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This is What Happens When Someone Chooses to Be Your Father

Editor’s Note:  We are pleased to share this wonderful story written by our own Christine M. Daneslon.  Christine speaks with love about someone very close to our own heart. To some, family can be a sore subject.  For many, occasions like Father’s Day can be the hardest days of the …

September Solutions

September Solutions: A New Perspective on Resolutions

Many delegate the onset of a new year as a time for resolutions.  How about a novel approach?  We suggest considering September Solutions. Students know it. Teachers do as well.  September is when everything starts fresh.  Some dread the new beginnings.  Others embrace it as a time to make changes. …

amazing mother

To The Amazing Mother Whose Beating Heart I Heard First

There is an amazing mother in my life. One whose beating heart first started within my womb. She is named Gina for my late brave Grandmother.  And, her father’s sister.  A kind and wonderful woman.  It’s no wonder that Gina has become an amazing mother. She lives up to her …

The Powerful Legacy of the Mother Full of Grace

The mother full of grace.  The epitome of mothers was captured in beautiful song.  The Ave Maria.  Repeated in many languages.  To me, and to many.   The mother of all mothers. Then there was my mom. My own mother was full of grace. In more ways than one. Mother’s Day …

Christmas Gift

Attention Last Minute Shoppers

Attention last minute shoppers!  It’s the day before Christmas and all through the world, someone is still fretting over last minute gifts.  Of course, there is always the option to fight department store lines and shop for a quick gift.  Have you considered an alternative present this year?  It’s not …

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Tragic Loss of another Talented Life – RIP Robin Williams

 Money. Talent. Humor. Popularity. Some of the best-loved people are sad enough to take their own lives. Yet, there are those who would call their actions cowardice. Others will proclaim that we call too much attention to glorified Hollywood types. In life, Robin Williams did something for many of us. …

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An Expression of Sympathy

If it were not for social media, I might not have learned of three deaths this weekend.  All have their touch of deep sadness.  One, a young man, whose murder remains unsolved.  Another, a mother close to my own age, who I knew quite casually.  The last, the husband of an …

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Leaving the Real Valuable to Next of Kin

No one likes to think of death. However, one thing is for sure. Tomorrow is promised to none of us. Some profound songwriter summed it up pretty well: “We’re not getting out of here alive.” When confronted with the certainty of death, some run to their attorneys to devise strategies …

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