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Comfort

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Solid Body Strong Mind

It’s weird. I was moved to open my Bible and pray a verse or chapter that was there on the page I opened to. I usually read the Bible on my phone, but I felt the need to have the … Continue reading →

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Margaret Curtis Aquino  1928 – 2021

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Solid Body Strong Mind

Margaret (Curtis) Aquino, age 93, went to be with the Lord at her home in Carolina Shores, NC, surrounded by her loving daughter Mary Margaret Aquino-Cooper and her son-in-law Jim Cooper. Born in Gouverneur, NY, to Leo and Louise Curtis, … Continue reading →

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Love Letter to the Past

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Solid Body Strong Mind

I’ve been having a hard time lately. I watch you and see someone I don’t know. I watch you change in a way that hurts my heart. I want to shake you and make you yourself again. It’s hard. Sure, … Continue reading →

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The Best Daddy

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Solid Body Strong Mind

So, it’s the day before the hardest day of my life. It used to be considered the worst day of my life but it’s now the hardest day of my life. The constant reminder that dads are special people and … Continue reading →

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Thinking of dad

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Solid Body Strong Mind

Sometimes it’s just good to get the memories out on “paper” Continue reading →

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What It’s Like Two Years Later

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Solid Body Strong Mind

So here I am, two years after Dad passed and I’m probably still not 100% believing it’s true. I want to know and feel that I’ve grieved and the loss doesn’t hurt as much but really, I know that the … Continue reading →

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For those of you who aren’t Facebook friends

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Solid Body Strong Mind

My mom did a wonderful job singing a song my dad wrote for her – How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (I think it’s a psalm…but he wrote the music).  I just uploaded it to Youtube. I may blog more … Continue reading →

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Antone J. Aquino 1929-2012

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Solid Body Strong Mind

Born in Canastota, NY to Louis and Philomena Aquino…brother of Phyllis (and later Thomas), Antone grew to have an intense love for music at an early age.  He played the organ at church, and sang whenever he had a chance. … Continue reading →

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Not the blog you were expecting

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Solid Body Strong Mind

If you’ve been reading for a while…you may be thinking, “what WERE we expecting?” This afternoon, as my Facebook status read, I took my parents to a local performance of … among other things, Handel’s Messiah.  It was the Long … Continue reading →

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Musing of a …. well, let’s just say, “I was thinking…”

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Solid Body Strong Mind

I have a few things on my mind.  But, I wanted to share something that I knew, but I learned today.  Okay, so your first thought is, “If you knew it, Mary…how could you have learned it today?”  Well, my … Continue reading →

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