri helping Grandpa or in Victorville helping Uncle Ron with his store.  Dad [...]

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