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How Family and Football Inspired My Gift CAN
From My Mom to Me: The inspiration for creating My Football Gift CAN Some football teams are more than just a logo or a Sunday tradition — they’re part of your story. For me, that team has always been the San Francisco 49ers, and my love for them started with…
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The Importance of Saying Thank You
What is a thank you? Oxford Languages definition of Thank You exclamation noun A story from my childhood My sisters and I got a gift from my Dad’s new in-laws, our step-grandparents. We didn’t send a thank you to them. I was too young to realize how important it is…
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Halloween Memories
I suspect it is time for me to accept that I am the older generation. More and more I find myself saying things like, “I remember when…” So here I go. I remember when Halloween was a fun time of knocking on neighborhood doors and school carnivals. We lived in…
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Graduation
What do you remember the most about the year you graduated high school? (assuming you have graduated) I graduated high school in 1986 Life Changing Events On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. On February 9, 1986, Halley’s…
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The End & The Beginning
Sadly, I did not learn from my disastrous Senior prom. The last date I remember with Doug was at the 49er Drive-In in 1986 sometime after the senior prom. Following the theme of 1980’s movies… The Drinking Scene I was hanging out with a new friend and we came up…
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Senior Prom
I’m going to refer to my boyfriend as Doug… because that was his name and it just seems weird typing my boyfriend over and over. Why did I want to go to Senior prom with Doug? Because I didn’t get to go to Jr. prom with him, DUH! And why was…
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The Plot Twist
Like most good love stories Tony and I had a great time getting to know each other and dating, but there was a plot twist to this love story. The ex boyfriend and bad choices. After dating for several months, I decided that I wanted to go to my senior…
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LOVE STORIES
Do you have a fun story about how you met the one you love? Some might say that my love story follows a plot from a 1980’s rom com. ARE YOU GOING TO ALBERTSONS? It was the summer of 1985, when I first saw the cute bag boy at Albertsons,…
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The Note
Never under estimate the power of a simple note. Today is Valentine’s day. A day to celebrate love. I was reminded of a note that I received when I was in fifth grade. I found the note on my desk after recess. To this day, after all these years, I…
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Valentine’s Day
Valentines in a CAN Are you looking for a fun and unique way to say, “Happy Valentines Day?” Why not give your Valentine a celebration in a CAN? I have created 8 different Valentine’s day celebrations and sealed them up inside a CAN. No one expects to get their Valentine…
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