http://dabblersjournal.com prone to enthusiasms.... Sat, 19 May 2012 10:17:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dabblersjournal.com/2005/08/25/moms-transforming-desk/ http://dabblersjournal.com/2005/08/25/moms-transforming-desk/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:09:18 +0000 joel http://dabblersjournal.com/2005/08/25/moms-transforming-desk/ Mom & Dad had this neat desk. I'm not sure how they acquired it--probably a wedding present--but it's been part of our lives for as long as any of us "kids" remember.

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]]> http://dabblersjournal.com/2004/11/10/rog/feed/ 0 http://dabblersjournal.com/2004/01/06/you-gotta-believe/ http://dabblersjournal.com/2004/01/06/you-gotta-believe/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:54:49 +0000 joel http://dabblersjournal.com/2004/01/06/you-gotta-believe/ The day after we moved her home, the nurse from the hospice called to inquire whether Mom understood how sick she was; her caretakers were convinced she wasn't showing the proper gravity or something.  I assured Marilyn that Mom was well aware of her prognosis.  Mom, an occasionally witty but never particularly cheerful person, was quite certain that she'd not survive if she let the illness defeat her spirit; she was, by insisting on relentless optimism, fighting on, even in her last days.

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