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Later this week people from across the Commonwealth will gather in Frankfort for ceremonies at the Vietnam War Memorial to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war fought against Communism in southeast Asia.  The event is one of nearly 1,000 being held across the country to honor and remember

Over the Labor Day weekend, my daughter, Natalie, and I took my granddaughter, Sabria, to the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.  Sabria has an affinity for all things outer space. 

In the fall of 2011, my health became a focus for me. My doctor had encouraged me to lose weight, eat more nutritiously, and move more – make a life change. Like most people, I pretty well knew what to do; I just had difficulty doing it.

One day, while I was washing bottles in the kitchen, my granddaughter, Sabria, was—unbeknownst to me—climbing into a chair in the dining room in order to take down the curtains from the one window in the room.  It is a short window, decked out in café sized curtains, embellished with Beauxbaton l