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Trust The Women

Posted on December 12, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

For all the years I’ve been visiting my daughter, I rarely explore The City solo. That’s the best way to learn, when you have to figure it out by yourself. Like learning a language, when all roads lead back to you, you eventually get hip. Or… Continue Reading “Trust The Women”

Category: #grandparents, #hope, #lifeizgood, UncategorizedTags: #adultchildren, #bestlifeever, #family, #grandchildren, #grandma #travelinggrandma, #lifeizgood, #lostinmanhattan, #loveofgrandchildren, #manhattan, #newyorkcity, #nyc, #peace, #retirement, #travel, @retirement, coffee, columbuscircle, family, food, life

In “enemy” territory

Posted on July 14, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

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Note: This was written prior to the assassination attempt on former President Trump. OK, OK, OK, I’m going to write about our Fourth of July in OK, an in-process family reunion and what it’s like being embedded in Trumpland, Texoma, Oklahoma. Let’s start with… Continue Reading “In “enemy” territory”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #agreetodisagree, #family, #familyreunion, #findingcommonalities, #lovewins, #oklahoma, #oneamerica, #politics, #reunion, #rhetoric, #texas, #texoma, #travel, family, news, trump

Family Vacation

Posted on March 31, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

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I am the most blessed woman on Planet Earth. I embrace that, send praises to God and my unbelievably generous family. Eternally grateful. I’m beyond, beyond, beyond aware that if it wasn’t for my niece and her husband, I wouldn’t be here. No way, no how.… Continue Reading “Family Vacation”

Category: #grandparents, #hope, #lifeizgood, @retirementTags: #disney, #family, #familyvacation, #gratitude, #hawaii, #kauai, #love, #margaritasbythepool, #onehotel, #paradise, #springvacation, #travel, family-travel, hotels, vacation-rentals

The Seen and Unseen Explained

Posted on October 5, 2023 by JANET L BARKER

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Feeling at home when you’re not at home and you don’t have a home and you’re not sure you’re ever going to have a home “home”, at least for now and the unforeseen future, is, well, like a butterfly that glides from flower to… Continue Reading “The Seen and Unseen Explained”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #family, #halloweentown, #hope, #love, #oregon, #peace, #pleasureway, #sthelens, #sthelenslions, #travelinggrandma

Hello

Posted on August 25, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I am in the process of healing those below-the-surface microrganisms–-emotional bacteria. I knew it was there, but the gurgling junk—The Why behind The Why—was easy to bury beneath The List of Tasks and Shoulds. Keep calm and carry on sort of thing. Well, here’s what I… Continue Reading “Hello”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #brothers, #faith, #family, #god, #healing, #love, #newlife, #oregon, #peace, #relationships, #retirededucator, #retirement, #startingover, #thenextchapter

She’s Life

Posted on April 9, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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I’m sitting on my couch bed, near the balcony where I can feel the wind and the fresh air. The baby is good. She’s drifting in a breast-milk tummy-full slumber. She’s smiling. She’s healthy. She’s Life. Her mommy is looking for a bigger apartment… Continue Reading “She’s Life”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #boissetwine, #coronavirus19, #family, #gratitude, #loveeverymoment, #nyc