The peaceful quiet of an ordinary morning was about to shatter, a dark family secret revealed with one phone call. Will the truth really set you free? Will the truth add another crushing layer of unexplainable pain and horror to…
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Dental fear of the most emotionally ravaging kind creeps into my being with the slightest suggestion of discomfort, mine or someone else’s. The following story is thankfully part of my history, and occurring at a time when I had dental…
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I love books. Like an old friend or your favorite flannel-lined slippers, there is a comfort, a knowing. I return to my bookshelves frequently to pause, and pull a trusted friend from the stacks, revisiting the pages that transformed me…
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Winter is now in the rearview mirror and as the blockages and seepage of my sinuses indicate, spring is in the air! As we bid old man winter, “adieu”, I feel compelled to pay homage to one of the sustaining…
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