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A to Z Blogging Challenge: F is for Family

April 7, 2014

WHEN EVERYTHING GOES TO HELL, THE PEOPLE WHO STAND BY YOU WITHOUT FLINCHING–THEY ARE YOUR FAMILY (JIM BUTCHER)

So here they are…just some of the people who have always been there, no matter what:

Daddy and me (1 year) “sledding” in the backyard

My Grandma Resch

Four generations of Resch kids at the family reunion

A to Z Challenge

Barbara Marincel

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April 5, 2014

I think my migraines have totally addled my brain. I’ve had them all week, just when the A to Blogging Challenge began. I couldn’t find my blog on their Linky list, so I think I might have been removed for not posting. I DID post briefly yesterday about the Challenge, then removed my …

The Downside of Compassion | Psychology Today

Barbara Marincel

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March 26, 2014

Originally posted on Loss, Grief, Bereavement and Life Transitions Resource Library:
The Downside of Compassion | Psychology Today.

the strength of a woman

Barbara Marincel

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September 14, 2013

The strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow hardship to dictate her and who she becomes –C. Jobbell Dedicated to my mom, my grandmothers, and my aunties, the strongest and most loving women ever! (The first picture above is of my Grandma Resch on her wedding day in …

final friday five for 2012

Barbara Marincel

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December 29, 2012

As usual, credit for everything below–except my answers, that is–goes to the wonderful gals over at RevGalBlogPals. And I owe them a hearty “thank you” for giving me a some much-needed writing inspiration! I should mention that I did have my neck surgery last week and the surgeon said the procedure went “swimmingly.” I find …

too, too much

Barbara Marincel

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December 18, 2012

We all reach times when we suddenly feel that we have more to bear than we can handle. Thank goodness I’ve lived long enough to know this is fact, because for many years, I thought I was all alone, that I was the only one who ever felt inadequate, or selfish, or so overwhelmed that …

the little things

Barbara Marincel

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May 20, 2012

Yes, I’m changing my title again, for the third time. So far it has gone from “redhead report” to “gifts in the rubble” to, as of today, “the little things.”I am only 5’1” after all. I decided to change the name because the title “gifts in the rubble” was, supposedly anyway, more about the grace …

friday five…a day late (well, a few minutes late!)

Barbara Marincel

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February 25, 2012

Emptiness Friday Five….. This Friday five comes courtesy of Sally over at RevGalBlogPals! (You don’t think I could come up with something like this myself, do you?) I have been pondering this Friday Five over and over in my mind, but I am coming up with nothing, so I am wondering; what do …

the red thread

Barbara Marincel

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November 7, 2009

This is a short post, just an update on our baby situation. To make a long story short, we are no longer trying to get pregnant. As it turned out, I simply couldn’t handle being off of my fibromyalgia medications. My muscle relaxers, Advil, Excedrin, and trazedone (a sleeping medication commonly used to treat fibromyalgia) …

friday five: the fork in the road

Barbara Marincel

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February 27, 2009

This week’s Friday Five come courtesy of Singing Owl from RevGalBlogPals. She writes: Friday, February 27, 2009 Friday Five: The Fork in the Road “I am at a life-changing juncture. I do not know which way I will go, but I have been thinking about the times, people and events that changed my life …

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