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Memorial Day
When they brought my father outof Germany, he weighed ninety-twopounds. Was he stilla boy then? Was he kind? They could leave the campbut had nowhere to go. A brass key to a church, wheresometimes there was food. Then back through the foreign woods. … Continue reading
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Fathers’ Day
Today is Fathers’ Day. A Google search for "origins" and "proclamations" doesn’t serve up much — the basics are here: Father’s Day was first celebrated in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Sonora Smart Dodd originally thought of the idea while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon the previous year. Dodd and her five… Continue reading
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Joe
Yesterday, a note from my aunt telling me that Mom had taken my stepfather to the hospital. My mother would not have told me so quickly, not wanting to worry me. He’s there now for a few days, "observation", though the doctors assure us it is most likely a medication reaction; a minor problem. He… Continue reading
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