Jacquie Biggar-USA Today Best-selling author
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I'm sorry I disappeared for a while. No, I didn't get lost, I've been busy! lol As you probably know after all my online whining, we had to do a major overhaul of our garden thanks to the last few years of drought conditions. The RV Park chose this route rather than substantially raising our …
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Photo by George Dolgikh @ Giftpundits.com on Pexels.com DH and I have been together for forty years- hard to believe! We met July 9, 1982, on his eighteenth birthday. It was also our high school's graduation party. There was a huge after-dance party out at a friend's farm with at least half of the grads …
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Cousins by chance, sisters by choice…
It's my grandson's birthday!! Time seems to go faster every year. I can't believe my boy is twelve already! His mom booked him an amazing party at a recreation centre filled with activities like rock climbing, jamboree type rides, high jumping onto an air mattress (yikes!) and a trip to the movies for Avengers: Endgame. …
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What was it like for children growing up in rural Suffolk during World War 2?Elsie and her family live in a small double-storey cottage in Bungay, Suffolk. Every night she lies awake listening anxiously for the sound of the German bomber planes. Often they come and the air raid siren sounds signalling that the family …
Christmas is right around the corner and with it, the joy and love of family. In our house, it's going to be quiet this year with my daughter and grandson on the other end of the country. It's been a struggle to retain the holiday spirit, so last night we took my mom on a …
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Happy Holidays! Growing up, Christmas for our family often meant trips to Wilmore Park for a day of tobogganing with our cousins, hot cocoa and shortbread cookies with our grandparents, and... Christmas morning gift opening! My tree in Alberta Years later, after my dad passed away, DH (darling hubby) and I slowly took over the …
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One of my favorite Christmas recipes came from my grandmother- Waldorf salad.
Funny Easter Jokes: The Meaning of Easter A Sunday school teacher was asking her six-year-olds about the meaning of Easter. “Children,” she said, “Do you know why we celebrate Easter?” A little girl raised her hand. “Yes Jenny,” said the teacher. Jenny said, “ Is Easter when we put on costumes and go trick-or-treating?” …
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New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins welcomes you home in this witty, emotionally charged novel about the complications of life, love and family One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit by …
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Take time to enjoy the simple pleasures.
This past weekend was cause for celebration. My grandson turned nine years old! A few years ago when we moved from our home and followed my daughter to the west coast so that we could help with the care of our boy, we didn't realize we would want to stay. He was five at …
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Today was a good day. For some Friday 13 immediately brings visions of world catastrophes, witches, goblins, plight or afflictions. For me it brought family closeness, phone calls from old friends, and internet connections with new ones. It brought sunshine and strawberries. Blooming roses and pineapple plants. photo by ANTHONY AYIOMAMITIS, TWAN on National Geographic …
Jacquie Biggar-USA Today Best-selling author 
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