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    11 years

    dad in germany (ed)

    My parents were very frugal people. We rarely ever ate out (“We can make that better at home!”) and we never took exotic trips to Disneyworld or The Grand Canyon. Our one BIG trip of the year was a road trip, taken over the course of three days, in a tiny car packed with five people and two coolers, from Texas to Indiana and then later, Michigan, where our relatives lived.

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    10 years

    I have been dreading today. I have written, deleted, and rewritten this post about a million times, but I have found that I don't know quite how to communicate what it…

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    9 YEARS

    It was inevitable that as I scrubbed through old posts from old blogs, combining them into my new blog space, that eventually I would find the posts from October 2006.…

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    8 years

    For some reason I'm dreading the day when the time my dad has been gone exceeds the time I had with him. It seems an illogical benchmark, but still it makes…

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    Seventy-Two

    Wherever you are I hope that you are drinking cheap domestic beer and eating handfuls of hard Christmas candy that nobody else wanted to eat.I hope that you are eating insane…

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    It’s Been Seven Years

    Today showed up without much fanfare -- crammed in between daily life, busy work schedules, being sick, and a trip we are leaving for tomorrow. Of course I always think of…

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    moving in

    Have you ever heard of anyone having an awesome or a fun or an amazing move? I don't think it's possible. How can moving ever be awesome, amazing or fun? We…

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    October 15

    The truth is, the sadness never disappears. Over time, it just became a part of me and my new life. Everything before this day six years ago belonged to another time…