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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 06:49:11 AM
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What a wonderful question Miss Wilma! My Father taught me to love the outdoors and he taught me how to iron and most importantly he taught me how to weave humor and lightheartedness in my everyday life. He is such a jot to me. I am so blessed to have him in my life!
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 07:15:14 AM
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My dad was very strict, and I thought it was mean but now I see how right he was, he is so quick to say what a good family he has. None of us have ever been in any trouble, now I do have a brother the one MJ wanted on the trade that is full of mischief ,but just fun stuff
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 09:13:29 AM
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Well Wilma knows my dad quite well - they were siblings! haha. I have to say that probably the biggest thing I got from him is patience and to have a sense of humor. He's always creating things and Mary Jane has seen one of his goofy "inventions". Also, valuing friendship and family. Life is too short to sweat over the small stuff...make the most of it and have a good laugh while you're at it. :)
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~ Be sure to visit my blog & Crafty Clipart for some of my photographs: http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/ http://www.craftyclipart.com |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 09:33:21 AM
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I also learned something else from my dad...and, it's just a generational thing and probably because he had such a tough childhood, but...if I'm ever lucky enough TO have children, I'll make sure to let them know that I'm proud of them and show them affection. Don't get me wrong, I was crazy about daddy, but he had this "distance" about him, and didn't show affection much--not a hugger AT ALL. It wasn't until after he died that I received a 4 page letter from a co-worker of his in Delaware, telling me how much he admired my father and how my father had been sortof a surrogate dad to him--and he went on to write about how proud my father was of me, how much he adored me and thought I hung the moon....which was sort of a surprise, I guess. So, I also learned that it's important to let folks know you love them, to hug for no good reason, before it's too late.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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miss wilma
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Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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