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Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane

October 19, 2011
Revisiting old memories | C.Mom

Looking back at old pictures is something I have always liked to do. I remember sitting in my grandparent’s family room and looking at old photo albums of when my mom was young, or of my parent’s wedding.  I remember going through albums filled with images of my childhood in our house, reliving trips or [...]

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Just a Few Steps

September 30, 2011
Write on Edge | C.Mom

I had only been looking for a day or two. The choices were few and the need was immediate. It was early August, 2007 and I was about to take the biggest and boldest step I had EVER taken. A step that felt like failure. A step that was uncertain. A step that put into [...]

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Bedtime Rituals

September 27, 2011
Bed Time Rituals | C.Mom

It was a small rectangular room. The bed was tucked against the wall with a window to the right. I remember looking out my window in the summer seeing other neighborhood children still playing outside as I was getting ready for bed.  I’d let go of the flowery curtain just in time so that they [...]

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TV as a Substitute for a Roommate

July 5, 2011

There I was. In my big two bedroom apartment, sitting on a futon watching a small tv that was not even mine. It was my roommates tv, but she was never there.  In the six months that we technically shared an apartment, I think she slept there five times. I should have been thrilled to [...]

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The Days of McDonald’s Happy Meals

June 28, 2011
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Every fall, several times a week, we would pile on to the bus.  In our green pleated skirts with lollies underneath, yellow shirts with our nicknames in big print across the back, tennis bags over our shoulders, and stories of high school gossip and drama, we took our seats. I had been on the tennis [...]

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The First Time

June 21, 2011

Dear Principessa, As the summer begins, with new adventures of pool time, camp, museums, and more… I think back. As you practice treading water in the pool…I think back. As I sign you up for seven year old soccer…I think back. As we anticipate the start of your very first day in first grade, I [...]

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Learning through Love

June 14, 2011

I was a lucky girl.  A very lucky girl.  I had two sets of Nonni (grandparents) growing up. Unlike Principessa, I had the honor and pleasure of knowing all of them…spending time with them, learning how to be affectionate from them, becoming ME because of them. They were my Nonna D & Nonno E and [...]

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Graduation alla Pain Killer

May 31, 2011

It was the day I had been waiting for for two years.  The culmination of hard work, endless amounts of reading, group projects that made even the most cooperative of group members want to wring the necks of others.  It was my graduate school graduation, and for better or for worse, I remember none of [...]

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Memories from My Cool Days

May 25, 2011

I am playing along today with Liz from A belle, a bean, and a chicago dog for her Senior Hottie link up. Who wouldn’t want to go back through old photo albums and find the proof that destroys supports our stories of being super cool way back when days of 1991-92. My senior year started [...]

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I Do Remember

May 24, 2011

I must have played games as a child.  I had Candyland, Boggle, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Trivial Pursuit, and Connect Four….. but I don’t have vivid memories of game nights or play dates where we spent our time playing these games. Sure we played Scrabble….my Nonna loved it…and could probably beat anyone in her sleep. [...]

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