randomocity...
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
A few random thoughts and events. 1) My van has fruit flies. I know fruit flies need some sort of feeding/mating/breeding/hatching ground. The thought of finding whatever in ...
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guy time
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Gavin and Grant recently had some opportunity to spend some time with this amazing thing called THE SAME GENDER. Here is a bit of what they did. Nothing warms my heart more t ...
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just a general update
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I got nothing. Really, I have been feeling so uninspired to write lately. I thought I would just give you a general update on our lives. GAVIN: Second grade is going okay f ...
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New Birthday Traditions
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Happy Birthday to you.... Happy Birthday to You.... Happy Birthday Dear Brian/Daddy.... Happy Birthday to you!! Today, You would have turned 37, dear Brian. THIRTY-SEVEN. A ...
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take a compliment
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Brian used to say I was terrible at taking a compliment.When he would delight in something I made for dinner, I would discount it by pointing out how THIS wasn't quite done or ...
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Guess who...
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Remember how I mentioned recently how things seem to go in my life.... Well, guess who has a first grader who's class was doing a math/science project with pumpkins? Guess w ...
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I am smiling as I write this
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I am smiling as I write this. WHY? For no reason in particular. No big revelation. No news. Nothing, really. I am smiling as I write this because I am trying to train my ...
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It gets easier. I guess.
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
This thing called grief - it gets easier. I guess. I guess the fact that I have successfully gone through every article of Brian's clothing and distributed it to friends or fa ...
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Our special tonight is....
by
Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I love to cook. I really do. And I must say, I'm pretty darn good at it, too. I have developed a pretty good sense over the last 5 or so years for adding the right ingredients ...
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Don't join the club...
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Honestly, there are many days when I resent you. Yes, you random reader, who have no idea how lucky you have it. Last year when the first graders would bring home their journa ...
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disrespectin' ya
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Dear Brian,I have gradually been working my way through some of your personal belongings. I have divvied your coveted Grateful Dead tie-dye amongst your brothers. I have saved ...
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set in stone
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Dear Brian,A few weeks ago, I was having an especially hard day. So many things reminded me of you and your absence was nearly unbearable. I won't recap the day because it is ...
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desktop prisoner
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Angie O.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Dear Brian, When you were alive, I found more time and energy and creativity to update this blog. Strange how that worked. When you were alive, the pace was slow, laid-back, ...
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