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Shell, you know how to bring your past into my past,....and my present. You draw me in so well.

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Great story! Childhood in the 70s sure was definitely a LOT different and unsupervised than today’s children’s lives, for better or worse!

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This took me right back to the 70’s. I love your writing Shell!

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“Tiger Beat. Tiger Beat.” Insert musical notes. ;-)

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Glad we are making memories together!

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Thank you for the walk down memory lane! Fun times, well most of the time - lol. Sounds like you had a good Fourth of July!

PS - you could have made homemade Play-Doh. Sally just made some.

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Haha. The homemade salad with cheese cut into stars was enough!

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Your descriptions evoked memories of our family get-togethers. The comments from the adults around the grill, the hot dogs, Tiger Beat magazine! (I liked 16 too.) Thank you for the reminder. I hope you have a lovely 4th.

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Thank you. The day was just right yesterday. . . except for the little burn on my arm from the oven pan.

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Those DO hurt, more than it seems like they should!

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Nice juxtaposition of yesteryear and today. 😀

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