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My Husband’s Late Wife

I like to think we could have been friends. She gave birth to two boys. Years later, I handed them lunches in paper bags when they walked out the door. I attended parent-teacher conferences, baked apple pies for Pi Day, … Continue reading

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Parenting

No one…who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly reaslise what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents. – Suzanne La Follette If God were a woman, She would have installed one of … Continue reading

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Possibilities

The difference between the impossible and the possible is determination. 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 purging“, … Continue reading

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Salvation

Well, I think because with words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So, I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation – … Continue reading

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End-of-Life Care

My 87-year-old mother and 93-year-old father are sharing a hospital room, as he nears the end of his life. My oldest sister (the only child living nearby) deals with everything. During our most recent text exchange, my sister first told … Continue reading

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