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Healing Family Wounds

Fifty years ago, our mothers’ bitter estrangement divided us daughters. But after I expressed sympathy over her mother’s death, my cousin mailed me a sprig of an aloe vera plant as a peace offering. Our shared great-grandmother had carried the … Continue reading

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The Talk

There was little, small talk, we had no need for small things. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively … Continue reading

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Parenting Advice

Parenting is its own kind of craftmanship- Ben Napler Let kids touch the breakables really- Vern Yip Let kids order their own ice cream -Rick Steves When I was five years old, my father brought a small farm where we … Continue reading

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Recipes for Success

Think about all the different successful people, and their recipes for success, and their recipes for encountering problems. I wish I knew about those things, because they’re learning lessons…success starts with a written record Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in … Continue reading

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Darkness and Light

As I sat in the courtroom, I witnessed several examples of the brokenness of our world: a daughter estranged from her mother; a husband and wife who’d lost the love they once had and now shared only bitterness; a husband who … Continue reading

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