The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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45 Years And Still Getting To Know You
My wife, Priscilla, and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary yesterday. 45 years. (Here it comes…) “Feels like it was just yesterday.” I thought of writing about our journey through these years and how blessed I am and “I don’t know what she ever saw in me!”, but then I was reminded of a video…
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Letting Go Of What You Can’t Control
“Peace comes when you realize everything that’s out of your control should be out of your mind.” It’s unknown who originally wrote that quote but I found myself reflecting on it this week. I decided to write about it today when I posted this and saw how many people also related to it. Basically it…
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The World Is Better Because She Was Here
This week I think I finally figured it out. After many years of uncertainty and indecision, I think I finally figured out what I want to do with my life. I want to grow up to be like Dolly. Yes, this week Dolly Parton passed away. I was sitting on the beach scrolling on my…
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Random Thoughts On A Sunday
So what to write about when you don’t know what to write about? You clean out the writer’s notebook and do some “random thoughts.” Why did it take so long for me to discover Snickerdoodle cookies? These things are AWESOME! I can’t believe I just recently discovered them. I’ve tried. I’ve really tried but I…
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”Raising Grampy” And A Summer Of Fun
Hello Peoples! It’s me, Carson. Have you had a great summer? I have. Grampy told me to tell you I’ve had a — what did he call it? Oh yeah! A “wicked cool summah.” He said if I’m going to grow up in New England I better learn the lingo. I don’t know what “lingo”…
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How Much Do We Really Need?
“What we really need to realize is how little we really need.” That was a “Thought for Today” I posted this week. How true is that? When I was younger I was pretty much like every other human I knew: I wanted stuff. Then I wanted more stuff. And when I got tired of my…
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The Wonder Of It All
First, let me admit, I did sing the jingle out loud when I first wrote this line. For anyone who grew up or lived in New England 20 or 30 years ago, that was the jingle for Foxwoods Casino. Anyway…. The inspiration for this column happened yesterday when I was sitting with my one-year-old grandson,…
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Maybe Everything DOES Happen For A Reason
Some might say it was a coincidence but I’ve come to believe everything happens for a reason. I met a very interesting woman this week and it never would have happened if we didn’t have to reschedule. My grandson, Liam, spent a couple weeks with Grammy and Grampy again this summer. As I mentioned last…
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All Under One Roof Again
It was so good to have everyone home again. Recently all of the Braley children, and their spouses, and their children, made it to Massachusetts. It’s been a long time since that has happened. They were here for my grandson Carson’s first birthday and baptism. His mom and dad decided to combine the two events…
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Guess Who Turned One? – “Raising Grampy”
Hello Peoples! It’s me, Carson, and guess who is having his first birthday? No it’s not Grampy. He’s had 112 of them. It’s me! This week I turned one year old! I celebrated with my mommy, daddy and the whole family. Yeah, we go back years! Or, at least one. There was a weird moment…