Tag: Family
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Warm Food Memories
What’s your go-to comfort food? When I want comfort it’s southern style buttermilk biscuits. Sometimes with white gravy. Also, big white Lima beans and sweet cornbread. Reminds me of my childhood. Love & Light, Lori
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Both!
Dogs or cats? All my life I’ve been a cat person and a dog person. However I preferred cats. They are easier to train, easier to take care of and cleaner as house pets. Then somehow over time and a few dogs later, I became so enamored with dogs that I can’t imagine how my…
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They are Not Stupid
We are going through a season of change in our family. Our daughters are leaving home. Daughter 2 moved in with a roommate. Daughter 3 sophomore and daughter 4 freshman are college bound. As we listen to their plans and goals we have to remember they are inexperienced young adults. They are not stupid. Yes…
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The Day After
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. It was a beautiful day. My husband and I went to church then to the movies. We have six children, one very adult daughter, three newly adult daughters and two teen sons. Did any of the children spend time with me? Did I receive any gifts? One daughter was home and…
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She is Fire and Grace
Who is the most confident person you know? My oldest daughter is the most confident person I know. She does not always believe in her own power. I have watched her go through hell in her adult life. She is much like me in that she had to make her own decisions and do things…
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Say Hello to Leo
Periodically the caregivers from our local animal shelter bring dogs who need forever homes by my office building. They, the humans, know that my place of work is full of dog people with big hearts. I have held strong for a long time and not brought a dog home, until I met Leo. I could…
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What a Crazy Christmas Tree!
The O’Gara Clan has been known to be nontraditional in a lot of things. Holidays is when our nonconformity shines. This year is no different. Daughter #2 is attending a trade school for HVAC. She has tried a few things as she attempts to find her way along the path to adulthood. This is her…
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To Cow or not to Cow
What are your feelings about eating meat? I’m not a vegetarian. I like red meat. However, all social and cultural reasons aside, I can’t ignore the proof that not eating animal products saved my mother’s life. Her doctors gave her 5 years to live with a newly diagnosed genetic disease and that was 7 years…
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Honey, Child let me tell ya….
My favorite recipe is Chess Squares from my Yankee Granny. I can say that now that she is in heaven and can’t fuss at me for calling her a yankee or giving away her secret. This cake tastes like it took hours to make. It is so rich and yummy. Let me know if you…
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Anywhere but here…
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go? I love to travel and right now if I could I’d hop on a plane to anywhere. Don’t misunderstand, I also love my life, but with all that is happening around me, I need a rest. Sometimes I just want to fly away from…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 