And the poets down here Don’t write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be And in the quick of the night they reach for their momentAnd try to make an honest stand … First time I read those lyrics I was 14. The line made me realize navigating through life […]
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He Said ~ Another punch to the heart. Melodramatic perhaps, or conceivably, just honest. Another move-in day, decorating the college dorm, stocking up on sufficient supplies, discussing the semester ahead, and beyond. So begins Junior year; this is a momentous one. Spring semester will be a trip abroad, to the pulchritudinous region of Tuscany. Italy
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She Said: There are ties that do not restrain or cut off the circulation to a beating heart. Rather, they grow stronger, stretch and bend to accommodate growth. These ties unfurl across continents, circumstances, and time to defy the logic of the mind, not the yearning of the heart. At times, the groans of protestation decry
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“Caregiving is a constant learning experience.” “Being loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone gives you courage.” Watching our parents age and knowing the support required to provide them with the assurance of their comfort – physically and mentally – can be a remarkably daunting task. Once adult children see their parents as
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“Weather wise, it’s such a lovely dayJust say the words and we’ll beat the birds down to Acapulco BayIt’s perfect for a flying honeymoon, they sayCome fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away” This was the soundtrack of his life. My dad reveled in listening to the Great American Songbook, in particular Frank Sinatra.
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As a kid, I remember enjoying amusement park rides – the height, speed and spinning made for hours of laughter and gleeful screams. I sat alongside my sister at the very tip of the Buccaneer, in Keansburg Amusement Park, anticipating fun. Painstakingly, I watched as the empty seats were filled one by one, by one,
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My mother is selling her house! The address is the second longest I’ve ever had. We moved quite a bit when I was younger. The abovementioned dwelling was my sixth. I lived there for 16 years. My mom has been there for almost 43 years. She and my father purchased it and decided they would
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When I was young I brought a dog home. I was walking from grammar school and a family was giving away puppies – (sounds odd but this is not fake news, merely childhood). Anyway, I found it completely normal at the ripe age of 9 to take the hound with me and hope for the
I went to visit my daughter in college this past weekend. It is always an exciting trip out west, (it’s actually only 95 miles from my home – a straight shot out Route 78). The excursion normally starts early on a Saturday, (9, 10 am or thereabouts). There is a palpable energy circulating as I
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Seeing that towel draped over the banister is always a hard way to wake up during these unforgiving March mornings. Then, there is another very red and extremely tattered towel that greets me in the bathroom. She always uses these two when she comes home. The red one has been with her since she was
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