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  • Johnny and Freddie
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    A Hawaiian Manicure and Other Glimpses

    By Sunita Lodwig
    July 24, 2023
    A HAWAIIAN MANICURE A week-long cruise around the Islands in Hawaii was decided by the Turkey group, a Bell Labs softball team. It is ...
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  • Picture of Toot with John and Sunita - Late 80's
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    Ma Millie-8

    By Sunita Lodwig
    July 10, 2023
    After a respectable passage of time, the Turkey crowd ribs John into dating again. They suggest a few possibilities at work, but John is ...
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    Ma Millie-7

    By Sunita Lodwig
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    After the initial shock of Rita’s cancer diagnosis, several meetings with doctors and specialists were scheduled. A treatment regimen is recommended, followed, and monitored ...
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    Pursing Secrets

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    Pursing secrets, they lay their purple bed along the fringes of Mother Earth’s luscious lips – a cover up. Well below, in the magma ...
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  • TheThree Kids: Jason Kelly Brian
    Parenting & FamilyMemoir & AutobiographiesNonfiction

    Ma Millie-6

    By Sunita Lodwig
    March 27, 2023
    In the meantime, ensconced in North Dakota, Johnny, and Rita are content. Establishing a routine in their new home takes a while. Johnny is ...
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  • Sprouting Seed
    CreativityParenting & FamilyPoetry

    Burying her… alive?

    By Ritu Anand
    March 27, 2023
    Burying her… alive? But she’s a seed. Bound to sprout. And grow – on you too.
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  • Biography-of-my- amazing-mother-in-law
    Parenting & FamilyMemoir & AutobiographiesNonfiction

    Ma Millie-5

    By Sunita Lodwig
    March 13, 2023
    Mildred looks up from her reminiscing and her martini – it is almost all gone. It’s been a lingering and fascinating afternoon. We have ...
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  • Late 1950s picture of John&Rita from personal album
    Parenting & FamilyMemoir & AutobiographiesNonfiction

    Ma Millie-4

    By Sunita Lodwig
    February 27, 2023
    When Johnny turns sixteen, he and grandpa go car shopping. They are searching for a used one, but it is exciting nonetheless. Johnny sees ...
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  • A confused individual
    Memoir & AutobiographiesCreativityParenting & Family

    Where is my wife Stacey?

    By Ritu Anand
    February 27, 2023
    February 1, 2023 at 9 a.m. “Where is my wife Stacey?” asks John. Answer: “Stacey is out shopping. You are spending the day with ...
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    Parenting & FamilyNonfiction

    My Teen Begged for Help and My World Stood Still

    By Dawn Marie
    February 27, 2023
    Content Warning: Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation “Mom, just take me. I’m begging you. I’m not stable.” Words no mother dreams of hearing from their sixteen-year-old ...
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