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  • Looking Back I Wonder How I Made It

    Looking back on a life of abuse and obstacles and coming to the realization that there can be happy endings if we make them for ourselves.

  • Why does Tiger have to apologize to us???

    I watched the speech Tiger Woods made today and as I was listening I found myself becoming angry. He was apologizing to his fans and his friends and to his supporter's and to the children he sponsors through education. He went on to apologize to his wife, his children, and his wife's family. While I

  • The Pact by Jodi Picoult

    I read The Pact by Jodi Picoult last week and as usual I was not disappointed with her work. I enjoy this author's style of writing a great deal because she is not afraid to touch on controversial subjects. In this book she explores teen suicide and does so beautifully.

  • "Off Season"-A Book Of Love And Loss

    I normally read Anne Rivers Siddons when I need a "feel good read". While "Off Season" is a great book it's not neccessarily a "feel good" read as I like to call them. Instead this is a book about retrospect and finding one's self in a time where we would prefer to bury our head under the covers and

  • "Nineteen Minutes"

    "In nineteen minutes you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes you can order a a pizza and have it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have your oil changed.""In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge."

  • Are we afraid of the answers?

    How many times a day do you ask why? Do you question the things people tell you or do you just believe them? Do you teach your children to ask why? Have you ever gotten into trouble for asking why, either as a child or an adult? Why are "we" so afraid of questions? Or are we really afraid of the ans

  • Looking back on a wonderful sixteen years and to think back I was only a child myself when it all began.

    As I was getting ready for bed last night I found myself tearing up at the thought of my firstborn starting his senior year of high school. It has been a wondrous experience with so many twists and turns along the way.When my son was born I was but a child myself. I was fifteen years old and scared