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Thanks for reading and taking the time to review. I appreciate your kind words.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to review. I appreciate your kind words.

Welcome to GA and thanks for reading my story. I'm glad you liked it.

Thank you for the kind review. I'm glad you liked the story. For me the theme of the poem is "seize the day", and this is just one man's journey.

Thank you Sammy. I'll look at the lines you mentioned. Thanks for reading.

A banner, proudly proclaiming "I Shall Wear Purple" on a floppy red hat, caught James Hunt's eye. Sally, his wife, browsed the college bookstore's collection of branded clothing with their daughter Hannah. His son, Luke, was gathering the textbooks he needed for the semester. A funny cartoon old woman appeared to be lecturing the viewers from her perch beneath the title. Underneath the banner lay a pile of books, a tower of mugs, and a rack of shirts that tempted shoppers to browse the colle

A simple poem has inspired generations of women to don their red hats and embrace growing old. However, when James, a husband and father, reads it, he embraces something more.

Keep a plastic gift card in your wallet. It can be used as an emergency ice scraper.

Frogmore Stew (credit given to Southern Living Magazine, April 2005 for the original recipe). Note the recipe does not contain frog. It is named after a small town in South Carolina. We like the reaction to the name. Ingredients 1/4 cup Old Bay seasoning 4 pounds small red potatoes 6 ears fresh corn, halved 4 pounds unpeeled, large fresh shrimp 2 pounds kielbasa or hot smoked link sausage, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces optional: 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken cut into 1 inch pieces 2 pounds pearl onions, peeled Directions In large stock pot, put Old Bay seasoning in 5 quarts water and bring to boil. Add potatoes, onions and chicken, return to boil. Cook for 10 minutes. Add sausage and corn, return to boil. Cook for 10 minutes. Add shrimp. Cook 3 to 4 minutes until shrimp is done (pink). Drain, and serve with cocktail sauce and Old Bay. Serves 12 You can substitute any white fish that holds together well for the shrimp, and adjust cooking time. When we make this we use a mix of sausage and seafood. I've also been known to throw in whatever fresh vegetables are at the farm stand, like green beans, carrots, etc.

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a lot of fun.

I've hesitated to answer because I have never come out to anyone. I have had 4 people come out to me as bi-sexual, three women and a man. I think the answer is simply fear. For all that man believes himself/herself to be civilized, it is only a thin, fragile layer over primitive instincts. There is the instinct to reject, or force away, that which is different. It is hard to come out because of fear of loosing those we care about. The very ones who would be our support network when we face the world's criticism.

One Christmas someone brought the flu bug to the family gathering and kindly gave it to most people there. Just got a call from my in-laws. Apparently flu was re-gifted this year.

A caftan, cover for my kindle and some cash. This year we all worked together to make breakfast, which was nice.

I live in a community that has community mail boxes. There are many neighbors that I only see at the mailbox. The only thing I don't like is that packages usually aren't delivered. I get a pick up slip even though I was home.

I grew up in far northwestern PA. The day after Thanksgiving was called the great migration, all the hunters would pack their gear, hit the grocery stores and head to their hunting spots for the opening of rifle deer season the first Monday after Thanksgiving. For all holidays we invited a neighbor who lived alone and didn't have family near to eat with us. After the meal, dad would settle in to watch sports, and us girls went to the theater for a movie or two. At Christmas we also would drive around and look at the lights. My family is a bit off beat now. My husband often works Christmas Day so instead of a huge dinner, I make a big breakfast, gingerbread waffles, homemade sausage, mulled maple syrup, toffee hot chocolate. We eat, open gifts, he heads to work , and the kid and I take a nap.

I'm just curious why an Andean Bear is from Asia? Other than that inconsistency I'm enjoying the story.

We had a cat jump/fall off a second story balcony, about 15 feet, and break a leg in 3 places. According to our vets cats fall more than people would think. Years ago a young driver hit and killed my brother's dog after a blizzard. He mailed us a card with a copy of "Rainbow Bridge" in it. I hope this brings you comfort http://www.petloss.com/rainbowbridge.htm

Your fans will still be here when things settle down. Fighting cancer in the elderly is very complicated, not just their health issues, but the elderly react differently to many drugs. Also it's difficult to make life/death decisions for the family. Be there for your mom, support her decisions, even if you don't agree.