While going through my mom’s book club notebook, I found a small, folded piece of paper. It turned out to be a certificate for completing a class with a final grade of “B” – Satisfactory....
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The Giver by Lois Lowry The Giver, a Newbery Medal winning book was published in 1993 so I never read it in school. In fact, even though I think a few of my kids might have read it in their …...
https://simplethrift.wordpress.com/2024/02/12/moms-book-club-the-giver-by-lois-lowry/
The last three years of my life have been an absolute roller coaster, between long COVID from a 2020 infection that destroyed my gut and caused me to lose so much weight, I actually became malnou...
Security Question – Favorite Actor In my mom’s book club notebook, she had included a small piece of paper with her responses to some online security questions. Mom tried, as did Dad, to ...
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Skipping Christmas This book was not on my mom’s Book Club list but I have given it an honorable mention and am including it here with her other books. I usually don’t like action thrillers...
https://simplethrift.wordpress.com/2023/12/04/moms-book-club-skipping-christmas/
Mom’s Book-club This weekend, I found my Mom’s book-club notebook where she took notes on 59 books before she passed. I’m going to read and in some cases reread each of the books and see ...
https://simplethrift.wordpress.com/2023/11/14/moms-book-club-1-59-christmas-letters/
I’m never going to ring the Cancer bell located in treatment wards. Not only because I have not received chemo or radiation therapy, but because I don’t believe in tempting the fates. An...
https://simplethrift.wordpress.com/2023/08/03/acknowledging-cancer-milestones/
Not everything was/is horrible in my cancer journey. I have worked very closely with my primary physician. He has guided me through chronic Lyme disease and then Long Covid (which unfortunately...
I made earlier reference to the culture of misogyny in breast cancer. This is one of the things that really surprised me, after all, you’d think that a field of medicine dedicated to women’s ...
https://simplethrift.wordpress.com/2023/07/31/bad-girl-bad-girl/
Disclaimer – this is my own personal journey. I am in no way advocating or suggesting that people follow the path I am taking, instead reach into your heart and discover the directions for your...
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