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Author: Melissa Granger

Melissa Granger grew up outside Austin in the Texas Hill Country, as the oldest of three daughters to Fred and Eileen Toewe. Since 1989, I've slowly migrated eastward along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Ten years later in 1998, a move to the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay brought marriage, a family, and a busy, sweet contentedness. My daughter Cassidy and I currently reside in the country between Fairhope and Silverhill on the 5+ acre 'pretend' farm built with my late husband. We attempt to preserve his memory well as we also move forward in fullness & anticipation of great opportunities of our futures.
  • October 24, 2019
  • 5 min
  • 6 years
  • 656 words
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I Know Now

I used to dance in the rain. The sky would open and I’d kick off my shoes heading out the door. I […]

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  • December 23, 2018
  • 7 min
  • 6 years
  • 930 words
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Open Hands

My tendency is ‘to stuff’. That’s ocultar in Spanish (in case you wondered;). To hide, conceal, cover, mask, or hide away. Or, maybe it’s enterrar. […]

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  • December 10, 2018
  • 4 min
  • 6 years
  • 520 words

Layers

Layers. My brain works in layers. And patterns, but that one’s a different thought exercise. Today I hear the layers. Grabbing coffee, […]

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  • November 17, 2018
  • 3 min
  • 7 years
  • 386 words
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Best I Can

Words fail me recently. And by recently, I mean around 6 months. When my heart overflows – with grief or joy or […]

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  • November 14, 2018
  • 3 min
  • 7 years
  • 449 words

Worth the Cost

We came home to a chilled house. Spiritual presence of my love hovered near. Acute awareness of his would-be activities so tangible […]

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  • October 28, 2018
  • 2 min
  • 7 years
  • 187 words

Living Deliberately

This pretty girl and her human mama are staying with us this week. Used to condo living, early morning front porch sounds […]

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  • October 28, 2018
  • 4 min
  • 7 years
  • 451 words
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Dan Granger

We had many similar experiences from school, from family life, in the professional world, etc. Heck, we both had the exact same college degrees.

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  • October 12, 2018
  • 4 min
  • 7 years
  • 594 words
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PJs & Brushed Canvas

I straightened my hair yesterday. Which is meaningless aside from the silky feeling I get when I run my fingers through it. […]

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  • August 14, 2018
  • 3 min
  • 7 years
  • 312 words

Today… Last Year

August 14, 2017 (facebook post) I know many hundreds, perhaps thousands, have been following my husband’s illness. You’ve seen the lows, the […]

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  • July 28, 2018
  • 9 min
  • 7 years
  • 1,202 word

Silent Unity

Not sure I should verbalize this one. But, here goes. Photo creds to Dan Granger the last time he got to watch […]

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