August, 1935

I almost forgot about August and it was quite an exciting month!  I went back to 1935 to continue where I left off and I found I halted midway through August.  (I was so excited to find another journal that was a year before!)  I had stopped transcribing on August 13th, and was reminded, looking…

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The Truth About the Ice Skates

Remember those ice skates Babu wanted and got for Christmas? Friday, December 14th, 1934 After all the tests weren’t so bad today.  All the studying I did came in good stead.  I only hope my marks are passing.  I wish we could skip over tomorrow.  I want a pair of skates for Christmas but that…

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How Many Children Do You Have?

Common themes stay common themes, repeated stories will repeat, but change is obdurate.  Now the story is told in a new way, with a twist. Babu always, as you, constant readers, know, tells the story of how her mother could only have one child.   (This might be an inappropriate time to snicker but I’m…

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December, 1934

This month will bridge the gap between the diary I started first, 1935, and then the diary I found, 1934.  I stopped in Summer 1935 go go back to 1934.  Now when I go back to 1935 it will be the start of autumn again!  She’ll be starting college then.  Exciting. In December, 1934 Babu…

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The Drobey Drama

Let’s see if we can follow this thread and once and for all solve the Drobey Drama.  (Spoiler alert, we wont!  Haha.  But it will be funny to watch our heads spin.) Sunday, September 16th, 1934 Jeanette and I saw at the Victoria “The Love Captive” and “The Lucky Texan”. We enjoy watching the people…

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Back to School, Babu Style

I’m a bit nostalgic about Babu going back to school for her last year of high school.  I wonder if, as she ages, her entries will remain as endearing, honest, and naive.  To a certain point, I believe they will. I’m also nostalgic about all of the nonstop going back to school talk because for…

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Sunday Share

It’s about time I stay a little more to the point and the general theme of this blog.  This blog is about one unique experience of being a caregiver.  The following post is important to share because it talks about burnout which I’ve seen, I’ve experienced, and am constantly recovering from and sinking back into…

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Meet and Greet!

Here is a really nice idea from a blogger i just “met.” Meet and Greet   Meet and Greet: 8/27/16 August 27, 2016dray0308 It’s the Meet and Greet weekend!! Ok so here are the rules: Leave a link to your page or post in the comments of this post. Reblog this post.  It helps you, it…

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A Piece of Creative writing.

I haven’t shared entries with Babu is a long time.  It felt really good to do so today.  Here is a piece of Creative Writing from Babu!!  LOVE IT!!! Thursday, September 6th, 1934 One should be more quiet and more or less submissive on the day of confession, but to us that means comparatively little….

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Autumn 1934

There’s condensation on the cars and a chill in the morning air today.  And I think I may have seen some autumn colors at the side of the highway.  The last of the blueberries are off of the bush but the tomatoes are going wild and the pumpkin vines are running away with themselves. The…

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Balance…ahhhh…

We went on vacation.  For a WEEK.  And it was hard.  For the past few years we have done this dance where we himmm and haaawww about making reservations and when we finally decide on it, Adam will start saying not to count on it, it could change at any time.  We fight and freak…

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