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Great Photo Books - myheritageforever.com (sign-up for a free acount today!) Blackham Reunion School Daze Photo Book Family Group Pictures through the years.
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2002-2003 Seated: Earl Lennard, Superintendent; Carol W. Kurdell, Chair; Glenn Barrington, Vice Chair Standing: Jennifer Faliero, Carolyn Bricklemyer, Jack R. Lamb, Doris Ross Reddick, Candy Olson
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My parents Luddy & Orlando, Abuela Angie & Abuelo Moncho, Rachel & Ellen, 1022 156th Street, South Bronx, 1960s. Today brought an odd sense of virtual dislocation. The first time I felt something like this was in 1988. We were newly married and Tom drove us to the South Bronx,...
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Mrs Reddick's acceptance speech begins at the 13 min mark
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I was just four years old when the men from my father's birth family gathered for a four generations photograph. I'm standing in front of my Great-Grandfather, William May. My Father, Bob is behind him and to the left. And my Grandfather, Fred is to my Dad's right. A more formal...
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I remember that when the Saturday before Easter came, our family would go to Tremonton (about 7 miles away from the farm where we lived in East Garland) to grandpa and grandma Adams' house. About a block away, the public library was situated on a large lot and an East egg...
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Every day in my practice as a counselor, I see how our lives are defined by relationships with others. Relationships shape, sustain and strengthen us. They give our lives meaning—our very identities. And relationships are still, as they always have been, enhanced by sharing our personal experiences and stories. Several years...
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Maybe little girls aren't able to focus on the spiritual side of Easter but the new dress, hat and shoes are great memories. Of course since women and girls rarely wear hats anymore, that may be difficult to relate to these days. But those of us "of a certain age"...
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Ok, so you may be thinking that I'm gonna say the typical story of going to Sunday Mass or eating the Ham dinner with the extended family. That would be completely WRONG! My younger Brother Tyler and I always got candy for Easter when we were young!!! That's it, that's...
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Have you ever been proud as a peacock?
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With 10 kids it was always a chore for Mum and Dad to take us anywhere. Trying to keep us quiet in church had to be one of the greatest challenges outside the home. We were rambunctious and always looking for something funny to laugh about. Easter was particularly difficult for...
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I predict that I will write 6 more predictions. I predict that the end of the world is not on my birthday this year December 21st, 2012. I predict that I will have to get the oil changed in my car every 3,000 mile or so. I predict that I will...
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Today we would say "1970 was a game changer for me." In reality, my world changed. I moved from the safety of my grandmother's back yard and my segregated school into a world where I had to talk to people who didn't look like me. I put my feelings to...
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The Reynolds family celebrated their family reunion July 8 – 10, 2011 in Tampa Florida honoring the descendants of Matilda Reynolds originating from Clay County Georgia. The Reynolds family activities aimed at “Bridging the Gap from Generation To Generation” included a Meet and Greet on Friday, a tour of the...
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One summer when I was about 10, my 13 year-old sister, Sandi, and I spent a week at Ocean Beach Park in New London, CT, vacationing with our father. Earlier that year, we had moved from CT to Schenectady, NY with our mother, who had been promoted to store manager of...
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Having recently found the reel-to-reel tape of my grandmother Wagner's poem and the good picture of her and our PawPaw at their fiftieth anniversary celebration back in the '50s has caused me to want to remember more about her. For as long as I knew her, she did not have an...
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A photograph of my aunts dancing on a Bronx tenement rooftop makes me think about the gap between then and now. A camera held by either my father or uncle took a series of pictures one Spring afternoon, capturing something of their youth, and their hope for the future. It is...
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