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

MLMM Wordle

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
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Certainly Joe felt secure in his home, but he was lonely. Especially since he fell and had to use a crutch to get around. His usual drive to the town events that kept him busy were unattainable. A friend suggested he go down to the animal shelter to get a dog for companionship. The friend drove Joe to the dumb friends league to meet a new friend. He pushed open a door to see a bunch of cages, stacked on top of each other, and pressed his hand on his forehead. He was a kind man and to see this many abandoned animals made tears come to his eyes. His friend saw this and handed a slip of permission to the tech who maintained the cages. The tech took them to dogs that were going to be disposed of soon, their time was up. Joe found a certain animal that seemed to connect with him right away. On the way home, they stopped to get food, basket, and a wool blanket, wrapped the quiet dog in it and it seemed settled immediately. The warmth of his new companion suited both the dog and new owner.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #499

Fandango’s Flashback Friday

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In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—who have come to be known as the West Memphis Three—were arrested for the murders of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas. … Google Books Originally published: September 18, 2012

Author: Damien Echols

Genres: Biography, Autobiography

Nominations: Goodreads Choice Awards Best Memoir & Autobiography

This book may make you think twice.

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Fandango’s Flashback Friday — October 16th

W3 – 10-14-26

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I got carried away with my story so please do NOT follow my example and do as the prompt asks😂

Joe was a curious fellow, took many walks, keeping an eye out for,anything interesting or odd. Today was no different. It was a Wednesday, a typically “I wish it was the end of the week, day”. Joe was just walking along and spied something shiny on the side in the grass. He thought maybe somebody had dropped their phone or something so he reached down, picked it up. It was an odd shape, sort of like a star but rounded edges. He looked around to see if anybody was close and could have dropped it but the sidewalk and surrounding area was empty.

Joe decided that he would try to rub off the dirty part and see how shiny it really was and when he did that, a bright light emerged from it. He shielded his eyes. It was so bright, he wondered if it was some new kind of flashlight or something like that and he was murmuring to himself what it could be and how it could be used when suddenly it just went black. The light stopped! Now he was more curious than ever!

He decided to take out his handkerchief that he always carried with him, just in case of some kind of an emergency like a bloody nose, maybe something like that. Joe always thought of himself as an intelligent competent person ready for any emergencies or anything special that would come up and this day was certainly something special. He started cleaning the star shaped item and noticed something touched him on his back. He tried to reach around to see what it was like a leaf or something and it was a hard thing. It gave him the creeps

Then he felt something else again and again and then he looked down and they were coming up on his pant legs . The star shaped object had multiplied and it was trying to cover him. He panicked and started brushing them off but he couldn’t brush them off because they were stuck on! They didn’t hurt him, they just stuck to him and Joe of course was claustrophobic and he started to panic more and more until he finally just passed out.

The next day, a man named Mike was walking down that same path and he noticed something on the side that was shiny and he thought “ooh, money, cool!” Then he reached down and picked it up.

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