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My hand reaches for the snooze button on my iPhone. I toss and turn a bit not quite ready to start my day. I realize as I wake up this morning that something is different in my life. Like I have cut loose the 500 pound boulder that has been dragging behind me. At first…

I sit with a friend who has recently divorced. She is a beautiful person with an equally beautiful heart. The more we talk, the more I realize that she still struggles with one thing. It is actually what I have struggled most with and what the majority of divorced people struggle with. The effect divorce…

Would you stand idly by while a grown man bullied a woman and children? I am hoping the answer is ‘no.’ TELL ME WHY THEN, IS IT ACCEPTABLE IN DIVORCE? The courts can’t help because their focus is custody and finances The family of the person being bullied can’t help because the bully doesn’t care…

It is my Birthday and I have two articles due. I stop long enough to meet my brother for our traditional Birthday lunch. I return home and perch myself in front of my computer. Here’s the thing about leaving an article until the day it’s due – it makes it a LOT harder to write.…

I don’t remember a time not feeling incredibly loved while I was growing up. My mom made it clear we were her greatest joy in life. Birthday’s were just another reminder of that love. They were just another reason to show us that she believed we hung the moon. They were filled with family dinners…

I am out to lunch with my friends Anne and Jan. Jan has recently lost two people in her life. “I’ve lost my anchors,” she says. I feel her words deeply. There have been so many times these past several years that I have wished for my mom or my uncle who was like my…

The distinctive sounds of the fire house sift through the air. The radio voices communicating. The occasional alarm signaling the need to race to the trucks, gear up and sound the sirens. In between that action lives the secondary environment of the station house. It is the gathering of brothers and sisters who live together,…

I sit in front of my computer. I open my e-mails one by one. I get to my friend “Kiki’s.” Her pain jumps out at me. Her words tired and aching. It is a broken heart that writes me this morning. So I type my response. MY LETTER TO A BROKEN HEART: I am so…

I am sitting with my son while he shares some good news with me. “I am so proud of you,” I say “Thanks, but all I really care about is being a good person,” he says He stops me in my tracks. I mean this is all you hope for as a parent. That you…

I surf Pinterest in between sips of coffee. My ‘quote habit’ sucks me in. I reserve this addiction for the same space I save animal videos. Why? I usually can’t stop myself from looking. I am a writer with writer obsessions, things like pens and pretty paper. In fact, REALLY pretty pens make me as…
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