Category: The Samantha Years
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Chicken Soup! By Samantha
I’m writing today’s blog because Mama only has one typing hand. The other hand is giving herself a pat on the back…. A couple months ago Chicken Soup for the Soul accepted her essay, The Blessing Bowl, to be printed in their book, Count Your Blessings! Today, the book was distributed. We are very excited…
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The List
We have been waiting for the H1N1 vaccine. It’s never really been a choice for us, do we vaccinate? Do we not? It’s always been understood that if Samantha got H1N1, she would probably get really, really sick. Hospital sick. We are not fans of the hospital, even though we seem to spend a lot…
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Halloween! By Our Pumpkin
So I’m just sittin’ here…..chillin…. and Mama turns me into a pumpkin! A very cute pumpkin no less…. Daddy making a squash face….smile pretty Daddy. Hanging out after trick or treat (Mama ate all my Reese’s) Whew! Being a pumpkin is hard…trick or treating is a lot of work…downtime with Daddy is a must.
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Happy Halloween!
In the spirit of Halloween I wanted to share my scary story! This was written for a creative writing class about five years ago. Bahahahahaha! Just Doing My Job: His tall frame slowly sauntered into the room casting a dark shadow along the floor. He was thin, as if he could be carried away by…
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844
844 is a significant number. If someone gave me $844, I would be pretty happy. I try to stay away from the super-duper fudgy cream pie containing 844 calories. An 844 mile road trip would take a while. Because 844 is a hefty number, it’s not a thousand, it’s not a million but it’s a…
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