Tag: family
member name: Yvette F.
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October 26, 2006 02:05 PM EDT --
My name is Thomas. Thomas the Train Bed. I started my journey in this room with a cute little toddler named Scotty. I felt so at home, surrounded by stuffed animals and my friend, Donald the Dresser, proudly . . .
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January 06, 2007 10:10 AM EST --
My son is home for the holidays. He's a student at UC Berkeley and I'm a single Mom in Colorado. In the past 3 years I've lost my husband, had two children go off to college, and lost . . .
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August 14, 2007 08:29 AM EDT --
My beautiful daughter, a dream come true
A love so strong that only grew
Each tiny movement, each precious coo
My perfect baby, I so love you
A little girl, so quiet and smart
You know the way to melt . . .
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March 12, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
I turned 47 the other day. I knew my son wanted to make me a cake, so I bought the marble-cake mix and chocolate frosting and turned him loose. I neglected to buy candles but Scotty . . .
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May 31, 2007 01:38 AM EDT --
Ten years ago today, at about 9pm, I got a call telling me my brother, Chris, had died in a car accident. It was a moment I've relived over and over. The shock never totally wears . . .
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January 05, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
When I was a kid I used to collect fingernails and toenails. Every time I clipped them, I saved them in a box. I wanted to see how full I could get the box. I figured some day there'd . . .
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May 20, 2007 01:26 AM EDT --
I haven't been "tagged" but I've seen a few of these "5 Positive Things About Me" articles, and I wanted to do it! Whether or not you've been tagged...go ahead and . . .
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August 15, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
How do you connect with teens, parents, or people that you want a closer relationship with? If they are reserved or put up a wall, how do you break through that? Do you give up? Wait . . .
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December 09, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
Yesterday was that beautiful, magical day where we ventured out into the winter wonderland to cut down our huge Christmas tree. This has been a tradition since we moved to Colorado 14 years ago. . . .
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September 28, 2008 11:48 AM EDT --
I've started a new tradition of telling the people in my lives 5 things I appreciate about them for their birthdays. Today is my brother, Chris's, 47th birthday.
I appreciate:
1) . . .
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November 04, 2006 09:03 PM EST --
Here I sit, eating ice cream and inking out my ingenious idea. Why? Because it's an I-day. A couple of weeks ago, I had a hankering for honey ham and hot dogs. A couple of weeks from . . .
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February 19, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
I had the perfect Valentine's date this year. My Valentine was cute, funny, and loves me. I love him more than words can describe. He's twelve years old...not a kid anymore, but not . . .
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July 01, 2007 01:08 AM EDT --
A lavendar-clad beauty catches his glance
He meets her, they talk, she flirts, they dance
Youth, thrills, excitement and dreams
Commitment and love, all easy it seems
Years pass quickly for this husband . . .
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January 18, 2007 10:47 AM EST --
It's New Year's morning and my daughter and her boyfriend stop by my house unexpectedly, a look of excitement on their faces. Megan holds out her hand and shows me her new diamond ring. . . .
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February 24, 2007 11:43 AM EST --
I'm the kind of person that loves to be busy...I love having lots of people that need me, a full inbox of things I can do something about, and the feeling that I'm being productive and making . . .
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January 14, 2007 04:15 PM EST --
When my daughter, Megan, was sweet sixteen, she met Chris at Dairy Queen. He was a Senior in High School and she was a Junior. They will be getting married on May 23, 2008,on the 7th . . .
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September 29, 2008 11:52 PM EDT --
"I respect and admire so much about him. But every time we start to get close, he ends up hurting me", says my 23-year-old daughter about her father.
She thinks I don't understand. . . .
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November 29, 2008 11:34 AM EST --
When traveling, Bed and Breakfast Inn's are my favorite type of establishment. I love the cozy accommodations...the homespun charm of quilts, teapots, flowers, and aromas from the kitchen. A library . . .
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December 06, 2006 06:46 AM EST --
My name is Yvette's Christmas Letter. Can you believe that this year Yvette is so infatuated with that attention-monger, Email, that she wasn't even going to write me? I admit I'm not . . .
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December 31, 2006 08:35 AM EST --
Like millions of others, I have a "life goal" to write a book. Admittedly, the extent of my writing primarily consists of email, blogging, and participating in various social media. In my defense, . . .
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