Tag: love
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Time
On August 18, 2013, while sitting at a waterpark in Yorkville, IL, I received the news that my mom was on a chemo break. Immediately upon hearing this news, I planned and confirmed our trip to Puerto Rico. During the years she lived with cancer, I started a CaringBridge site on her behalf to update…
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Dance Parties
My husband studied film making in college but graduated with an Economics degree. Unlike the Econ degree, film making stayed with him. My parents bought us a VHS camera when our son was born and from that point on Dan filmed our lives. His cameras became more expensive and more accessories were purchased – including…
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The Baggage
“Are we picking up The Baggage on our way?” I would ask my mom. Or, I would receive this phone call from my mom….“I won’t be there until later because I have to pick The Baggage up first” Widowed suddenly at 64 years old, my grandma, Zora (Lulich) Uzelac, went on to live 30 years…
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Forever…Growing Up 80s
In 6th grade, I was called to the principal’s office because my friend Angela was caught reading my copy of Judy Blume’s “Forever”. It had my name written in it and all of the “good” parts highlighted in yellow. I was so scared! Scared that I would never get my book back! Mrs. Gillespie, my…
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Just Another Night in the 80s
Sitting in the driver’s seat of my car, in the Gas City parking lot one night with 3 friends, we had one goal — buy beer and go back to Susan’s house and drink it. Two of us were 16 and the other two were 15. Sounds simple enough. As we sat in the car…
Growing Up 80s 