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PETE’S MEAT SERVICE, LLC
1665 Main Street Rudolph, WI • 715.435.3250 House: M-F 8:00am-5:30pm, p Sat. 8:00am-1:00pm, p Sun. Closed
FULL LINE OF FRESH CUT MEATS AND HOME MADE SAUSAGE PRODUCTS • Process and sell both Natural and Organic product (Beltied Beef) as well as traditionally raised meats.
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experience for her. At this stage it is also an uncomfortable one. When asked what the baby would be named, Cathy refused to tell me. There had to be some surprises. What? This from the daughter who had to search out hidden Christmas gifts and find her sisters’ Easter baskets first. I am not sure how to take care of her except to fall back on my own experience as a new mother. The best I can do is help with household chores so she can bond with her son. I can keep my mouth shut and give advice by example. I can teach the importance of a crooned lullaby. It relaxes both mother and child. I wish I could split into two of me. One could leave home with peace of mind. The other could stay in case her mother again needed help. But that is impossible. Other family members have been asked to take care of mom’s needs. This time I will take care of my daughter and enjoy the role of grandmother to an infant boy. Carolee Ruhnke is a freelance columnist for the Marshfield News-Herald.
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she has always dreaded. She lasted one night, calling early in the morning to get her “the H- - -” out of there. I have never known my mother to curse. She suggested I tell the administrators that I was taking her out for breakfast and then we just wouldn’t go back. That didn’t seem like a reasonable option. There were other avenues I could pursue and eventually got her “sprung” before lunch. We immediately got her out of town and up to Marshfield. Then there is my daughter. The youngest who has the same ferocious independence as her grandmother. It must have skipped a generation. Anyway, Cathy and Erik have wished to be a family for a long time, so this baby will truly be a blessing. They have asked me to be with them before the baby’s birth and to stay several weeks. Of course I am excited. It is nice to be needed by a child who could always “do it ‘mineself.’” The same daughter who once knew more than I is asking for advice. Maybe that is a request for moral support. She has called with weekly updates on the pregnancy’s progress. It is a new