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The B side of “This time of year!”…
is the Winter’s Solstice, which according to EarthSky.org “For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice marks the longest night and shortest day of the year. No matter where you live on...
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One thing is for sure…
the holidays just aren’t the same without parents. It sucks. I’ve become accustomed to celebrating Christmas and New Year’s without my father. We lost him at a tender age. Chapter XIV – July 1998...
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Putin’s Anti-US Adoptions Bill takes me right back to Juárez
Same kick in the gut, different country. My heart aches for every parent and child put in this abhorrent situation where a family, however fragile, has taken shape and begun to root, only to be...
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Happy New Year 2013
I long ago dispensed with New Year’s resolutions and instead follow one of my mother’s premium bits of advice in our loving and tumultuous relationship. During an ongoing argument, decades ago, when I...
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Stretch Marks release date
My learning curve has been steep. I have the callouses to prove it. And I smile when I state this. The publication process is daunting. Holding the proof of Stretch Marks in paperback this week...
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Stretching the candle at both ends…
is, at times, not a pretty picture. It’s not always taffy-pulling, shiny sweet or Silly Putty fun. Think Elastigirl from The Incredibles, but alas without the super powers, I splinter and ultimately...
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When all else failed in Ciudad Juárez…
to appease my fear while we had to stay indoors, I cooked. While the streets were tormented by the cartels vying for drug territory and young women disappeared in daylight only to be found later raped...
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My wish to women going through infertility
I wish you shed off the filmy, suffocating label of infertile with more expediency than I did. I wish that as soon as you can, you step out, one foot at a time, careful not to trip over the hem of your...
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What’s your wish?
I told you mine in yesterday’s post, so please, tell me yours. I coo at each and every comment I receive via post, phone call, and email, and am working on shepherding all of you into my blog. Please,...
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