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5 Things I've Learned
1. Laughter is good for me 2. I am in control of my life 3. I choose my destiny/path 4. My reality affects those around me. 5. Sometimes...
Synthia Rainess
May 24, 20211 min read
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Trying to find ourselves
We spend our lives trying to find ourselves, chasing ourselves. It's important to slow down from time to time and allow ourselves to be...
Synthia Rainess
May 22, 20211 min read
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I surprised myself today!
Just after everything in the cabinet launched itself at me as I walked by... I remembered shoving it all in there the night before and...
Synthia Rainess
May 21, 20211 min read
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A State of Mind
Happiness is a state of mind. It is not something you find or get from someone else. It is something you achieve. Individually. No...
Synthia Rainess
May 20, 20211 min read
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Where Did I Go? by Synthia
Who could this be? Where did I go? That little girl I used to know? Who is that looking back at me? She's all grown up... Who could she...
Synthia Rainess
May 19, 20211 min read
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I Remember - A Tribute
The 'I Remember' entries are meant to be a tribute to what I remember of my Father and Great-Grandfather. These two men were the main...
Synthia Rainess
May 18, 20211 min read
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I Remember - The Car Ride
I remember standing in the middle of our bench seat in the front of the car with my arm around my Daddy's neck. I was singing to him....
Synthia Rainess
May 3, 20211 min read
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I Remember - The Pine Cone
Every summer we would travel from wherever we were to my Mom's parent's farm in the Ozarks. My Dad was in the military and a part of the...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 30, 20214 min read
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I Remember - Old McDonald
I remember sitting on my daddy's knee while he balanced his guitar on the other knee and played and sang to me. I liked it when he played...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 29, 20211 min read
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I Remember - Breakfast on the farm
Granny and Grandma would get up before the sun came up to start mixing and heating up the stove. Breakfast for a house with 12 or 13...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 28, 20211 min read
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I Remember - Summer Nights on the Farm
Warm balmy June nights just after the sun went down were spent in the 3-acre front yard of the farmhouse. There was a full-sized collie...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 27, 20211 min read
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I Remember - Turkey Hunting with Grandpa
Each November the family would gather at my great-grandparent's farm in the Ozark Mountains. It was quite a gathering as my grandmother...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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I Remember - Getting Dressed
My family has struggled with depression. We do not view it as a crippling disease. It is just a part of our everyday life. Something that...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 20, 20212 min read
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I Remember - Grandpa & the Bobcat
My grandfather had gone hunting one day before the sun came up because a bobcat had been attacking his livestock. After following that...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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I Remember - Red Patent Leather Shoes
It was the first Saturday of September in Stockton, California. The sun was so hot that I thought it might melt the sidewalks. My dad...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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I Remember - Grandpa's fishing trips
I remember spending summers on 'The Farm'. That's what we called Grandpa's (my great grandfather) place. He owned the entire top of a...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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Growing and Expanding
I'm moving my blog to this new venue in order to help my fans find all my information and keep up with what's going on with me all in one...
Synthia Rainess
Apr 19, 20211 min read
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