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image from poetess' personal scrapbook

me with older brother, Dave Etgen, Christmas 1957, Springfield, Missouri

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ family photographs are windows into times passed sweet as well as bittersweet
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Date: 9/19/2025 10:36:00 PM
Nostalgic!!!!
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Date: 9/19/2025 10:18:00 PM
I agree. Life has its ups and downs. At the moment I'm in a foul mood.
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Date: 9/19/2025 9:47:00 PM
so true Sara, our lives inside are like a reel, we can re watch at any given time, beautiful memory :)
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Date: 9/19/2025 6:43:00 PM
Oh how true Sara and they unlock the big ole tear ( crying) section in the heart! Lovely words! Debx
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Date: 9/19/2025 5:00:00 PM
So sweet, love the picture, too- "sweet as well as bittersweet"
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Date: 9/19/2025 4:53:00 PM
You’ve distilled nostalgia into a delicate frame—each word a pane of memory. This poem gently honors the layered emotions of family history. Beautifully minimal, yet emotionally expansive. Keep writing like this; your voice is quietly powerful.
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Sara Etgen-Baker
Date: 9/19/2025 4:57:00 PM
awww, thank you, Danny, for your soft words of encouragement about this poem and my voice...your insights and words mean a great deal to me...wishing you a splendid evening, Sara
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