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A Mother’s Unconditional Love
“Regardless of what you do, or what happens to you, I will always love you. There is nothing that you can do to make me stop loving you. Even if you mess up terribly, I will still be there for you.”
I will always be grateful to my mom for saying this. I didn’t mess up too badly. I guess I’m a conformist. But those few little messes that did happen, proved that she had meant what she said.
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Best Shot Monday: My Roses Are Blooming!
Spring and early summer is my favorite time of year, because my garden fills with beautiful, blooming, colorful roses.
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today commemorates the Nazis’ highly organized effort to rid the world of its entire Jewish population.
They managed to rid the world of most of its European Jews: six million Jews were gassed, shot or died in the ghettos and in concentration camps before the Nazis were stopped in 1945.
One would think that the lessons supposedly learned from the Holocaust would ensure that the world would not tolerate another genocide, but the latter part of the twentieth century proved that genocides were still possible and that the world was not quick to intervene and bring an end to them.
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Three Random Things
TW of Retro-Food tagged me for the Three Random Things meme.
I’m supposed to post 3 random things about myself, link to her and tag 5 other bloggers.
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Best Shot Monday: How Important is Your Wedding Band?
I was quite surprised to see this flyer posted on several neighborhood trees. I had lost my wedding band several years ago, and it never occurred to me to go out of my way to find it. It was an inexpensive, simple, white-gold band. I didn’t even bother wearing it all that often. I still don’t bother wearing my replacement band most days. I just don’t attach that much emotional significance to my ring. It seems to me that the strength of my marriage has nothing to do with this, or any other, symbol.
What about you? Is your wedding band important to you? Do you wear it every day? And if you ever lost it, would you be willing to pay a reward that’s higher than the rings’ actual worth to the person who finds it?
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