Tag Archives: memories

Spring Cleaning

Posted on June 5, 2015 by theonceandfutureemptynest

Wednesday morning I woke up at 5:30 am in a panic.  I had to get up and write because I had just one year left of this decade.  I needed to start now.  Of course, I didn’t get up.  I … Continue reading →

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O’Christmas Tree, O’Christmas Tree

Posted on December 24, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest

I love Christmas trees.  Christmas trees not only symbolize all the beauty and hope of the season but are reminders of Christmases past.  I have three trees this year.  Maybe more if I have to count the tiny tabletop trees.  … Continue reading →

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Part 9: Road Trip!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest

After the movers came and went, after we said our good byes to neighbors and friends, after we spent one last night in the house where we had lived for twenty-one years,  we put the dogs in the truck, secured … Continue reading →

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Part 8: A Truly Empty Nest

Posted on April 14, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest

A note:  I wrote this before we closed on the house but never got to posting it.  The next few posts should bring us up-to date.  Stay tuned. Leaving home is what young people do.  Children become teenagers, dreaming of … Continue reading →

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In a drawer of the handmade spice rack that Sis in Law gave us for a wedding present is a bird nest that my girls found almost twenty years after a Santa Ana (wind storm).  The nest had blown from … Continue reading →

Posted on February 27, 2012 by theonceandfutureemptynest | Leave a comment