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My Parents’ Wedding Day
By Georgia Lee ( From “A Father’s Legacy – Your life story in your own words”) Dad’s journal. Journal Prompt: Tell me about your wedding day. What Happened? How did you feel? Were you nervous, scared, Happy? GOOD LORD! Again, … Continue reading →
Posted in anniversaries, baby boomers, beautiful women, body image, caregivingelderly, childhood, Dying Parents, Family, fathers, Fourth of July, Fourth of July - WWII fallen soldier, Love, love and death, sex, Uncategorized, writers
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Tagged books, Children, daughters, dreams, fathers, flowers, humor, memories, money, mothers, nostalgia, parenting, PARENTS, poem, poetry, sex, spirituality, women
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MY FATHER – ON WRITING
Writing books is easy! By Georgia Lee, from the diary of Emmett Lee When my father, Emmett Lloyd Lee, turned 80, I gave him a guided journal “A Father’s Legacy – Your Life’s Story in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Children, daughters, dreams, editors, fathers, fiction, ghosts, language, legends, memories, money, mothers, nostalgia, parenting, PARENTS, poem, poetry, reading
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BRIEF CANDLES – AN HOUR ONSTAGE
At the end of life, the very old shrink into child-size imitations of the towering adults their children knew. Not my parents, I would have thought as a child, if I’d ever imagined such a thing. Not my parents. Those … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1960s, ACAA, acceptance, ACTORS, actresses, Aging, alabama, ancesters, Atlanta, Atlanta native, Atlanta Writers Club, baby boomers, Babyboomers, birth, birthdays, body image, books, Caregiving, cemeteries, chevrolet, Chico's, chiffon, cocktail dresses, cookies, curses, daughters, death, depression, Easy Spirit, Emmett Lee, FALL, family, fashion, Forest Park, high school, Lady Macbeth, mothers and daughters, only children, PARENTS, prom dresses, shakespeare, stephen king, thinner, weight
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BEYOND VALENTINES, A MESSAGE OF UNIVERSAL LOVE
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi, 13th century. Though its attribution is controversial, the meaning transcends all. This message of unconditional love – Regardless of religion, race, sex, status and all the other “labels,” imagine if each of us took … Continue reading →
Posted in caregivingelderly, Dying Parents, Family, Love, love and death, spirituality, Uncategorized, women's retreats, Writing
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Tagged AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS, love of family, universal love, valentines day
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THE TURNING TIDE
THE TURNING TIDE I don’t sail there it’s not my sea But fallen blood flows back to me Not the fools, crimson carnival ride But deep Alabama, dark and wide From the home never lost I float … Continue reading →
CURTAIN CALL – THE NEW FOUNTAIN THEATER
The full moon pulls me outside and I rise or fall, like the obedient tide. Each full moon has a name, you know. October is either Hunters or Harvest. I don’t feel like looking it up, but I’m going with … Continue reading →
Posted in Atlanta, buddha, caregivingelderly, childhood, Dying Parents, Family, Love, spirituality
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Tagged acceptance, ACTORS, Aging, ancesters, Atlanta native, Atlanta Writers Club, baby boomers, cemeteries, Childhood, death, FALL, MOON, parenting, PARENTS, REINCARNATION, THEATER
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INVINCIBLE SUMMER
The Buddha, as young Prince Siddhartha, was a rich spoiled brat. His father, the king, groomed his future heir. Pampering and sheltering the prince, he kept him within the kingdom’s gates, forbidding exposure to the imperfect world beyond. Yet, like … Continue reading →
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Tagged acceptance, Atlanta, buddha, death, love, spirituality
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SHOCKING SECRETS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! DON’T FEAR THE REAPER
QUOTH THE RAVEN: “NEVERMORE” Emergency Room: Inner Ring of Hell HAUNTING DIARIES: A CAUTIONARY TALE Part Two: My (late) Father: secret diary – on DEATH! **See previous post: ON SEX!** DIARY Question: Are you afraid of death? How would you want to … Continue reading →
Posted in Atlanta, caregivingelderly, Dying Parents, Family, Love, love and death
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Tagged Babyboomers, Caregiving, Emory University Hospital, HospiceAtlanta, hospitals
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At Rest, Soldier: Emmett Lee, b. 1925 d. 2014 “
Note: My father, Emmett Lee, died July 1, 2014, a month following this original Memorial Day letter to President Obama, only days before the rapid decline that ended his life. As a Veteran’s Day celebration of his pride in service … Continue reading →
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Posted on May 26, 2014 by georgialeesays
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Tagged Atlanta, Fourth of July, Greatest Generation, joint chiefs of staff, love, Memorial Day, public service, U.S. army, veterans, world wars, WWII Veterans
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