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The Way Things Used To Be

I picked up an old notebook filled with Leroy's blogs and started reading. There was a time when he wrote the blog in longhand...

"Life has changed. That's just the way it is. Old habits give way to new habits ... I want things to be the way they used to be."

Leroy's words, but how they echo the way I feel these days. It's been two months since my world shifted. I'm finding my way slowly. Old habits, by necessity, morph into new habits.

But going back to the way things used to be? That's a wish that can't come true.

-- Laurie

6:00 AM ET | 10-15-2008 | permalink

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