Author: deandranewcomb@gmail.com
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Retired?
If you are retired, your new job is keeping yourself in the BEST shape possible. By shape, I mean HEALTHY and WELL. By healthy and well, I mean fully functional and strong. You, we, everyone are stronger than they think! It doesn’t happen by doing the same thing over and over. It doesn’t happen overnight.…
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May 3rd 2020
Huntsville, TX, 7:30am Birds Sing in Their Gates Blue Birds are busy, Orioles met me at back door. Singing continues, east and west. Dogs bark in distance while two white-wing black ducks land on empty fairway beside sandy bank. Partners. Friends for Life. Flying Buddies. Together. Red-headed Woodpecker and Humming Birds work on same feeder,…
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Nature’s Perpetuity
Daytime air was chilly and winds were strong during a recent visit to the Texas Hill Country. Damp coldness drifted through tunnels in my loosely woven partly wool sweater and awakened vulnerable flesh beneath as I walked through an iconic old town. Warmth lifted from within, created by a body in motion, echoing nature’s perpetual…
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Engagement
Jeremy proposed. He and Elise were at the Houston Zoo and approaching the elephants when she noticed he was getting a little nervous. She asked him “are you okay, do we need to leave?” As they reached the largest land animal on earth, Jeremy Newcomb McKinney got down on one knee and asked Elise Adriana…
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Day 1
January 1st 2018 “Rise and shine Deandra,” she texted at 5:25am this morning. I did not want to go. My bed warm and house chilly, it seemed much more appealing to close my eyes and ignore the inevitable. After all, I got up at 5:01am to turn the phone alarm off, touching “snooze” and my…