Author: rugby843

I am a widow since 2013 and live by myself in a small apartment. I use a wheelchair to get around, but I wouldn't consider myself disabled. I'm 11 years away from having bladder cancer resulting in a urostomy and I'm doing well. This cancer was a result of having radiation in 1995 because of uterine cancer. So have faith in yourself, a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. My first try at blogging was an attempt to help other people with my condition. I am a mother of three married children, and a grandmother to eight gorgeous kids, featuring them often here, and a great grandmother to two as of today, 6/7/25! I enjoy exploring my feelings and like to try the challenges. I like humor, music, movies, games, and some sports. I absolutely appreciate your reading and commenting on my blog. I am happy to read all of your blogs and learn more about you. Please comment however you like, ask whatever, and I'll answer honestly. Thanks for reading! Cheryl

That’s a Yarn…

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
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Many a day I thought of this

When you gave me that first kiss

Surprised I was, we were just friends

But it was nice, and in the end

I thought much more of you

But we’d never be a me and you.

I had my sights on another

Motorcycle and black leather

Foolish as that may seem

I thought he was the dream

Time passed by and I learned not

He wasn’t the one I thought

It turned out he was right next door

We had a lot of fun and more

Then he joined the service far

All our plans were ajar

Moving on to bigger things

I forgot about wedding rings.

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#1 — That’s a Yarn…

Fandango’s Flashback Friday

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They just finished the Stair Climb” where they climb the equivalent of 110 flights of stairs to commemorate and honor the first responders who lost their lives on 9/11. Many participants climb in full gear to further symbolize the experience of the firefighters on 911. My grandson second from left❤️

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I had to copy and paste, my WP is acting weird, click on the app and get the Reader and a different setup—not easy to get to my own site😖

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — November 8th

SoCS 11-9-24

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I’m a lucky one, I’m on top

Of course I had days that flopped

And days I felt under the gun

But all in all I’m a lucky one.

Free to be here, writing my thoughts

Have shelter and food in the pot

So you may be underwhelmed

When reading anything I’ve penned🙄

Emojis probably not used under rules

But seem appropriate when I use

Them.🥴🤓

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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Nov. 9, 2024

MLMM – Normal

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Respond to this Friday Faithfuls challenge by writing about what you feel is normal, typical, appropriate, or acceptable, or if you always try to be normal so that you can fit in with the crowd, or if you think it is good to be yourself and follow your own path. 

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I never thought of myself as normal. I didn’t fit in—too shy, too skinny, too harbored by my parents, and then I was married, had children and thought okay, normal. I tried to be a better than normal wife and mother.

And all these years later I’m trying to be a new version of normal. Having this blog, writing anything I want, no matter how weird it may seem to others is my new normal. Thank you all for supporting me in that!

Today I’m still reeling from the election, still very upset thinking of people who are not white like me, don’t have an income that provides basic needs, and support of a loving family. What is going to happen to them? I fear for the women and girls in my family. I fear for the less privileged. Just plain sad and fearful. Is that going to be the new normal? After many changes in my lifetime, I feel this will be the most devastating.

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Normal

W3 – What Now?

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
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Didn’t realize how light it was
Naïve, didn’t stop to pause
And then a certain clause
Changed an important law.
Freedoms that were strong
Changed – their plan all along
Govern as if we’re not United
Dark actors hidden, now invited
No need for the golden rule
Where you work, go to school
How you act, what you read
Independence gone with basic needs.

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64 words

W3 Prompt #132: Wea’ve Written Weekly