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Thankfulness and a Post About Parents

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on November 29, 2025November 29, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone! I’ve been busy this week, as most of you have been.…

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Poetry Friday: Awaiting Death

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on February 22, 2025February 22, 2025

I’ll try to keep this short for all of your sakes and my own. (Sorry…it’s…

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Poetry Friday: Coping with Being Overwhelmed

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

This week has been stressful once again. We’ve been in New York since last Thursday…

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Everyone Ages: Don’t Get Old Before Your Time

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

I’ve been watching as my parents’ age. Next month they’ll be 85 and 86 years…

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Poetry Friday: Poetry & Alzheimer’s Disease

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on July 16, 2022July 16, 2022

We paused our unpacking last week to go visit my parents in New York. I’ve…

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Aging and Discrimination in Today’s Society

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on April 13, 2022

Lately, I’ve become concerned with blatant discrimination toward our elderly. Early on in my nursing…

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NaPoWriMo: The Thing Is…Poetry

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Some of my Poetry Friday cohort members set challenges for one another at the beginning…

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Slice of Life Tuesday: Personal Effects

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  • Posted on October 12, 2021

Over the last month, I’ve written several times about a health crisis our family had…

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Vaccine Matters: Part II

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Mid-January, I traveled to New York with my husband to see my parents. They are…

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Things I Need to Ignore

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

Last night, after watching two football teams I like play poorly and listen to the…

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