Category Archives: My Thoughts

Until We Meet Again, Mom – #poetry

29 Monday Jun 2020

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With her own heart, she gave love

Guiding and nurturing me down the path

Of life, a life I could not have lived, without her

Her gentle touch, comforting words, always

Music to my ears, a concert of positive

Notes left in my lunchbox, her reminder

She was always with me, always had me,

In her arms, even in her weakest moments

She was stronger than anyone I knew, and

Now that she has made the journey to Heaven

I know I will still have that guiding light,

For in my eyes, she will always be a star.

 

©2020 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Collage by Vander May Funeral Home with permission from family.

Taking a hiatus

12 Friday Jun 2020

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Hello friends,

On Wednesday, June 10, I lost my Mom.  I am in shock and just numb, so I will be taking an extended leave from WordPress.  I lost my best friend, my mentor, my heart is broken.

Hug your loved ones always, tell them you love them, tomorrow is never promised.

Until my return..

Dorinda

It’s been awhile…

01 Monday Jun 2020

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…since I’ve actually sat down in front of my computer, put my hands on the keyboard and written anything.  Yes, there have been the occasional poems, but those are spur of the moment decisions, or long pondered ones which needed a voice.  I am determined to get back on track, as soon as the rest of my life cooperates.

Looking forward to coming back full force, and back in my happy place.

Hope you are all well amid this Covid19 lock-down, and now civil unrest in the states.  We need peace…we need love…we need each other…

Dorinda

Never got to say goodbye…

22 Wednesday Apr 2020

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Dear friends,

It is with a very heavy heart that I tell you, we have lost a member of the WordPress community, a man who was a very dear friend to me and my family, and who treated my daughter like a sister.  They were movie buddies, among other hobbies.

John Freda passed away this morning from COVID-19.  He was 51 years young.

John has a blog on WP called The Magic Shop.  He truly enjoyed writing and I truly enjoyed our banter back and forth about it.  We kept each other in line, making sure we were writing, even if we didn’t feel like it.  He had been quiet for most of this year, trying to find his way back to putting pen to paper.  He truly enjoyed Fandango’s FOWC, and participated in it frequently.

John was a gentle soul, a man who would give you anything he could.  I am honored to be able to call him my friend, my dear friend.

Please keep his Mom & Dad in your prayers.  Both have the virus.  Mom is on a ventilator, Dad fell and broke his back.  Neither know they have lost their son…

 

Unbelievable!! Has anyone encountered this?

18 Saturday Apr 2020

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UPDATE:  The person who tagged my blog has removed the link back and the problem has been solved (I hope).

HELP!

I decided to look at my site today on my desktop computer and discovered another site that had linked back to mine has plopped a photo of a lighthouse on EVERY FREAKING PAGE!!!  This is only visible on a desktop or laptop.  It doesn’t show on the phone or the WP App.

The photo is not in my media so I can’t delete it.  There is no code visible to me in the editor. I am so pissed right now!!

I unapproved the link back, but nothing changed because it’s still linked on their page.  I messaged them but have not heard back.  I also contacted our lovely Happiness Engineers, and haven’t heard from them as of yet

Is there a way to block a site from mine?  I did it once before from the App but I don’t see it anymore.