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What do the clothes you are wearing say about you?
Clothing is such a personal thing. The clothes that we wear daily say a lot about our personality. What do they say about you? The clothes I am wearing now and those that I wear on a daily basis say one thing and one thing only. Comfort. It is usually some type of knit. Convenience. Usually, the first thing I pull off of the shelf. I’ve always wanted to be one of those “put-together” women and actually there was a time when I had a plethora of pumps that matched every color in my wardrobe. Those days are long gone. There are very few times that I actually care about…
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Describe a time that you got lost and how did you find your way?
Many of us lose our way, either physically or emotionally. Can you remember a time that you got lost? And how did you get back on track? I cannot honestly remember ever being lost. Maybe that is just my memory blocking out a traumatic event. I have metaphorically felt lost several times in my life – as a wife, a parent, a daughter, a sister, but I think that is all part of this thing called life. I’ve figured out a way to hike my big girl panties up and figure out whatever it is that is getting me down. I know this is going to sound strange, but I…
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If you had been able to choose, would you have wanted to be an only child or part of a large family?
Family dynamics can sometimes be difficult – if you had been able to choose, and aren’t an only child already, would you have wanted to be one – or to be part of a large family instead? I loved having both a sister and a brother. I was smack dab in the middle. I can honestly say I’ve never considered anything else – more kids or less. I believe that I would have been extremely lonely over the years – my siblings have been there since the beginning – they know all about you – your family values /history and while there have been times that we have disagreed, we…
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Have you ever been in a parade?
The pomp – the circumstance – the floats – the bands – the cheers and music…. have you ever been in a parade? I really can’t remember being in a real parade although I have watched a TON of them over the years. By real parade, I mean the ones with bands and floats. My kids were in the little league parades that my town did every year for opening day. The kids got to ride on firetrucks and wave at the spectators along the way. I never walked with them, I dropped them off and then hurried toward the end so I could be there when their truck pulled…
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Do you have to win to enjoy playing a game?
Games. You either enjoy playing games or you don’t. But here we are asking, if you enjoy playing, do you have to win? We are a game-playing family – always have been regardless of the members. Funny thing. I think I have become less competitive as I have grown older. I have played games over the years with some pretty competitive opponents and have been upset at times and become a gleeful sore-Loser at others. But maybe from playing with the littles in my life, I have become non-competitive and I really enjoy playing with littles and with adults. I am not sure why, but I am the farthest thing…
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Have you ever experienced something that you could not logically explain?
Things that make you go Hmmm…..have you ever experienced something that you could not logically explain? I think for me, it must be messages from heaven. I firmly believe in them, and I think we get them every day if we choose to be open to them. For instance, the week my husband died unexpectedly, during the chaos of the arrangements, the logistics, the family peacekeeping, the grieving with all seven and grandkids, I was driving toward home one day and in my mind fog, I noticed the license plate on the car in front of me. If you can’t read that – it says TYMIKE. For the skeptics reading,…
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Have you ever had the unfortunate experience of having to put a pet down?
Those of us who have had pets for years know what it is like to lose them. Today we are asking if you have ever had to put a beloved pet down. I luckily have never had that unfortunate experience as I cannot imagine the mental anguish that I would go through making the decision. However, I have had two beloved dogs die in my arms. I know one of them waited for us to get home. Our black lab mix – Buca. We had gone out to eat dinner and when we arrived home, he was in the living room, lying on the floor. I said hi but when…
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What is the best souvenir you have received or bought for yourself?
We usually equate traveling with souvenirs. A lot of us want to bring something home that will remind us of our trip or bring a memento to loved ones not able to make the trip with us. Do you have a special one that you either couldn’t go home without or that someone brought for you? Every time I traveled since way back as a kid, I would spend my money on some tacky, kitschy souvenir shop trinkets. Once home, it would be displayed but eventually, after many trips, what do you do with all those lobsters made of shells that say Cape Cod? It wasn’t until I was in…
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What is the worst thing that has ever happened to you in an elevator?
Elevators. I think I can safely say that most of us have been in one at one time or another. They are most certainly a quick way to get from one floor to another, especially in a skyscraper. Our question today is about bad experiences on or with one. Have you had one? The worst experience I’ve ever had in an elevator happened at our local JC Penny. (Which by the way – no longer exists. I mean, not only had it closed but recently was razed – the whole mall was actually but that is a WHOLE- other story.) I had all three kids with me – they were…
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What was the last thing that you saw read or heard that inspired you?
Inspiration can come from all different kinds of places – what was the last thing that you saw, read or heard that inspired you? I, just yesterday, read this rather intriguing short story about “out-of-the-box” thinking. I liked it, and thought of it right away for this question, Hope you like it as much as I. In a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan-shark. The loan-shark was a very old, unattractive looking guy that just so happened to fancy the business owner’s daughter. He decided to offer the businessman a deal that would completely wipe out the…