Tag: living
group name: famiilyhistory
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April 14, 2006 02:27 AM EDT --
Dancing served many purposes in my life. There. I said it in past tense and I'm still breathing. It was great exercise, a stress reliever, an expression of emotions and music, always fun, and sensual . . . more
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December 19, 2006 10:11 PM EST --
I didn’t know it at the time, but it was the last Christmas of my childhood.
My husband and I had announced just before Thanksgiving that we were expecting. That baby was the first grandchild . . . more
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May 06, 2006 06:28 PM EDT --
Joseph Smith, Jr. was born in 1805 in Sharon, Vermont, now Royalton, off Route 89, in a family of 10 children. His family was extremely poor, even by the rough standards of the time. His family . . . more
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April 13, 2006 06:40 AM EDT --
Anna Mae Langford Leigh was my maternal grandmother. She was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, on February 15, 1903, in a polygamous Mormon colony. Her father had two wives.
Not such a big deal, considering some . . . more
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April 04, 2006 12:13 PM EDT --
Pensacola, Florida is known for quite a few things. It is called the City of Five Flags, because of its many and varied custodians: Spain, England, France, The Confederate States of America, and the United . . . more
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May 12, 2006 01:31 AM EDT --
By all accounts, Joseph Smith was charismatic. He was an uncommonly handsome man, six feet tall with dark hair and blue eyes. He charmed the ladies and he was a public speaker without equal: he possessed . . . more
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May 12, 2006 07:54 PM EDT --
The mothers sit on the other side of the screen, their faces hidden. They tell the talk show host what they do to babies born with serious imperfections:
"We smother them, quietly and gently, but . . . more
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April 28, 2006 12:08 AM EDT --
I slowly creep from between warm sheets
And pull my boots upon small feet,
I think again of my warm bed,
Put on my coat, place hat on head.
I step into the frosty night,
My heart is thumping . . . more
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August 27, 2006 03:50 AM EDT --
As a child, life was so much simplier. It was at least a mile to the nearest neighbor. Most roads were dirt roads and few people traveled on them. Eveyone knew everyone in the community by first name. . . . more
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May 07, 2006 11:20 PM EDT --
Silence for those who gave their lives
At sea, during the Battle of the Atlantic.
As we gave honor to those seamen,
The call of seagulls filled the air -
No, we weren't near the ocean,
These . . . more
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April 28, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
My big mistake was in expecting a twenty-mile drive to erase the thirty years I had been away. I set myself up for the unwarranted sense of betrayal that came when . . . more
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May 15, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
When I was four, we went to Sears. You wore seamed stockings, a black dress and a hat with a veil.
All I ever wanted was to try on dresses.
When I was six, I went to kindergarten.
All I ever wanted . . . more
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August 09, 2006 01:30 PM EDT --
Logan Seth - quite possibly the most laid-back baby in the world, and our very first grand child was born yesterday morning at 10:54 am.
He weighed in at 8 pounds 2 oz, and stretched out to 21 inches . . . more
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February 11, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
He was 17 when he enlisted, so eager to serve his country that he had his father sign him into the army. It was 1967, and there was no doubt that he would be shipped off to Vietnam. . . . more
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July 02, 2006 11:01 PM EDT --
Hi, my name is Pearl Hart. I was born in Lindsay, Ontario, in 1817. My parents, who were middle class, sent me to finishing school when I was very young. Back then I was known as Pearl Taylor.
At the . . . more
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June 27, 2006 06:47 PM EDT --
In 1793, the Upper Canada Act Against Slavery was passed. The Act was inspired by Governor J. G. Simcoe and made Upper Canada (now Ontario) the first British Colony to legislate against slavery.
Slavery . . . more
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October 21, 2006 09:43 AM EDT --
Not feeling well today, I have spent my morning sitting at the computer unshowered, in my bathrobe...reading all of my mother's Gather articles..and printing them out, one by one.
This is my life, . . . more
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August 31, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
I had unusual children. They wanted to stay at home and hand out candy on Halloween, and provided lists of their favorite charities when . . . more
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December 03, 2006 10:08 PM EST --
Today was my sister's annual open house; friends, family and business connections all come. A few years back my sister came in contact with our mother's cousin, who lives here in the San Fernando . . . more
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September 23, 2006 01:23 PM EDT --
One Saturday afternoon, a few weeks ago, some friends and I had planned to travel in to the beautiful Adirondack Mountains for a day trip. With Winter fast approaching, all of us were "chomping . . . more
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