Showing posts with label family ties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family ties. Show all posts
Thursday, January 9, 2025

Do You Want to Connect with Your Teenage Grandkids?

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My grandson has just turned 14 and is now a full-fledged teenager. Let’s be real, it's been so long since I was a teenager that I think ...
Sunday, October 8, 2023

Reconnecting with loved ones

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All relationships are fraught with dangers, and sometimes we lose contact with friends and those we love. Some of us reach out and reconnect...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Connecting with long-lost cousins

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I recently connected with a cousin that I had not seen or talked to for over 60 years. It was a rewarding experience to reconnect with her. ...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Positive thoughts count down to xmas 9

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I am grateful for many things and as we are in the holiday season. I will start with my family.  I  know I am lucky, I have a wonderful fami...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Gifts of love

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 When I was talking to a distant cousin, she told me about her mother-in-law and how her mother-in-law made each birthday and holiday specia...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Memories are made of this

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 My daughter just posted this to her cousin as they were talking about my mom .  I remember just bits, but of her being very warm, smiling, ...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

Zooming and Family

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T wo years ago, my Nephew did a 23 and me DNA test and we discovered that according to 23 and me, we had another brother who was older than ...
Sunday, January 31, 2021

Another ZOOM meeting

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My niece, Jessica, suggested and then set up a Family ZOOM meeting on December 27. It was fun after everyone figured out what they had to do...
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Friday, October 9, 2020

Rebuilding Bridges

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Family is important.  Sadly it’s easy to get completely absorbed with taking care of your immediate family of your spouse and kids and deali...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Do you take care of your grandchildren?

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I have a friend that spends an inordinate, I think, time looking after is grandchildren not just from one of his children but both of them....
Thursday, May 16, 2019

What a year

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In early December my brother told me that his son had decided to do a DNA test with a company called 23 and me . My response was that shoul...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Happy Birthday to my daughter

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Happy Birthday Danielle​! When you came into our life you changed our world. We watched you grow from a tiny person we could hold in our ha...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Seashells: Artifacts of the Ocean

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My  last post on artifacts for a while, I recently took a vacation to the beach in Maui. I love the smell of the ocean breeze and the way t...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Creating Artifacts for the Future

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When you die, how would you like to be remembered? Would you like to be remembered for your fast cars, beautiful women and flashy designer ...

Family Artifacts: Gateways to the Past

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There is a famous saying that says you must understand the past to know where you are going in the future. This is certainly true when you...
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Friday, May 23, 2014

Make Your Own Family Artifacts for Future Generations

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Do you remember when you were a child and you found time capsules to be so interesting? I know I did. I can remember looking at a time cap...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

History

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When my mother died,  I had the opportunity to read her diaries from when she first was married until my father was killed, and it gave me ...
Friday, March 8, 2013

Morning hugs and what’s gamma doining

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Those of you who are grandparents know the pleasure of meeting your grandson or daughter in the morning and knowing that for a brief time ...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Bonds Baby Search

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My daughter has entered my grandson in a baby search contest in Australia, voting starts March 5th. Check him out and vote for him if you ...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Thinking back on Xmas

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Two years ago, we spent Christmas in the Hawaiian sun and really enjoyed the day but family was not with us, so although we had an enjoyab...