Cleaver
Knowledge, By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! This column has been floating around in my head for
a
while now. Follow me - if you dare. Was it in the '60's that
we -
as a people - told June Cleaver to drop the pearls - she could be more
- "deserved" to be more than just Mrs. Ward Cleaver...that she could
have her "dream" (some women did not know they had a dream and were
told to get one!). June was told that little Beaver would be ok
without... read
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Open
Letter to
My Niece, By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! Niece: I am so pleased you are expecting your first
"bundle of joy!" I know you have many thoughts right now. I know you
have wanted this for a long time. I wanted to share some of the wisdom
given to me. If you set boundaries early in life - like when they are
up and walking - you will save yourself a lot of headaches in the
future. Raising kiddies is like a savings account: When you tell the
kiddie you love... read
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Old
Words,
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! He kept a daily diary. He wrote of breaking camp to go get
turnips from a field they had passed earlier that day on a march. He
wrote it all in pencil. He wrote of not holding much hope that he would
make it back to US soil alive. He wrote letters to his family "back
home." He wrote of constant drilling to keep their skills sharp - of
grabbing his gas mask "just in time." He wrote of boarding... read
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Co-Incidents,
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! I was waiting until after the election to voice my views.
Mostly, I wanted to see the prevailing thought processes. I claim no
political party and am not swayed by money or the promises of it. I
vote for whomever is requesting and requiring the truth. In this case
it is John Boehner. He requests the truth as to why four American
soldiers were left in the Syrian desert to die when they had requested
aid - namely Benghazi... read
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