Dec 16
I love this artwork. I love libraries. I love books. The library and its books was such a huge resource, and a source of support and education for me, and my children when they were young. A library is a magical place. A place where people, young and old, can while hours away drifting a …
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Nov 18
Twenty-five years ago, today, my maternal grandfather died. He was a proud man. A hard man. He was also a man who loved his family–though he had a terrible way of expressing it. Demanding, and critical, he was also–in his own way–caring. Your car died? He was the first one to lift the hood and …
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Nov 03
“My ex-husband and I will share a lifetime linked through our children…”
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Jun 14
On Easter Sunday my son-in-law’s brother suffered a level-5 brain aneurysm. Few people survive a level-5 aneurysm. He did, and I credit his survival to three things: the skill and dedication of the first-responders, and then the neurosurgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel who were critical to his emergent, urgent, and ongoing care; the love …
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Mar 28
“…would they receive the same silent assent as I did, growing up? Or, would they be looked at oddly, perhaps teased or ridiculed…”
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Dec 17
I always felt a little sad, and not a little guilty the years we didn’t visit because it was the other-side of the family’s turn that year.
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