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14 days ago

These were in my FB memories from a TBT several years ago. I love my daddy’s hat. He’s in the background of one pic. Had to be really early 1970s…the pants and the paneling give it away. (For those who lived in FFB in those days, I think this was in “the brown house” just down from the old town center. We lived there before Daddy had our house on Wilshire Dr built.) by @tonyab_67

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3 months ago

Today is Taylor’s birthday. She would have been 76, and I can’t help but wish there had been many more years. But I’m here, and she’s not. And I miss her so much. The day she was born she started making “good ripples” and she never stopped. There were times she felt like her existence didn’t matter. In her worst times of depression, sadly, she felt like her existence made things worse. Before she left I know she finally knew how important she was to so many. I made sure of that. I know she knows it now. I know she’s sees how many lives she touched. I am grateful every day for her life and for the blessing of sharing in it for all of mine. Today I celebrate her, her life, and all the good ripples she made and continues to make even now. She may be physically gone, but her life changed so many of us for the better. I plan to enjoy a little chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream in her honor today. Happy Birthday, T! Let’s celebrate! 🎉 by @tonyab_67

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4 months ago

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4 months ago

😂”classroom guillotine”. I laugh every time I see this. It’s funny cuz it’s true. 😂 by @tonyab_67

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4 months ago

Today is my Grandma’s Marie DeBozier Brock’s birthday. She was such an amazing person and a huge part of my growing up. She was the only grandparent I knew and I have the honor of being named after her. I loved her so much… but everyone loved “Mama Brock” is what I’ve been told. I wish I had had her longer-she died in 1985 when I was 17. Thinking of her today. by @tonyab_67

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5 months ago

Hearing her voice this morning… seeing Sheldon play. Memories of my life. I miss them both but am so thankful for the memory. by @tonyab_67

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5 months ago

My mom has been on my mind a lot lately. I feel like when that happens she’s close, checking in on me. I had the best dream not long ago that has stayed with me. We see just sitting in the living room of the house I get up in. She was on the couch in “her spot” and I was on the loveseat that formed an “L” with it. My feet were in her lap and she was holding them gently and smiling at me and we were just chatting and being together. I woke up feeling so happy.

I am so blessed to have had the BEST mom ever. To quote Young Sheldon, she was “the perfect mom for me”.

So today I will remember her with love and gratitude for the amazing mo she was ..and continued to be in Spirit. Happy Mother’s Day! by @tonyab_67

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5 months ago

Today is a significant day. Two years ago sometime before 4am, Taylor took her last breath and passed from this earth. She fought so long and hard and with so much heart but her body could not hold her any longer. She couldn’t stay, as much as she wanted to. Letting her go was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. And likely ever will do. I’m still learning how to do life without her. But then, are we ever truly without those we love who have passed? I think the way they are present just changes. I get little “winks” all the time—a cloud formation, a song, a butterfly, a random memory. I’m physically without her but I feel her presence a lot. So many FB memories greeted me this morning and pictures of her sweet face. I’m smiling through the tears. So grateful for the life we shared. by @tonyab_67

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6 months ago

I’ve been going through boxes of stuff from storage. I found this in an old scrapbook. My pre-school graduation in 1972. I think we were the first Learn and Play school grads! The photos are not great but maybe you can zoom in. Sharon Bartlett Judi Mckay Lisa Gray Tony Geena Knight by @tonyab_67

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6 months ago

I am fixing my lunch and these were the instructions on the box …do you ever wonder why this was a necessary instruction? Sometimes I worry about people. 🤷‍♀️😂 by @tonyab_67

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6 months ago

Two years ago today, we had just spent the first night in the hospital. I was up and down all night helping her and didn’t sleep much. But we thought things were looking up. I can home to take care of Sheldon and while I was gone her doctors came by and they had a plan. Taylor was determined to eat and get well and get home. That afternoon she had some visitors— good long time friends, Gary and Melissa, whom we had not seen in years. Also our dear friend Hayley came to hang out with her. Another sweet friend and client brought us some gift certificates fromBlack Angus Cafe, Inc. If she was gonna eat anything, she’d eat this. It was her favorite. Of course we now know how the story ends. But that doesn’t mean this wasn’t a “good day”. Because it was filled with love and people who cared deeply about Taylor and me. There were lots of smiles and laughter and joy. And those are the memories I hold from this day. 💙 (this is the only picture I have of the 3 of us.) by @tonyab_67

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6 months ago