August 28th, 2010
© Janet Lombardi
People have asked if I married my husband just so I’d have Sheila as my mother-in-law. No; getting Sheila was an unexpected bonus.
“Mother-in-law” conjures up Alan King jokes of shrewish matriarchs who cling to their sons like King Kong to the Empire State Building. But my mother-in-law defied the [...]
July 30th, 2010
© Heather Summerhayes Cariou
Her hands were larger than mine; her heart too, for that matter. She was twenty-two months younger than I, but her life was shorter.
She was my sister, Pam. Her long, bony fingers were clubbed at the tips, with splayed, purple-tinged nails that suggested the lack of oxygen in her blood. [...]
June 16th, 2010
Here’s Something To Feel Good About Today!
“He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.” Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)
I believe that every outcome begins with my attitude toward it. While I might approach [...]
June 3rd, 2010
© Joan Haberman
I watched as she threw her head back so that it hung over the edge of the bed, hair dangling to the floor; long, thick and silky hair; not like mine – frizzy, wild and hard to manage. That summer night in 1957, Pam showed me how to brush my hair. She held the brush deliberately, pulling it through her hair. Over and over she brushed, as I sat on the floor, an 11 year old girl mesmerized with awe and admiration. That hair might have been her trademark, if not for her huge green eyes that took you by surprise.
The following summer…
June 30th, 2009
Here’s Something to Feel Good About Today…
Relationships can be tricky. When we open our hearts to someone we become vulnerable, trusting the delicate, exposed soft parts of ourselves risks being rejected or hurt.
I don’t trust easily but when I do, I give my all. In fact there is nothing I would not do [...]
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