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Flag Team

By pwsadmin / April 25, 2022 / Comments Off

While in the School Line today, waiting for School to get out, I watched the “Flag Team” lower the American Flag and fold it up. It reminded me of when I got to be on the Flag Team in Elementary School. It was a great honor to get put on the Flag Team.For one week,…

4/24/2022

By pwsadmin / April 24, 2022 / Comments Off

A quick Journal Entry. I had a busy day yesterday. I visited several “Garden Centers” buying plants for our Front Porch. I wanted to get the Porch ready before Mother’s Day. Seven plants are what I ended up purchasing for the Porch—seven plants from three different Garden Centers. I hurried home to get the Porch…

4/21/2022 – Days End

By pwsadmin / April 22, 2022 / Comments Off

The ending of this day has been much better than the beginning. Momma had to run an errand with her sister. So, I went to pick up one of my Nieces while Papa went to pick up the other. Papa and I had agreed to meet in Gardendale to eat dinner with the girls.The place…

4/21/2022 Getting Gas

By pwsadmin / April 22, 2022 / Comments Off

I finally drug myself out of my chair to drive to the gas station and fill my tank. When I arrived, I realized I was only in: Shorts, a white Tee Shirt, Suspenders, and Shoes.—No Socks.Unfortunately for me, my two Ostomy bags, hanging from my stomach, hang out and show under my white Tee Shirt.…

4/21/2022 – Early Morning

By pwsadmin / April 22, 2022 / Comments Off

I got up early. I was in pain. I even slept in my Lazy Boy chair last night.The first thing I do is get my phone to scan my FreeStyle Libre to see what my blood sugar is.As soon as I scan my sensor, the phone beeps and goes dead. “Great. Gonna be a great…

Good Friday Night

By pwsadmin / April 16, 2022 / Comments Off

—Good Friday Night— It’s Good Friday, 2022. At Night. I can’t sleep, so I decide to ride around.It’s after 10:00 PMThe moon is full, the sky is cloudy, and I see flashes of lightning in the distance. —I can hear the Thunder. This moment feels so familiar to me. Like I’ve done this before.The air…

The Disabled Garden

By pwsadmin / April 16, 2022 / Comments Off

Over the years, I have enjoyed Gardening. —Small Gardening. I would get on my hands and knees and plant the Vegetables that I wanted to grow, and then, each day, I’d get the Weeds out of the Garden and Water the plants.Now, do not think that I’m talking about a Big Garden. No, that’s what…

Love

By pwsadmin / April 14, 2022 / Comments Off

4/13/2022 —Love— I had a Breakdown today. It started over the littlest thing. That’s how they all start.Then, eventually, you get to the truth of the matter. You figure out why you had the breakdown.I began to wail out loud. It was intense. I remembered that one particular surgery, my 30th-something surgery, when my late…

Ridin’

By pwsadmin / April 12, 2022 / Comments Off

The day started with me taking my niece to School early this morning. I don’t know if my niece likes to listen to Old Timey Radio, but that’s what we listen to when she rides with me.Actually, that’s what we listen to every time either one rides with me. Growing up, when I took a…

Nickels

By pwsadmin / April 11, 2022 / Comments Off

—Nickels— I’ve often wondered why counterfeiters can’t make their counterfeits identical to real money. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a good thing that they mess up. And I’m against counterfeiting. Dead against it. It-is-not-for-me. My late brother and I once got into trouble for using a copy machine to copy dollar bills.We were kids, and…

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