Tag Archives: family

My Health and My Children’s Happiness Go Hand-in-Hand

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Coming East

It’s the start of a new year, and as I always do at the beginning of the new year, I resolve to work out more to stay healthy. As I well know, it’s hard for me to stick with anything … Continue reading →

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A Favorite Christmas Reflection

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Coming East

So that I may enjoy the holidays with family and friends, I’m reposting one of my favorite seasonal reflections from early in my blogging career.  Hope you are enjoying the holidays as well. This one is from December, 2010: A … Continue reading →

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Home for Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Coming East

Listening to Bing Crosby’s rendition of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” makes me think of the many Christmas trips we made just to be able to spend the holiday with parents or grandparents. When we first married, my husband and … Continue reading →

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Yes, Some of Us Survived Without Hi-Tech Toys

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Coming East

Since hi-tech gadgets have become commonplace and affordable, children expect to see the newest ones under the Christmas tree. Parents can’t keep up with the pace of technology. Your child’s old iPod doesn’t have the capability of playing some of … Continue reading →

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Christmas Present Memories

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Coming East

This comic that I saw in yesterday’s Virginian Pilot newspaper triggered memories of Christmas presents I’ve gotten as well as given. When I was a youngster, I don’t remember having long lists of items I wanted to show up under … Continue reading →

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What’s In a Name?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Coming East

She called him Daddy for as long as I knew her. My grandfather’s name was William, and people called him Bill, but to my grandmother, he was forever “Daddy.” Long after my mother and her brother grew up and had … Continue reading →

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I Was Robbed!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Coming East

I woke up this morning to discover that someone in Missouri and Arizona won last night’s massive lottery prize.  How did that happen?  It was supposed to be mine.  In fact, I was so sure of it, I did my … Continue reading →

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It’s About More Than Just the Food

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Coming East

I do not like to drive.  I do not like crowds.  I particularly don’t like driving in a crowded place.  So a few weeks ago, when I had the brilliant idea to go to the opening of our Whole Foods … Continue reading →

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If This Is Age-related, We Won’t Outgrow It

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Coming East

My husband and I have disabilities I don’t like to talk about very often. I suffer from delayed memory, and he has a selective hearing affliction. Conversations in our house very often sound like this: Hubby: Did the kettle boil, … Continue reading →

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Some People Are List Makers and Notetakers…

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Coming East

…and then there are the rest of us. I admit I am a forgetful person. Some people, like my husband, are natural list makers.  My husband usually makes a list of things for me to do each day, now that … Continue reading →

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