Category: Childhood
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Thank you Mr. Layton
May 23, 2025 Last night, I got word that you, dear precious saint, had left the earth to be with Jesus. I was at work, dealing with the usual things of my day when the news came. It was not unexpected, but yet it hurts so much. My friend, her sweet mom and brothers were…
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Swim Good
My husband grew up in the water. He spent summers with his Uncle Harlen on the beaches of San Clemente and Newport Beach. He was reflecting the other day about the little rafts Uncle Harlen and Aunt Nancy would rent so he and his sister could ride the waves. As my husband grew up, the…
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Lost and Found
TOON TOWN I recently returned to the scene of the crime. The place in the happiest place on earth that gives me anxiety. I haven’t visited in a long time. But on a recent trip to Disneyland with my eldest son and his family I went back. And panic happened all over again. I was…
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The reservoir, the park & the train tracks
We grew up in the San Fernando Valley. Canoga Park to be exact. We lived on the top of a hill that looked out from one direction toward Northridge and to another direction “the reservoir”. Before homes were built blocking the view, the reservoir was always a place where happenings, happened. It was where we…
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