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MJ Rodriguez
- Dec 26, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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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