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Football And Family – A Nice Twist!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor November 20, 2012

What a nice twist! While some focus on family, others on the food and Macy’s parade, Thanksgiving means – to some – football. Here’s a delightful news story about pro football coach who stresses the importance of family as priority. It’s a good little article that made me smile… and the principle is not at all small. Seems perfectly as we approach Thanksgiving. In a perfect world, we’d combine food, traditions, family, friends, football …. any of the things that make us happy. But it’s …

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Want a Family Day Brightener?

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 24, 2012

Want a real family day brightener? Think of the best, most fun, and memorable way to share good family news. Can you remember some wonderful time when all the stars aligned, and everything fell into place, creating just the right family moment? Those flashes of perfect memories are strengthening to us all our lives.

Family is important. There are tough things that bore down from time to time. So it’s fabulous when we can share a moment of pure joy. Even better when we …

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The Eyes Have It

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor April 11, 2012

This is me with my daughter and her daughter. The eyes have it. At least, they did on this day when we were clowning around at a store, looking for the ‘right’ glasses for me. Since eye surgery, I need to be more picky about covering my eyes.

So – we made it fun. And memorable. It’s a way of dealing with ups and downs of life in a bonding, more joyful way.

It’s just US

Rarely will you catch us without hands flying in …

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Gathered Together

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor March 29, 2012

We gathered together in the office when he called.

He’d asked us to come together so that he could share some words on speaker phone. Then he spoke with us individually before, about two hours later, gathering us together once more for his final words before deployment.

My youngest son serves in the U.S. Navy, and was deploying the next morning. He wanted to say some things from his heart before hanging up. He said it was because he wanted us to know all these …

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My Baby Boy’s Birthday

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor February 16, 2012

Tomorrow is my baby boy’s birthday. He turns twenty two. So, I know I can’t technically call him a “baby boy.” Except that he’ll always be my baby. I love being a mom!

I remember my grandmother saying the same about my mom. She was always her “baby.” I noticed that mom smiled every time she heard my grandmother say that. Amazing how our hearts develop and open like a rose, petal by petal, as we better appreciate the memories we gained from family members …

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Good Memories and Green Beans

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor January 9, 2012

Growing up, I hated green beans.

Every memory I have of my mom making them for dinner is an unpleasant one – including her insistence that I “at least try to like them” and that I “eat One Green Bean before leaving the table.” Not good!

Eeewww.

I saw them as “gross”, “scary”, or “disgusting.” So, more than one meal was a quiet battle of the wits – me pushing my few “gross” veggies around the plate, and my mother compelling me to at least …

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