Why couldn’t he have been different?

July 22, 2012
Why couldn't he have been different? It was a plaintive question, heartbreaking and not uncommon. Lover, spouse, sibling, friend, even child-- people will fail...
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The paradox of death

July 22, 2012
 Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality.  -Emily Dickinson It's always seemed curious...
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A happy bride then, a happy wife now

July 21, 2012
L to R: my maternal grandparents Papa & Mama, me, Michael. July15, 1972 Who knew that I'd have only one surviving official photograph  from my first marriage...
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Forget ….but remember

July 21, 2012
This sounds like the very best way to deal with pain: Remember the lesson, even as we forget what caused it. This definitely does not come naturally. Probably...
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3 tips for handling marital conflict

July 20, 2012
I'm embarrassed to admit that I hurled a radish at M the other week. We were having a...discussion...and I felt he wasn't hearing me. I'd been slicing radishes from...
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A grandfather’s love

July 19, 2012
I've been deep into a box of old photographs these past few months and in Rochester this week tracking down clues to a family mystery that I may write about. But from...
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A Dove® body wash that moisturizes as it cleanses–an...

July 18, 2012
;I love a good body wash. Waiting on my bathroom counter last month was an expensive department store cosmetic company brand and I couldn't wait to open it. What a...
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Train harder

July 17, 2012
I know it's true.   We have to work out so hard  that we look like crap at the end. But I don't have to like it. One day, things that are good for us will...
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Going home again

July 16, 2012
Home.For me, it's always been several places. Syracuse. Tallahassee. Los Gatos. San Jose. Mountain View. Saratoga. Tampa. Schoen Place But there's only one hometown...
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Happy wedding anniversary X 2

July 15, 2012
Today is our anniversary. Actually, it's our anniversaries. Plural. We've been and also are celebrating this wedding anniversary How can this be?After 37 years...
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