Tag Archives: Death

365 Days of Self Portraits: Days 107-113

In an effort to gain self confidence and deal with body image issues still remaining after my weight loss, I decided to take part in a 365 project focusing on self portraits.  My hopes are that after a year of taking a photo of myself ever day, that I will stop hating photos of myself, stop picking apart the things …

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RIP Spencer (1996-2012)

Yesterday we said goodbye to Spencer, the craziest, quirkiest, wildest, most amazingly and frustratingly unique cat I have ever known.  Inside this house he was incredibly affectionate but always into mischief… he was always getting into something and giving me funny things to write about.  Like the time I caught him fishing in the turtle tank or the time he …

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Blast From the Past

Eish… Last night I couldn’t sleep at all. I tossed and turned and couldn’t seem to get comfortable.. I got up at 5:30am and vegged in front of my laptop for a while and when I checked my email I found this: Yeah. You don’t know me. I’m the younger brother of Jason Sheppard. I’m writing to let you know …

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David

Today Xander and I went out to a movie and lunch with some friends, it was well timed because I found myself unable to stop thinking about David and Gail. When I got home I heard through a mutual friend that David passed away at 1:15am this morning. There isn’t really much I can say that I didn’t already in …

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Where did the last year go?

I was looking over some old blogs from this time last year and can’t believe how quickly the time has gone by. My parents always told me that the older you get the faster the time goes by. If it goes this quick now I think I year will go by in a blink by the time I’m 70… Last …

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Family?

The grandfather I never knew died today. This morning I was speaking to my mother on the phone and she told me he was dying, that they’d heard it through my father’s cousin who didn’t want my father to just see it in the paper or something. Not that I think it would make any difference, as my father always …

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Growing Up

Overnight I have become my parents.. my parents have become their parents.. and it scares me to death. On March 25, 2005 at approximately 3pm in the afternoon, my aunt Pearly took her last breath. She was in her early 80’s and until this past year they had all been healthy. I was sure she’d live to be 100 years …

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Will you impress me today?

You need a change of scenery. Join a group that will get your mind racing. You will be at your best when you are contributing to something worthwhile. Someone new will impress you on many different levels. That’s my horoscope for today from Horoscope.com! I hardly ever check it but it’s fun sometimes to see how it fits in to …

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Sean Joseph Amos

AMOS, Sean Joseph – 6, Dartmouth, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2004, in The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, after a 3 1/2 year battle with leukemia. Born in Sydney, Sean was the only child of Laura Stensrud and Brian Amos. He is also survived by his great-grandparents, Joseph and Gladys Burke, Sydney; grandparents, Arthur and Sheila Amos, Sydney; Anna …

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