Carolyn Lackey
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Wrapping gifts is my love language. On a rare occasion, I'll pop a gift into a gift sack if I'm recovering from the flu or my hands have...
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Becoming
the
Meems
the transformation is complete. I've become my mother.
by carolyn lackey
Becoming
Meems
the
Carolyn Lackey
Feb 26, 20232 min read
Italy, Ivan, & Irvin
If you're new to this place, let me introduce you to our dear, dear friend, Leonard. Below are some posts I've written over the years...
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Carolyn Lackey
Dec 3, 20224 min read
Presence
This word has been lounging around in my brain since mid-November with its hands tucked behind its head and its feet propped up on my...
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Carolyn Lackey
Sep 28, 20227 min read
He Restoreth My Soul
This post has been sitting in my drafts folder since 2020. I'd forgotten about it. When I read it a few days ago, I decided that I...
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Carolyn Lackey
Sep 6, 20224 min read
Buyer's Remorse
Dallas, Texas 1985ish I drove across Dallas from our little starter home in Mesquite to experience a Victor Costa outlet sale. Two dear...
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Carolyn Lackey
Aug 19, 20226 min read
Softly and Tenderly
I had just woken up from a deep Sunday nap one deliciously rainy afternoon. A TCM movie (and one of my favorites), Mildred Pierce, had...
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Carolyn Lackey
Jul 30, 20223 min read
A Year Later
This morning, I realized that a year has passed since that scary day. I checked my calendar to verify that today was, indeed, the...
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by Carolyn Lackey
May 29, 20224 min read
Proof Positive
I've shared with you over the years the dumb things I've done that have made me laugh out loud. Like that time I left my car parked on...
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Carolyn Lackey
Oct 15, 20215 min read
Epilogue (I Told You I Was Sick S:1 Season Finale)
It's been a minute since my last post. I guess that's a good thing. I've been busy getting my life back to normal. While I was in the...
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Carolyn Lackey
Sep 8, 20217 min read
Something New (I Told You I Was Sick S:1 E7)
The question of when I would be released from the hospital was answered with "we'll see how you do." However, my stay in Stroke 9 was...
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Carolyn Lackey
Sep 1, 20214 min read
India 3424, FEMALE (I Told You I was Sick S1:E6)
For some reason, hospitals now refer to foodservice as "room service." See what they did there with your expectation level? Well...
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Carolyn Lackey
Aug 27, 20216 min read
Stroke 9 (I Told You I was Sick S1:E5)
I held out hope that once the Clot-Buster successfully completed its work, I might be good to go back to our hotel room with its...
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Carolyn Lackey
Aug 16, 20217 min read
The Scary Part (I Told You I was Sick S1:E4)
I must apologize for dragging this story out. Apparently, writing these words is therapeutic for me. As the post-stroke days trudge by,...
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Carolyn Lackey
Aug 10, 20214 min read
Elevators (I Told You I was Sick S1:E3)
We heard the siren's whine getting louder and louder until the ambulance parked on the street just below our hotel room. "They're here!"...
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Carolyn Lackey
Aug 3, 20213 min read
Turns Out (I Told You I was Sick S1:E2)
On the evening of Saturday, July 24th, Alan, Reed (our youngest), and I sat at the dining table of my brothers-in-law, David and Russell,...
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Carolyn Lackey
Jul 29, 20213 min read
Fu Manchu (I Told You I was Sick S1:E1)
Author's Note: "I told you I was sick" served as a punch line in my family. * child barfs all over the back seat of the 1970 Vega...
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Carolyn Lackey
Mar 11, 20215 min read
This Old Guitar
I do not play the guitar. But if I did, "This Old Guitar" would be one of the first tunes I'd strum. There's a melancholy sweetness...
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Carolyn Lackey
Dec 23, 20203 min read
Cha-Cha-Cha
Alan often tells me that when he's gone, I'll miss all of the little irritating things he does that make me roll my eyes. Cabinets left...
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Carolyn Lackey
Dec 12, 20203 min read
Sucker Punch
Grief is just the darnedest thing. One minute you're sitting there eating a ham sandwich feeling happy as a clam, and the next minute...
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Carolyn Lackey
Oct 13, 20202 min read
The Last Errand
I stood in the back room of a flower shop where "the magic happens" when it hit me. This would be the last errand I would ever run with...
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