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June 8, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. – Randy Pausch A funny thing …
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Category: Memoir
| Tags: Alzheimers, birthdays, dementia, family, family life, genetic predispositions, Randy Pausch
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June 1, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Last week I had a blessedly low-key birthday. The blessing is because it is the year-before-a-milestone birthday. A milestone, a …
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Category: Memoir
| Tags: Alzheimers, birthdays, family, family life, marriage, voice mail
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May 17, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
The evening flight was a mistake. I was grateful to my brother-in-law for donating the frequent flyer miles and arranging …
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Category: Memoir
| Tags: aging, Alzheimers, caregiving, family, family life, marriage, Work in Process
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April 12, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
As some readers will know, I was on blogcation last week, visiting my parents. There was much to be thankful …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: aging, Alzheimers, F. Scott Fitzgerald, family, family life, gender roles, health, long form, marriage, memory
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March 29, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
There was apparently supposed to be a conference for bloggers this year that went by the name “Blogcation.” It involved a weeklong …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: aging, blogcation, blogging, family, family life
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February 15, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
The theme for WordSprout’s February’s Story Slam – which I did not perform at – was “Spill the Beans.” This …
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Category: Stories I've Told
| Tags: adoption, dating, family, family life, high school, mixed race children, music, parenting, prejudice, racism, relationships, small towns
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February 8, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I have an early memory as a child of the priest coming to visit our house. A young, handsome priest …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: Catholicism, childhood, Christianity, cross, crucifix, faith, family life, Holy Family, memory, religion, Work in Process
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January 4, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Because, of course, everyone is already telling you there’s no point, right? 1. Make them for the right reasons. Right …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media, List Posts
| Tags: 21 day habit, BHAG, Big Hairy Audacious Goal, Brené Brown, Facebook, family life, foreclosure, Francine Jay, habits, Miss Minimalist, perfectionism, resolutions, Shelley Wilson, The Joy of Less, Twitter
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December 7, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I am sitting on a red plastic chair at the gray laminate table in our kitchen. My parents bracket the …
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Category: Stories I've Told
| Tags: childhood, Dr. Seuss, family life, food, freedom, lies, mashed potatoes, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, parenting, self trust, siblings, story slams, television shows, The Flintstones, truth
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November 9, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This post, updated from the original on my Ordinary Time blog, as well as a story I’ve told, seemed an appropriate …
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Category: History, Republished from Elsewhere, Stories I've Told
| Tags: accidents, alcoholism, Civil War, dark horse candidate, death, elections, family life, fiction, Franklin Pierce, George W. Bush, grief, inauguration, Jane Pierce, Jed Bartlet, Kansas-Nebraska Act, marriage, Nathaniel Hawthorne, New Hampshire, reality, slavery, The West Wing, user-generated content, Wikipedia
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