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I call myself a blonde,,, Never a redhead, like my sister, Oh, how funny she thinks that is. Still, another one is the brunette like our mother. My mother was an Irish and Norwegian girl. I also have another younger sister who is blonde Then it also turned brunette like my mother ~ I could Never figured that out ~ I, of course, thought she dyed it. Then, there are my three brothers, Youngest was a sandy blonde, sort of. The oldest one was also a sandy blonde. Then there, "was", my brother Bill, who died. He was also a redhead like my oldest sister. We bumped heads a lot, too much I thought. Then, there is my father, who brought the red hair. He came from a family line of red-haired Scotch/ Irish. Oh, yes, then there is my lost sister Shirley-Anne Who died at six months, from what they called a blue baby. Mom always said she was a sweet baby and a redhead. I used to wonder if I was her, in a new body, slightly red. Jan. 19, 2013, Saturday 4 pm " inspiration from "Duke Beaufort's poem "color crazy" thank you. As a little girl" I wondered if I was Shirley- Anne, because I was the girl who came after her, she was born in 1953, and I in 1955, mom never said too much about my thoughts, so maybe she felt the same. Or maybe she thought "There goes my crazy little girl"

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Date: 11/27/2017 5:10:00 PM
Debbie, life is strange in many respects. You have revealed a lot here. I often feel strange about what people are thinking. Lately, however, I am caring a lot less and doing what I just need to do. Your family is lucky to have you. You have a lot to offer and a fine poetic voice that is always engaging.
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Date: 5/1/2017 3:17:00 AM
Hi Debbie , lovely Bio sad and happy moments in time :))) big hugs from Ireland
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Date: 4/27/2014 7:22:00 PM
Hey, what month were you born in? We are the same age. I was 9/5/55. '55 is the best year ever: birth of rock and roll and Disneyland AND Mcdonald's!!!
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Date: 4/27/2014 7:21:00 PM
Couldn't find a one poem of yours I had not already red, but the title of this one always draws me back to it, and I love how you wrote about your family in this one. It's so interesting.
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Date: 2/15/2013 5:57:00 PM
Insightful bio Debbie, was an interesting read and so nice to get a glimpse into your life. Sorry for your loss. Hugs
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/16/2013 4:38:00 PM
Hey Cecilia ;}
Date: 2/12/2013 5:55:00 PM
Wow, loved reading this Debbie! Odd how we will have the same parents but look so different from our siblings. One of my older sisters was blonde with blue eyes, she'd followed after dark haired brown eyes. She'd always figured she'd been adopted until I was born, another blonde.:) My children all have different coloured eyes...one tawny goldish green, one with brown eyes, and one with grey/blue. Love the ending stanza, makes me wonder too. Love, Mikki
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/13/2013 12:17:00 AM
Thank you for reading Michelle ;}
Date: 2/11/2013 4:22:00 PM
I wish I was the honey blonde!!! Lucky girl. I enjoyed your comment back to me on my reply here.
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Date: 2/11/2013 10:38:00 AM
Had me smiling for I was born red head and then turned dark brown. The more illness I had the blacker it became. My mom picked that up when she noticed my hair becoming darker. So hair can say alot. love phyl
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Date: 2/10/2013 11:44:00 PM
oh debbie, how cool this is. and I have to tell you that now I know why I connect so well with you. I too am a 1955 girl!! I loved when my hair was blonde, but I was born with jet black. It faded to dark brown with reddish or blonde hilights in the sun. My mom is redhead and none of us got that from her but today I use red dye with blonde highlights. WEll, you can see, I really enjoy this kind of poem and what i can learn about people from one like this.
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/11/2013 12:06:00 AM
Thank you for reading Andrea.
Date: 2/10/2013 6:12:00 PM
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/11/2013 12:06:00 AM
Thank you .
Date: 2/10/2013 1:39:00 PM
Very well done and interesting bio, Debbie...a sad, touching ending too...so very sorry for your loss - Tim
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/10/2013 2:05:00 PM
Thank you Tim ;}
Date: 2/4/2013 4:26:00 PM
The dishwasher is slowly getting fixed haha....This is a good write. I have a big family...tho I always call myself a redhead and never a blonde. And my brothers hair turned from blonde to brown....and I sometimes wondered, If a...certain baby I knew, was the one I had lost, reborn to someone who could care for her. either way, I am just lucky enough to have her in my life and to have a huge piece of her heart. And I love her just as much
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Jay Loveless
Date: 2/4/2013 4:26:00 PM
...Again, this is a wonderful write....Also, Im sorry for your loss. Have a good day
Date: 1/30/2013 7:50:00 PM
Beautiful work! This was heartwarming as you related to us about your family, but at the same time, thought provoking and interesting at the end. Loved it. :) Always, Laura
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/30/2013 9:30:00 PM
Thank you Laura ;}
Date: 1/30/2013 10:41:00 AM
Wow, That is what I'm talking about, nicely done. I love this poem poet, raw I don't like my steak that way but my poetry yes raw
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/30/2013 7:47:00 PM
Thank you for reading Sean ;}
Date: 1/29/2013 6:22:00 PM
Can be confusing at times when famlies seem to be all different.
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/29/2013 10:34:00 PM
Thank you for reading Liz ;}
Date: 1/29/2013 4:16:00 AM
Great bio Debbie. Interesting of your family's hair colors from blond, red and brunette. I'm not sure what my hair color is, I've tinted it at least it seems a million years. It's probably pure white like cotton candy. Warm Smiles Always, Connie
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/29/2013 10:20:00 PM
Thank you for reading Connie ;}
Date: 1/27/2013 9:19:00 PM
Interesting! One of my sisters is a red head and one has dark brown hair. I have dark brown hair with some grey in it. I wish you the best Peace & Love Matthew Anish
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/28/2013 9:57:00 AM
Thank you for reading Matthew ;}
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/28/2013 9:57:00 AM
Thank you for reading Matthew ;}
Date: 1/27/2013 9:12:00 PM
Yes perhaps, return to dance, with time elapse, perchance...maybe you got it right second birthday...good one babe...
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Date: 1/27/2013 6:11:00 PM
Dish water blonde.
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Date: 1/27/2013 9:36:00 AM
I love the bios. It gives each of us a little glimpse into the lives of fellow soup members. Thank you for sharing.
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Date: 1/27/2013 8:47:00 AM
You are the heir!
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Date: 1/27/2013 8:46:00 AM
Debbie--you are very kind. I particularly like the way you honor the members of your family. I do think we have the opportunity to bring our departed relatives back to life in the way that we live, and I have had the same thought you express here in that regard. You are someone very special to realize that connection. I plan to continue reading your work. I like trying to see your viewpoint on things very much. Keep in touch. Lately, I don't seem to produce much poetically, but soon...
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Date: 1/27/2013 7:02:00 AM
I can imagine that you picked up on your mother's and father's feelings for the child that died..I was adopted by an older couple when I was eighteen months old..They had two sons and a daughter who died at nine months old..I was the daughter replacement..Their daughter was like my mother with black hair and black eyes..I was the blue-eye white-blonde who turned green-eyed with a darker blonde hair like my adoptive father..Your work reads like winning material to me..Sara
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/27/2013 6:15:00 PM
Thank you for reading Sara ;}
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Sara Kendrick
Date: 1/27/2013 7:05:00 AM
Llet me correct that statement..When I was little I had the blue eyes like my father but he had black hair..Everyone who did not know that I was adopted would say that I looked like my father..One of my adopted brothers was just like my mother but one had a sandy brown hair with blue eyes ..Sara
Date: 1/26/2013 6:51:00 PM
Strange thoughts we have aye? Interesting write Light & Love
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/26/2013 7:53:00 PM
Yes we do as kids ;}
Date: 1/26/2013 7:59:00 AM
Well first of all thanks for commenting on this newbie's poem. Now to this one.... you write with your soul and heart and in your fifties you just let your hair be what it is to not fight the roots any more!
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