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"What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass." - Lord Melbourne
"We voted for these people. We should be allowed to taser them." - Mike
"You guys just don’t spend enough time giving yourself cool but limited super-powers. This is the internet." - lauraw
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods" - Albert Einstein
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted." - D.H. Lawrence
"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." – Thomas Paine
"God doesn't call the equipped - he equips those he calls." - Barbara Curtis
"Hand-written notes in cursive writing are still the finest personal way of saying thank you. The people who send those after interviews are the ones who get the jobs."
My Mild-Mannered Alter Ego:
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Author Archives: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX
Continuing on the Journey
Mom is sleeping most of the time. She is in pain whenever she is moved, and we have noticed more swelling in her body. Hospice came by today and is going to start her on a maintenance dosage of … Continue reading
Spring Break Adventures at the Koch House
Rebecca is home for Spring Break. I am not there, because I am in North Carolina with my mom, who is in hospice. Rebecca and Paul were supposed to come up here this weekend, but Dad requested that they not … Continue reading
Marking Time
Mom woke up at 11 last night and said that there was a change in the milk and that I needed to tell them about it (her father drove a milk truck when she was very young). She woke … Continue reading
Moms Say the Darnedest Things
Tonight about 8:15, my mother woke up from a deep sleep and called someone on the phone, telling him, “Don’t let those people take your money from you.” I had ear buds in, watching a movie on my Kindle, heard … Continue reading
Happy 88th Birthday, Dad!
Today is my Dad’s 88th birthday. I can’t tell you how very glad I am that he is still here to celebrate with us – Paul lost his father a few years ago, and it is a loss that he … Continue reading
The Man Behind the Woman
As most of you know by now, I am in North Carolina helping out with my Mom and Dad during Mom’s last days. Everyone has been so nice – sending prayers and thoughts to the family, and telling me … Continue reading
A (Not So) Super Tuesday
Mom entered hospice today. She woke up and announced that she wants to go. Things are starting to deteriorate a little bit more quickly now – she is asking for pain medication more frequently, she is more uncomfortable, she … Continue reading
