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The Jacksons

Family. Into each life a little rain must fall

The Jacksons from the March 17 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Grant Toews set his coffee cup down on the table with a sigh, and shook his head. “Family,” he said. “Can’t live with ’em, can’t disown ’em.” Andrew Jackson took a thoughtful sip of his own coffee. “Truer words were never spoken,” he said. “Which family were you thinking of in particular?” “My own, obviously,”
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The Jacksons

The end of the world as we know it

The Jacksons from the March 3 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Andrew Jackson rolled up his newspaper and flung it across the room, narrowly missing Charles Adler, who paid no mind. There was a moment of silence before anyone spoke. “I can’t think of a better use for the Winnipeg Sun,” said Brady, sitting next to his wife Amanda who was quietly sipping her tea, “than
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The Jacksons

Babysitting and pancakes for breakfast

The Jacksons from the Feb. 18 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Auntie Jenn!” Four-year-old Allison Jackson dashed down the hallway of the Jackson home and into the family room where Jennifer sat reading, her legs curled up underneath her on the old sectional couch and a cup of tea half finished on the end table beside her. Jennifer barely had time to move her book out
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The Jacksons

You see the weirdest things in Las Vegas

The Jacksons from the Feb. 4 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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So, how was Vegas?” Randy Jackson posed the question to Andrew and Rose as the three of them waited for Jackie to return from the kitchen with a fresh pot of coffee. “Hot enough for ya?” “It was plenty warm,” said Rose. “All we did all week was sit around the pool drinking mojitos and
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The Jacksons

A Las Vegas trip planned before breakfast

The Jacksons from the Jan. 21 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Andrew Jackson pulled his half-ton up to the curb in front of the café, between the Ford F150 and the Dodge RAM 2500 and turned off the engine. “Once more into the breach,” he said to Rose who was pulling her hat down over her ears and preparing to step out into the frigid January
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The Jacksons

New Year’s toasts and planning for future generations

The Jacksons from the Jan. 7 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Andrew Jackson raised his glass and waited a moment for quiet to descend on the family seated around the table. “I would like to propose a toast,” he said when he had gained everybody’s attention. “First of all to the wonderful woman I married 30…” he paused to do a quick calculation in his head…
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The Jacksons

Trimming the tree on a white Christmas

The Jacksons from the Dec. 17 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know…” Bing Crosby’s wistful yearning drifted across the room from the iPod dock on the fireplace mantel. A fire crackled merrily below, the smell of pine and birch filling the room with the rustic smell of imagined cottages and campfires, mixing deliciously
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The Jacksons

Secrets to a happy marriage in the age of technology, and football

The Jacksons from the Dec. 3 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Andrew Jackson pulled his half-ton truck up to the front of the machine shop on the Jackson farmyard. He reached for the key, but then sat for a minute without turning it, waiting for Mick Jagger to finish belting out “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” on the radio. “Some songs are too good to turn off in
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The Jacksons

Politics, hairstyles and the glaucoma connection

The Jacksons from the Nov. 19 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Brady Jackson set his beer down on the arm of the bright-yellow Adirondack chair in his parents’ sunroom and grinned. “Oh, there’s going to be some changes folks,” he said. “We young people have voted and you aging hippies are going to have to get used to a new way of doing things.” “Like what,
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The Jacksons

Drama teachers, mailroom clerks and politics

The Jacksons: From the Nov. 5 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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The early-morning sun slanted in through the eastern windows of the Jacksons’ sunroom, turning to fiery gold the leaves of the single birch tree outside, alone among the oak trees already barren and looking ready for winter. Andrew and Rose were ensconced in their favourite chairs, each with a cup of fresh coffee beside them,

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