I've never been a big fan of Mother's Day. We made a big deal of it when I was a kid. Daddy always made sure my sister and I bought an appropriate gift for Mother. We also always had a corsage for her to wear to church - red or pink flowers before my grandmother died, white after. I guess even as a child I felt some ambivalence about the day. I always tried to please my mother. At a very early age, I decided not to ever hurt her or do anything to disappoint her or make her cry. But Mother...
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 My husband rounds-up. If you ask him how old he is he tells you the next age that would be evenly divisable by ten. So when he was sixty-one he claimed to be seventy. Lots of things about Doug don't make much sense, so don't ask me why he does this, but I suppose people think he really looks good for his age. Me, on the other hand, I've always been just fine with whatever age I find myself at. And, yes, I am a couple years older than Doug.

Age is one thing, but height and weight are another ...
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    I've never been a big fan of Mother's Day. We made a big deal of it when I was a kid. Daddy always made sure my sister and I bought an appropriate gift for Mother. We also always had a corsage for her to wear to church - red or pink flowers before my grandmother died, white after. I guess even as a child I felt some ambivalence about the day. I always tried to please my mother. At a very early age, I decided not to ever hurt her or do anything to disappoint her or make her cry. But Mother...
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 My husband rounds-up. If you ask him how old he is he tells you the next age that would be evenly divisable by ten. So when he was sixty-one he claimed to be seventy. Lots of things about Doug don't make much sense, so don't ask me why he does this, but I suppose people think he really looks good for his age. Me, on the other hand, I've always been just fine with whatever age I find myself at. And, yes, I am a couple years older than Doug.

Age is one thing, but height and weight are another ...
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    I've never been a big fan of Mother's Day. We made a big deal of it when I was a kid. Daddy always made sure my sister and I bought an appropriate gift for Mother. We also always had a corsage for her to wear to church - red or pink flowers before my grandmother died, white after. I guess even as a child I felt some ambivalence about the day. I always tried to please my mother. At a very early age, I decided not to ever hurt her or do anything to disappoint her or make her cry. But Mother...
Continue reading ...

 My husband rounds-up. If you ask him how old he is he tells you the next age that would be evenly divisable by ten. So when he was sixty-one he claimed to be seventy. Lots of things about Doug don't make much sense, so don't ask me why he does this, but I suppose people think he really looks good for his age. Me, on the other hand, I've always been just fine with whatever age I find myself at. And, yes, I am a couple years older than Doug.

Age is one thing, but height and weight are another ...
Continue reading ...

    I've never been a big fan of Mother's Day. We made a big deal of it when I was a kid. Daddy always made sure my sister and I bought an appropriate gift for Mother. We also always had a corsage for her to wear to church - red or pink flowers before my grandmother died, white after. I guess even as a child I felt some ambivalence about the day. I always tried to please my mother. At a very early age, I decided not to ever hurt her or do anything to disappoint her or make her cry. But Mother...
Continue reading ...

 My husband rounds-up. If you ask him how old he is he tells you the next age that would be evenly divisable by ten. So when he was sixty-one he claimed to be seventy. Lots of things about Doug don't make much sense, so don't ask me why he does this, but I suppose people think he really looks good for his age. Me, on the other hand, I've always been just fine with whatever age I find myself at. And, yes, I am a couple years older than Doug.

Age is one thing, but height and weight are another ...
Continue reading ...

    I've never been a big fan of Mother's Day. We made a big deal of it when I was a kid. Daddy always made sure my sister and I bought an appropriate gift for Mother. We also always had a corsage for her to wear to church - red or pink flowers before my grandmother died, white after. I guess even as a child I felt some ambivalence about the day. I always tried to please my mother. At a very early age, I decided not to ever hurt her or do anything to disappoint her or make her cry. But Mother...
Continue reading ...

 My husband rounds-up. If you ask him how old he is he tells you the next age that would be evenly divisable by ten. So when he was sixty-one he claimed to be seventy. Lots of things about Doug don't make much sense, so don't ask me why he does this, but I suppose people think he really looks good for his age. Me, on the other hand, I've always been just fine with whatever age I find myself at. And, yes, I am a couple years older than Doug.

Age is one thing, but height and weight are another ...
Continue reading ...