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Adventures in Wapping

Posted on April 11, 2020 by deborah | 0 Comments

Moving to Wapping My adventure began in 1990 with a move to Wapping in East London. It would not have been the same if I had moved anywhere else in London. Walking the streets built in Roman times was awe-inspiring. The Docklands still had remnants of churches bombed during WWII, and public restrooms constructed during the Victorian period. As I…

Grandpa Quebbeman

Posted on February 20, 2020 by deborah | 0 Comments

I began my senior high school year in August 1976 and had enough credits to graduate early, so I went to college at night and continued to attend high school during the day. By December, I was bored with high school and wanted to move on, so I began college full time in January of 1977. I was accepted early…

My Grandma

Posted on February 20, 2020 by deborah | 0 Comments

My family had a beautiful blonde and white cocker spaniel named Cindy with the happiest, wagging tail. From the day I came home from the hospital Cindy never left my side. As I learned to walk, she stayed by my side. She used to visit the local priest’s house across the road where they would offer her treats. On special…

Purple Popsicles

Posted on October 30, 2019 by deborah | 0 Comments

When I was born, my parents took me to several doctors in the Louisville area, where they all said, “She will never walk.” From that disappointment they drove from Louisville to St Louis, where the doctors again all said, “She will never walk.” They drove from Louisville to Duke University in North Carolina, where the doctors all said, “She will…

You Are My Sunshine

Posted on October 4, 2019 by deborah | 0 Comments

Grief, I’ve learned is really just love you want to give but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go. -Jamie Anderson As the song, rattles through my head, I feel a…

Adventures in Wapping

Grandpa Quebbeman

My Grandma

Purple Popsicles

You Are My Sunshine

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