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Thanks for the link, Mr. Day.

wabby — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:11:37 +0000

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Thanks for the link, Mr. Day.

I know you will enjoy the time with your granddaughters. I have given up hope of having grandchildren of my own, so I am enjoying yours vicariously. Please continue writing about their adventures!

Hope you had a good Christmas

wabby — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:07:14 +0000

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Hope you had a good Christmas Day, Mr. Smith.

Thank you so much for your beautiful and fun haiku throughout the year!

My best to you and your

wabby — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:05:32 +0000

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My best to you and your family as well, Ramona.

Long live hippie mom spirit!

wabby — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:04:48 +0000

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Long live hippie mom spirit!

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day, barefooted!

Yeah, Flower comes through

Richard Day — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:16:35 +0000

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Yeah, Flower comes through

Richard Day — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:16:10 +0000

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Yeah, Flower comes through

Richard Day — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:15:39 +0000

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Yeah, Flower comes through again!

What a story.

I just read a fun article at Salon by a writer who is not a 'Christian' but who loves Christmas.

http://www.salon.com/2014/12/25/my_atheist_christmas_how_i_overcame_my_personal_struggle_with_the_holiday/

A TREE OF LIFE!

Again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

A beautiful story, flower. It

MrSmith1 — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 04:17:13 +0000

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A beautiful story, flower. It conjured up a lot of memories. Thank you.

Loved this so much,

Ramona — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:03:58 +0000

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Loved this so much, Flowerchild! A wonderful Christmas memory. (I can relate to so much of it! My dad and my husband both cussing over trying to get the tree straight, setting it in a bucket of water overnight--throwing in a few aspirins for some reason--the white sheets as a tree skirt, my mom and later, me, letting the kids throw the tinsel on the tree and then straightening each strand after they had gone to sleep.)

Tough to lose your mom so young. I can understand why Christmas would lose its meaning for a while, but kids have a way of making things bright again. So do grand-kids! Christmas will take on a whole new meaning again when they pitter-patter through the holidays with you.

My best to you and your family and a merry, merry Christmas!

Oh, flower, you pulled me

barefooted — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:29:52 +0000

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Oh, flower, you pulled me right in. It's like all my memories came out to play with yours, and I can't thank you enough for that. Did your mom know my mom?

We always hung the icicles one by one, and saved them until they were too wrinkley to reuse. Saved wrapping paper and bows, too!

The absolutely worst thing humans ever did to the tradition of Christmas trees was to turn them into plastic. Honestly, if taking care of a real tree for a couple of weeks is too much trouble for you, just put some bows on a vacuum cleaner and be done with it.

Merry Christmas!