by Kathy on October 2, 2026 · 0 comments
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As Ferris Bueller taught us and was part of his famous monologue, from the movie about his day off, which you memorized in elementary school, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” Life has been moving especially fast in recent months and 22 was […]
by Kathy on September 17, 2026 · 0 comments
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It’s your Golden Birthday! A very happy date we got to choose, between that and September 15, 2009, for my scheduled repeat c-section (if I didn’t go into natural labor or my water broke sooner). We picked September 17th in part so you and your sibling Molly, who was born and died 17 months before […]
by Kathy on April 15, 2026 · 0 comments
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Thursday, 4-11-96 2:35 PM London 8:35 AM E-Town Well, I took my last final! (pretty painless – though I sure studied long enough for it…) I really did learn a lot from that architecture class! I sold my books back & am close to £35 richer for it! I wish I could keep the books […]
by Kathy on April 9, 2026 · 0 comments
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Wednesday, 4-10-96 11:40 PM London 5:40 PM E-Town This week has pretty much been full of my preparing for & taking finals! I am gonna copy into here highlights from an e-mail I wrote to Mom, Dad, Meg, & Kelly about this weekend & early this week cuz I am tired & don’t feel like […]
by Kathy on April 3, 2026 · 0 comments
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Friday, 4-5-96 5:15 PM en route from London to Southampton 10:15 AM E-Town Time is going by at lightning speed now… I have so many things going through my mind from traveling, to finals, and so on… I have to hand write my London History paper, which is a pain, but it is making me […]
by Kathy on October 2, 2025 · 0 comments
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As you move into another year of adulthood I am struck by how different your life is than I imagined it might be when you turned 22. Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see Though […]
