The Art of Living Part One

Helen Caccumise was a very inspirational person. She loved drawing, painting, music 
and reading books. She owned a Veterans home in Greenwich Ohio, where I live. She 
has known my grandma Sandy for thirty years. They started the Veterans Home 
together. I always went up to the veterans home when I was little; it was around the 
time I started to call Helen, Granny Helen. She was a second mother to everyone. She 
would be the one to say that everyone looks for the perfect life to step into. They take 
all the right paths to get where they want to go, but no matter what, they always come 
back home to themselves. I usually went up there to hang out with a guy named Pat, he 
was a veteran. He went into the service when he was in his twenties. We were best 
friends but then something happened and everything changed when Megan (Helen’s 
Daughter) took over the veteran’s home. Helen lived in the house across from ours, so i 
always went to her house. She bought me my first ferby. She was the one that told my 
sister if she ate a full cigarette that she would be a smoker when she got older. Of 
course my sister ate it; guess what she is now a full time smoker, it’s funny how things 
work out that way.I’m writing about what happened the day Helen died because it’s still 
fresh in my memory, like it happened yesterday. I’m still getting over the loss of her. I 
spent most of my time with Helen because she helped me through my troubled times 
and she always wanted to listen to me play my bass guitar. So I owe her everything I 
own. If writing this memoir would help me find a way to get rid of the guilt then I’ll do it.

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Date: 5/18/2012 6:35:00 PM
Enjoyed reading your memoir honoring this wonderful lady..It reads like she was very special..Congrats on your win..Sara
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Date: 5/17/2012 2:45:00 PM
Congratulations on your placement in P.D.'s "Any Dedication" contest Shayla. Love, Carol
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Shayla Dendinger
Date: 5/18/2012 7:51:00 AM
thank you :)
Date: 5/16/2012 3:29:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Shayla. Excellent piece. Great job. Nice going. hugs, Ralph
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Shayla Dendinger
Date: 5/17/2012 10:47:00 AM
thank you so much :) the peom is about my grandma i just cant get over the fact that she is gone. there is a second and thrid part to this story because not all of it would fit as one :,(
Date: 5/16/2012 1:33:00 AM
Shayla congrats on your win..David
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Shayla Dendinger
Date: 5/16/2012 7:56:00 AM
thank you :D
Date: 5/16/2012 12:19:00 AM
SHAYLA, congratulations with your wonderful entry. Tank you for supporting my contest. Every entry was lovely in it's own way and deep for the occasion. Good night, ;-) PD
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Date: 5/16/2012 7:58:00 AM
:) thank you, and your welcome
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