Category Archives: UpWORD (Beauty)

A Life Well Lived

My grandmother, Charlotte Maxine Allison McMurtry, lived 89 years, two months and 9 days. She was married to my grandfather for 67 years, three months and 13 days. She had four children (one of whom is my mother), eleven grandchildren … Continue reading

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Glimpses of Significance

October has been chaos.  Not a little chaos; a lot of chaos.  And I haven’t handled it by writing; I’ve handled it by avoiding writing.  I don’t have one long story to tell, because the chaos has crowded out lengthy … Continue reading

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Rocket Woman

Last night some of my coworkers and I went to an indoor skydiving facility called iFly Seattle. All I have are two words: Mind. Blown. I have always wanted to go skydiving but that little detail about possible death has … Continue reading

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