My mom was in a bleak, dark place. We were in an uncharted territory of gloom. The day after my parent’s 65th wedding anniversary, my dad, a relatively healthy and active man for his age, started his downward spiral. What had initially started as a single, treatable cancer diagnosis had morphed into three cancers. This […]
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“What did you do when you raised your kids? What is your secret formula?” At a friend’s brunch, I was cornered by two moms. I was shocked to hear these questions. I respected these testimony-filled, talented women. They both were weathering the storm of having their oldest child swim through the shark tank of high
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After a hurricane makes landfall in Florida, countless hurricane survivors tell the media, “It’s the price we pay to live in paradise.” However, I might object to this definition of the word “paradise.” When our family made the choice to follow my husband’s career wherever it took us, I never dreamed that this landlocked-born girl
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