Tag Archives: family

My Sister-in-Law, the Writer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Coming East

My sister-in-law is one of my biggest blog supporters,  always telling me how much she loves my writing. Last week we were talking  baseball because I had just seen the movie 42 about Jackie Robinson. She told me of her … Continue reading →

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Christmas in May

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Coming East

I just returned from visiting my sister-in-law, and my brother may not let me come back. My brother and sister-in-law are both retired and do everything together, including shopping. However, their shopping consists mainly of going to the hardware store. … Continue reading →

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This Is No Joke

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Coming East

You know those lightbulb jokes that ask how many people of a certain group are needed to change a lightbulb? The punchline always targets a certain group and is usually derogatory. Well I have a slightly different version for you: … Continue reading →

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Let Me Tell You About Barbara

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Coming East

We met Barbara at a very needy time in our lives.  We were a young family, newly transplanted from Philadephia to a faraway place we had never been to before, San Antonio. We knew nobody. We had left all our … Continue reading →

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Exhaustion

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Coming East

I am exhausted.  Totally.  Maybe it was staying up to midnight and beyond every night when my usual bedtime is 9:30.  But when you get to spend a week with your daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters having an X-Men marathon, binging … Continue reading →

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5-Minute Friday: After

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Coming East

I love visiting our children. Living so far away from them, I don’t get to see them often enough, especially since airline tickets are so expensive. Planning the visit, the days or weeks of anticipation of the trip, pulling out … Continue reading →

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Life is Just Like That

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Coming East

Today my beautiful little baby girl turned forty.  Lest you say, as you surely will or should, “Susan, you are much too young to have a daughter that age,” our joke is that she is actually my husband’s daughter by … Continue reading →

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Where Has the Time Gone?

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Coming East

Fifteen years ago today, I became a grandmother.  I could have phrased this differently:  My beautiful, talented granddaughter is fifteen years old today.  But this is my blog, so it’s all about me.  As I was saying, I became a … Continue reading →

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Sometimes It’s Best to Let the Phone Ring

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Coming East

In our local paper this morning, I read a column by our grammar guru, Bernadette Kinlaw, concerning euphemisms. She explained the etymology of the word and then gave examples of some common euphemisms. We all use them, of course, mostly … Continue reading →

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Kiss Me, I’m Irish

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Coming East

As everyone knows, the United States is the largest melting pot on Earth. Those of us whose families have been around for a long time have histories tied to many different nations and ethnicities. My mother’s ancestors are from England, … Continue reading →

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