Parenting
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Spreading the Love
Spreading the Love Caloosahatchee River bridge Valentine’s Day is on its way! I say let’s spread the love to everyone. Let’s make the holiday more than loving just our immediate family. I read an article the other day that said Americans are lonely especially older Americans. Living in Cape Coral I can say that it is all too often I see an elderly person sitting alone in a restaurant. This Valentine’s Day do something in your community or online that shows people you care. Compliment someone, buy a few desserts and take them to your local police or fire station with a note of thanks, or write a kind letter to…
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Valentine’s Day Pupcakes
Here are some Valentine’s Day pupcakes for your best friend. I thought my gang would be excited that I was baking treats…not so much. Ollie and Nahla were all : Yeah, whatever, please don’t disturb our afternoon nap. Buddy was bummed Ollie and Nahla took his bed. Really? You’re gonna make me sleep on the floor? Not cool guys! Meanwhile Kai decided it was the perfect time to change the heads on his drums. This is not a quiet process. Amidst the banging and lack of enthusiasm I continued baking my pupcakes. Bang! Thump! “Sorry mom.” He’s adorable, my beautiful boy. The recipe came from Cesar’s site. February 26th is World Spay Day. There are…
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Marriage and the Mountain
Marriage and the Mountain When I was young I used to look out my bedroom window at night and gaze at the bright moon. I would think right then, at that very moment, the man I was going to one day marry was looking at the same moon. When the time was right we would meet, fall in love and live happily ever after. Then I met him he said he was never getting married or having children. It wasn’t as I envisioned but was a challenge I accepted. Along the way I learned a lot about love and marriage. I discouraged my daughter from believing in the fairy tale…
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Valentine’s Day Snickerdoodles
The snickerdoodles were such a big hit last month I decided to see if I could turn them into Valentine’s Day snickerdoodles. I just added a chocolate heart and some red, pink, and purple sugar! Here’s the recipe…Rolo Stuffed Snickerdoodles Chocolate hearts! I covered the chocolates with a little extra dough and then rolled it in pretty sugar with a tiny bit of cinnamon. Bake the snickerdoodles for 18 minutes at 300 degrees. Top with your favorite Valentine’s topping. Delicious!!! Now will somebody please come over to my house and eat all these cookies before I do! MYSTIC
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Believe in Magic
It took becoming a teacher and discovering how much I loved getting kids interested in reading to understand that my path was leading me to write. “She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of such a suggestion. Don’t let that put you off. It could be part of cleverness. I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But–here comes the big “but”–not impossible.” ― Roald Dahl, …
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Robbed in Los Angeles
I was living in Los Angeles with a good friend from high school. We were nineteen or twenty years old. I can’t remember exactly. One of my childhood friends was visiting from New Jersey. We were all getting ready to go out on the town. There was a knock on the door. I assumed it was our neighbor and without a thought opened it up. A young man with a backpack pushed his way inside. I yelled something along the lines of “What are you doing?” He grabbed me by the neck and closed the door behind him. He told me he had a gun and a knife in his backpack…
