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Welcome to Syra’s Scribbles.

I have been blogging about my family for twenty years. Taking care of my mom and six children have given me much to write about over the years. Ten years after the blogs are written, I republish them in a collection with a little 2020 hindsight. Welcome to my life.

Latest from Syra

Memory Eternal Ed

Ed promised me a call on my birthday.  He remembered that it was coming up a few weeks ago.  I thought I’d see him in person during the Thursday liturgy, but my cousin Ari had the opportunity to come to Albuquerque for a healing conference and decided to come a day early to spend my…

Xenia

Xenia had a birthday, and fifteen looks good on her!  She stands at five feet three inches and weighs in at one hundred pounds of pure muscle.  Xenia is taking driving classes and should have her permit by the end of the month.  The same weekend she started traffic safety, she competed in her first…

Influenza-A crushed Christmas

Did Christmas happen this year?  I missed it!  I remember getting ready.  We started our Advent fast forty days before Christmas.  I sent out Christmas cards.  We put up the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving.  The kids weren’t into it, and it took a lot of cajoling and calendar syncing before the young adults could help…

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