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  About My Mom 12 November 2023 Flynn Family Story Slingers By Cary Holmquist One of my favorite memories of my mother is her laugh.  She and her sisters had a laugh, which they got from their mother and her sisters, a laugh that was a long, loud, cackling, burbling, wide-mouthed laugh.  They really whooped it up and it was known in their little farming community as “that Vance laugh.”  Nothing could stop it.  Growing up and moving away only spread it out. A lot of people, if something happens to their face, they will try to hide it or be shy about it, at least for a while.  But that never stopped my mother’s laugh, even after her smile was broken.  Literally.  She laughed anyway. It started out with her kids.  O.K., with me.  For whatever reason, when I was seven years old or so, it seemed like a funny thing to do, to stick my boot into a tomato-juice can—you know, the kind of can that was hardly wider around than a soup can and very ta...

Carrie Keiser  A Bedtime Story Little Frank N Monster, was all tucked up in his cozy bed, his Mummy said she'd be right up to read him his favorite bedtime story, The Night the Humans Came to Town . Story Slingers Myrna Flynn October 14, 2023 Halloween Hazards The children were all tucked in, waiting for Grandma Maggie to tell them a bedtime story. They since it was night before Halloween, wanted a scary and spooky story.  Her story started, "Janice and her friends, Jeremy, Betty, Joe, Alice and Danny, stepped out the door on Halloween, they gazed at the moon in awe. There was a wide fiery red band around the full moon, making it look twice as big as normal." Betty said, "Wonder what caused the moon to develop that ring?" Joe said, "I have no idea but it looks like blood." Alice stated, "There is no way it could be blood.' Jeremy broke in with, "Come on let's get busy filling our bags." They all took off running to houses saying,...

A Day in the Life of Carrie Keiser Beep Beep Beep, it’s 5:30 AM, time to get up and moving for the day. It is Monday morning and it begins like this: , crack myself out of the nice warm covers, get dressed, first check the weather to see how I should begin the day. Long pants, t-shirt and a hoodie should do the trick.  Stumble down the steps, while wiping the sleep from my bleary eyes. Swallow, some allergy pills, some headache meds and take my vitamins. Now to find some food for my grumbling tummy. Open the fridge and stare for several minutes, grab the milk and whatever juice is hiding inside. Open the pantry, let’s see cereal? Maybe or a toasted bagel with cream cheese? Hummmm Bagel it is. Once the bagel is heated up and spread generously with cream cheese and the liquid has been portioned out into cups, I set it all on the table for future consuming. Prayers first, then open my scripture app and read a chapter, share with Scott via Messenger what I read/learned from that chapte...