Tag: Stay Gold
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To Uncle Freddy
The tragedy of life is not death, but that we wait so long to start living. So many people go through their life searching for someone to share their journey with only to fall short year after year, but Uncle Freddy was fortunate enough to find the love of his life at such a young…
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Are you wise enough?
Does growing older always mean growing wiser or is it just that we know better not to do those impulsive things as we get older? I grew up in a pretty big family. They’re not all blood relatives, but I watched and help teach some of the children I hung with just the same. Everyone…
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Someone to watch over me
Oh the wonders of the heart! The feelings, pumping in and out.I feel the laughter of my grandmother; and the static cling, when she hugged me in the winter. Her soft winter clothing, the sense of humanity in her voice, and all of her advice. Oh, the taunting it is now to be without her,…
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Touched by an Angel
Life is full of surprises and challenges along the way and each and every day we learn something new.If we look at this life as an adventure, we would soon be free of many burdens. Life surely has its ups and downs and the middle times too, and there are days when the sun comes…
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Purple (for my grandmother, Lois Yunk)
Your smile can brighten even the darkest day, for you always keep hope alive. Your laugh makes warmth fill the air, for the nature of caring runs prominently through your veins. Your strength and courage are most honorable, for nothing is too much for you to overcome. Your love and support are also admirable, for…
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The love of family (Helen Risley)
Finding inspiration in Helen was not hard at all but putting it all in words seems next to impossible. Helen became a mother as a young teenager and there is nothing that could be more unselfish or harder than that. She gave her life to her children and the love of her life, Frank. At…
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Sterling
As the clouds moved in the sky they designed themselves in the most glorious display of grays and blues and with the hint of sunset. I could still hear his laughter the cutest giggle and the sweetest smile that stretched across his handsome face. And I can still see his glittery twinkling eyes and hear…
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Aunt Vicki Ocean Breeze
I stand before you today humbled by the tragic loss of my beloved Aunt Vicki. It seems so long ago since we came so close to losing my Aunt. I am eternally grateful for the past few more years we have had her presence in our lives. It was by the grace of God that…
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Blue Eyes
My grandfather was more like a father figure to me than anything else. He taught me that laughter is the best medicine! He was also a father figure to most of the kids that grew up with him in Eastwood. He was always cutting up and cracking jokes. He had his own dialect and words…
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Freedom of speech
Know Your Rights, Freedom of Speech, Your opinion mattersExpect Great ThingsDream Big! Create PrideConserve and protect your Earth Reduce, reuse, recycleAccept the things you cannot change and be courageous enough to change the things you canLive fife like your dyingStay GoldBe someone’s heroListen with an open hearfAnd remember the only true judge is God so…
My mind is a beautiful chaos 