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MJ Rodriguez
Dec 13, 20235 min read
Christmas Glow
As I look back on my childhood, I realize the difficulties raising a large family presented for my parents, especially around Christmas....
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MJ Rodriguez
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Fun with my sister, Peggy
My sister Peggy and I always had a lot of fun. Not only did we develop and write scripts for the puppets and clowns we used in VBS and...
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MJ Rodriguez
Dec 26, 20223 min read
Christmas Games
A TicTok video inspired my fun-loving daughters and granddaughters to pull a prank on Mom and Grandma at our Christmas time together this...
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MJ Rodriguez
Mar 5, 20212 min read
Preservation
My mom believed in preservation. She believed in preserving sanity in our home, so when insanity threatened to creep in, she and Dad used...
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MJ Rodriguez
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Sisters!
I am blessed to have been raised with sisters—four of them. Even though there was more age distance between us than between my brothers...
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MJ Rodriguez
Feb 5, 20213 min read
My Dad
My dad was seventeen when the Great Depression began and late twenties when it ended. That’s the time in one’s life when adulthood is...
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MJ Rodriguez
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Puppet fun
I’m so blessed to have grown up with sisters. Even though they were older, we were close, and I remain close to the one sister I have...
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MJ Rodriguez
Jun 25, 20202 min read
The day of the inebriated animals
Making sorghum is hot, hard work, and long days. My family worked together as a unit, each of us with a specific job. The boys ran the...
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MJ Rodriguez
Jun 18, 20202 min read
I’m poor?
I grew up poor but didn’t know it. Dad and Mom taught us to work hard and to have a good attitude about it. Dad had a great sense of...
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MJ Rodriguez
Jun 11, 20203 min read
Games we played
Because of the size of our family, we had few store-bought toys with which to play, so we made our own toys and games. A favorite game...
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MJ Rodriguez
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Lessons learned on the island
Lauren Shoaf who owned Island 26 lived with his family in a big house next to the school. Some of his children attended school, but one...
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MJ Rodriguez
May 28, 20202 min read
School on Island 26
My family moved to Island 26 in the Mississippi River when my twin brother and I were about five. We started first grade in the fall when...
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MJ Rodriguez
May 21, 20202 min read
Spring and Oinky
I love spring! I love the newness of nature: the variety of greens of the grass and trees, new flowers blooming everywhere, baby animals....
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MJ Rodriguez
May 14, 20203 min read
Growing up with brothers
Having seven brothers was treat enough, but to be smack in the middle made it even more fun. I grew up with three brothers older, three...
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MJ Rodriguez
May 9, 20202 min read
Being a Mom
For me, being a mom is the greatest thing ever. There’s nothing like holding a newborn baby, especially when it’s yours. Everyone wants...
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MJ Rodriguez
Feb 20, 20203 min read
Mama loved her flowers
Mama loved her flowers. No matter where we lived or how busy she was (with cleaning, laundry, cooking, nursing, and teaching twelve...
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MJ Rodriguez
May 17, 20182 min read
Poem
Love that Grows I catch his eye across a myriad of faces, and he makes his way to me. We met in a distant state where I fell in love, but...
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