Family – Page 3 – Jan Sikes

November 25, 2020

The Culmination A New Beginning – #NewRelease by Gwen Plano @gmplano

I am super happy to turn my blog over to Gwen Plano today so that she can tell us about her new book, The Culmination A New Beginning! Thank you so much, Jan, for inviting me to your amazing blog and for helping me launch The Culmination, a new beginning. It just went public on Amazon, …

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November 28, 2019

Giving Thanks

I thought about what I could say to honor the Thanksgiving Day we celebrate, but everything I thought of sounded cheesy and redundant. I could give thanks for my family, my breath, my life, my history, my friends, my music family, my literary family, the roof over my head and the list could go on …

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November 22, 2018

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving! As I reflect on all I have to be thankful for, I am astounded that there is so much! We tend to go through our days without stopping to really take a look around us and truly appreciate what we have. We are always chasing a carrot just out of reach. But, today, …

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October 10, 2018March 3, 2026

Sedona, Arizona Re-cap

Yep! You knew it was coming, didn't you?. 🙂 I'll re-cap the Sedona, Arizona adventures in pictures because they are worth a thousand words. If you've never visited this magical place, perhaps these pictures will suffice to pique your interest. Another day of hiking in the Red Rocks and discovering some old ruins. I hiked …

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August 22, 2018March 3, 2026

Trip Around The Sun

Birthdays are such significant days. Not because we get cards and gifts but because it completes another cycle of life for us. And, I look at the day following my birthday as a clean slate to start the next cycle around the sun. This year has been mixed with family, friends, plans that didn't work …

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May 13, 2018March 3, 2026

Mama’s House

Happy Mother's Day! My mother was born in 1917. She was a young woman just married and starting a family during the Great Depression. The things she endured were beyond comprehension. But, she grew to be the strongest, most determined woman I ever knew. Born in May, she was a Taurus. No task was too …

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March 1, 2018

So Far Behind

I just know I'm not the only one that ever feels this way. I have loaded myself down with more than any person can possibly do in a 24 hour time period. As a result, anytime something comes along that upsets the old apple cart, so to speak... Well, it gets overwhelming. I have two …

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November 19, 2017March 3, 2026

Sweet Faces

My daughter and son-in-law took a much needed short vacation to Los Cabos, Mexico. So, I am taking care of my granddaughters, Sydney, age 6 and Samantha age 2. 🙂 I seem to need a lot more energy than I have to keep up with them. BUT, that being said, we had an art project …

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July 7, 2017

Family – Broken pieces

We all have issues within the makeup of our families that don't always play out the way we'd like. This seems especially true with adult children and spouses. But, in the story I'm writing, my character, at the age of twenty-six, discovers the man who raised him and whom he believed to be his father, …

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May 24, 2017March 3, 2026

Lesson in letting go!

I recently took a trip with my daughters and my best friend to a resort in the Texas Hill Country. That was us at the airport, all excited and looking forward to some relaxing girl time! But, what I was not prepared for was to be totally cut off from the outside world. NO cell …

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