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The Impact of Digital vs Physical Snapshots
This week I spent an afternoon scouring piles of old family photos. I was in search of any of mom and me for an upcoming story for Guideposts Magazine. I had avoided the task for days. Truth be told, I had avoided the task since Mom died. She was our family photographer, a role I… Read More The Impact of Digital vs Physical Snapshots
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Do You Believe in Clean Slates?
The beginning of anything offers the promise of a clean slate. New year’s resolutions spring forth from the idea of starting anew. A new job, a new friendship, a first date, the first day of school, and the first day back at the gym provide the opportunity to start with a clean slate. Are they… Read More Do You Believe in Clean Slates?
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Don’t Steal Their Struggle
It’s that time of year when parents are busy checking off items on the Back To School To Do List. Our family is long past the specified school supplies list, but with our oldest starting Law School and our youngest headed off to college there are still plenty of preparations being made. I’ve always loved… Read More Don’t Steal Their Struggle
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Are You Using All Of Your Features?
I have a confession to make. Hear me out. Try not to judge me, hard as it may be. In this smart world of ours, full of devices meant to enhance our lives, I still prefer good old-fashioned paper. I’m not a fan of e-readers or phone calendars. Although, I have used both. I still… Read More Are You Using All Of Your Features?
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The Stories We Bleed
Stories are such a big part of our lives. From those childhood fairy tales told to us before we could read, to the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Women, and Alice in Wonderland when we could reach for our book of choice. Stories allow us to experience what isn’t contained in our world. I have… Read More The Stories We Bleed
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A Communist Christmas
As I watched my daughter’s tiny face inspect the mysterious box, I was overcome with the memories of Christmases past. How could an intangible recollection hold such a physical presence, wrapping me in a warm glow while simultaneously strangling me in an icy dread, especially on Christmas morning? Christmas morning. It wasn’t like any Christmas… Read More A Communist Christmas
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In God We Trust
I may as well have been standing before them stripped naked. That’s how exposed I felt. The soldiers had announced their arrival with a loud pounding on the front door of our home. A few days prior, my husband and I had begun the official paperwork requesting permission to leave the only country we had… Read More In God We Trust
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Laced With Fear
The darkness was all around me. I had been trained to stay in my room and wait for my mom to come to me. It never took my mom long, but to me it always felt like an eternity. The blackouts had begun a few weeks ago, but I still wasn’t used to them. At… Read More Laced With Fear
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Freedom Of Speech…DENIED
At the age of 30, he was living his dream as a writer and journalist. He had always loved writing. As a child, he had spent countless hours creating stories with the vivid imagination afforded those of a young age. He wrote about adventure, mystery, and romance. His favorite stories were about heroes who saved… Read More Freedom Of Speech…DENIED
