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As Sand is to Beach, Moments are to Life
I can let them slip away, or I can savor them. Plus, a small soundtrack, audio and a poll.
Oct 14
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The Things She Said When She Still Said Things
Ma had no filter, no internal editor way before dementia. If you were within earshot, you were a target...and if you were fat, well, you were a larger…
Jun 10
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A Mother's Advice: How to Remain a Virgin
95 & still using the same gimmick to get her way
Feb 25
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Hey Chubby : A Moment in Time, 10 years ago.
2015, when we were "Not actively deteriorating."
Feb 4
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In 2008, 2009 & 2012, she knew something was wrong
All I knew was she was my little mommy and after years of struggle, she deserved the best of everything, even if that meant 11 pairs of the exact same…
Jan 15
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Fear Didn't Get in the Way of Her Fun
When Mom helped us break into an abandoned military installation. To some people, nothing sounds like more of an open invitation than the words Off…
Dec 10, 2024
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The First Health Scare & Love Shows Up When it Shows Up.
originally published: onlythejodi.com June 12, 2009 - At 79, two big things happened. Ma met her Mr. Right, and she had frightening, unexplained medical…
Oct 1, 2024
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2012: Bathing Big Edie
My vibrant Big Edie was literally shrinking into My Little Mommy. She was taking up less space in the world as she shrank due to bone loss. And the…
Aug 5, 2024
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Cohabitating: Me & My Shadow
originally published: onlythejodi.com 6/6/2020. I imagined lots of things that could be problematic when I said come live with me, but becoming one half…
Jul 12, 2024
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Parched & Faded: Lipstick Memories
originally published: onlythejodi.com 7.17.20
May 12, 2024
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