Tag: family
member name: donna f.
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May 17, 2009 02:36 PM EDT --
Originally written and posted 3/06 (which garnered a whopping 5 comments)
Someone commented on my article "Jello- Why I never touch the Stuff", that my knowledge of . . .
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July 21, 2006 07:33 PM EDT --
Last weekend, my daughter Jamie, and Eric, her boyfriend of five years came to dinner. They were acting a little sheepish., hanging around longer than usual, giving each other sly looks, grinning . . .
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November 11, 2007 11:43 AM EST --
First of all, I come from a musical family. My parents recorded a gospel album and sang on radio before I was ever thought of. My older brother, Darrell, can play any instrument put in front of him, and . . .
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August 08, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
Gather recently sent me a coupon for a family sized Stouffer entree to try and review. This was a challenge for me, as I am truly not a "convenience cook". As a matter of fact, my entry into . . .
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January 11, 2009 11:41 AM EST --
Ok, this morning at 5:20AM, Bill's cell phone rang. I jumped out of bed, only to find the call had already went to voice mail. WHen I called the voice mail, the call was a computer generated . . .
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April 02, 2009 12:09 PM EDT --
Last November, I lost my sister LoRena. Today would have been her sixty-first birthday. If she were still alive, we would have commemorated the day with a "sister's lunch", which we do for . . .
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March 10, 2008 09:54 AM EDT --
Good Morning my friends.
Last Week, on March 6, 2008 I posted an article about my "gatherversary", but I have not been on the site much since. This is why:
At 6:30, that fateful . . .
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August 03, 2008 09:57 AM EDT --
When she asks,
I am transported to a place
Where she is six once again
Cajoling with no effort
Tilted smile to melt the ice caps
I cannot deny her
I never have learned . . .
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May 15, 2006 05:36 PM EDT --
This is one of the few recipes in which I use something "instant", but my family would have me drawn and quartered if I did not bring these to all family functions. I must admit, I didn't . . .
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May 25, 2006 06:06 PM EDT --
Living in a Nursing home is expensive. The average cost of Long Term care in The U.S. is enough to break all but the most prosperous of us. On average, a semi private room in a home today runs between . . .
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August 04, 2006 01:00 PM EDT --
For-Profits versus Non-Profits
In my twenty three years as a Nursing Home Nurse, I have spent the majority of my time in non-profit facilities, working in one, and traveling to numerous others as an . . .
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July 31, 2007 08:50 AM EDT --
I would love to win Billy Ray's guitar, but I won't.
You see, I am not his biggest fan, Lets be honest here, I'm not much of a fan at all, and it wouldn't bother me if I never heard . . .
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November 14, 2007 08:03 AM EST --
Good Morning everyone,
Please helps me in wishing the love of my life, our fellow Gatherer, Election '08 corrrespondent, and the November "Hunk of the month " . . .
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February 08, 2009 08:44 AM EST --
Last November 24, I lost my older sister LoRena to a probable heart attack. Her husband refused an autopsy, for his own reasons. It was a total surprise. She was the one who was going to outlive . . .
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February 23, 2009 10:09 AM EST --
A few weeks back, I was one of the "c hosen" to write a review of Zatarain's products, of which Gather offered to send me. When the box arrived, I was dumbstruck. There was no way in the . . .
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May 03, 2009 10:52 AM EDT --
When I was a child, my family called Memorial Day, "Decoration Day", which was the original moniker of this day of remembrance. Many of them still do.
Growing up with a family which . . .
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May 04, 2006 06:26 PM EDT --
Being a nurse, dying is part of my everyday life. I see death in many forms. Quick and unexpected, slow and lingering, peaceful, and agonizing. Recognizing the signs of impending death are a learned . . .
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May 16, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
I have to admit that this is not an original poem. I have read this to every Nursing Assistant class I have ever taught.
This was found among the meager belongings of an eighty nine year old, nursing . . .
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August 29, 2006 05:12 PM EDT --
I am a pariah in my chosen field, Nursing. Do I care? Not a whit. In fact, I relish the role, and will tell anyone who asks why I chose to work in the dregs of the nursing profession, the (cue sinister . . .
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November 11, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Holidays in the nursing home can be a time of great joy, but YOU have to make it happen. No one wants to spend their holidays alone, with virtual strangers who are not their family. Unfortunately, . . .
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