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Today We Remember
"Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be." -Douglas MacArthur Today we remember. Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed [...]
Losing My Religion
April 2004. Bless Me Father, for I haved sinned. It has been about six years since I have made a confession. My last one was right before I married my husband in 1998. Father, I [...]
Your Grandmother’s Fine China and Dinnerware
More than 1,000 years ago, the art of decorating porcelain dishes originated in China and later these dishes were exported to Europe. As the popularity of ’fine china’ exploded across Europe, these collections expanded to [...]
Five Lessons from the Movies of John Hughes for 2021
I am not sure about you but 2021 has felt like a step forward and yet a step in place from 2020. As we emerge from COVID-19, the return to ‘normal’ feels good and overdue [...]
Honoring My Grandmothers during COVID 19
In the late winter of 2019 as news of a highly contagious virus started making headlines, I didn’t need to look far to understand the devastation to human life a worldwide pandemic could wreak on [...]
Check It Out, Fall 2020
I am really excited to share some of the changes coming to Executrixie before the end of 2020. Today I am highlighting Executrixie’s updated Resource page where executors can find specific, practical tools to assist [...]