This is quite beautiful, @gabmr--almost a prose poem.

For me it's more like not really thinking about how finite life is You probably didn't have a Sicilian mother :) It's a cultural thing--praying for the dead and dying before we went to sleep as children,

Thank you very much for you warm birthday wish, @cmplxty. I don't know who or what I would be without my family. Material things wane but the right people are the ones that get us through thick and thin

Thank you!! As you realize, the good days are certainly numbered. So I hold onto them and enjoy every moment. one of my favourite people to read on Hive! Thank you, and I return the sentiment. You may

Hello dear @kemmyb🌷 Thank you for the good wishes. Here celebrations with people and fuss are also common, but I'm not a lady who likes attention. I dread it. When my husband and I married oh so many

Thank you, my dear @gen-quimba. Family is everything to me. I love those two pictures, also. Hope you are having a great weekend.

🌷😇 Maybe that's the secret to your marriage. You may be right :)

Hello my friend @gabmr, You are so kind! I had cake for breakfast :)) Birthdays are not the time for self control. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. No matter our age, each day is precious. Life

Thank you @coinjoe. I do feel blessed. I wake up every day and am grateful that I have another chance to share the day with those I love. The greatest gift. I hope you take that walk with your family,

Thank you for the happy birthday. I hope your mother is well and you tell her often that you love her. One day those little expressions will mean a great deal to you, when she is not here anymore. Your

Thank you! It was heaven. I had one more gift, which was harder for them to give: no negative talk for the rest of the week. I like peace, and sometimes people disagree with each other, or they complain

Of course I get money :)) If my marriage works, it may be because each of us has our private money. Not much, but enough so that the other party has no right to ask where that money has gone. It's sort

Hi, I think I might not have been clear enough. I was responding to this statement: If the S&P 500 goes down much more I think I’ll be buying into some index funds myself. Of course I do not have

Chicken Ranch: A notorious house of ill repute in Pahrump. I don't know if it exists anymore.

I think if people understand how companies are valued and what the stock market is based on, it creates a lot of opportunity for retail investors to make money off the stock market while Trump is president

Great blog. Necessary blog. I would like to suggest a bit of a change in the analysis of uncertainty. I would suggest that uncertainty really began on January 20, 2025. It is a geopolitical fact that

What does he mean? Mercy always, for the sinner, no matter the sin. But retribution, protection of the innocent, admission of guilt, punishment. Pastoral attention to be sure, if that means guidance to

That may be the best thing I read today: a child with a happy childhood.🌷

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