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On: Retirement
“ SO YOU THINK YOU’RE RETIRED….?” HA! On a bright Monday morning years ago, I received an email from my friend Ellie. The message read, “Four years, three months and five days to go…”. Ellie had begun her countdown to retirement, to that coveted place which said NO WORK, no getting up at 5:00 a.m. […]
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On: Family
The word “ family” denotes a group of people who share the same bonds in the same home. While the greater number of members of this group may share the same genetic codes, there will be others in the group who have been added through circumstances – marriage and adoption. It is in this setting […]
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On: Hands
Show me Hands ….. The hands of a mother walking her baby into lifeHands that soothe a troubled brow and caress tired shoulders, clear a frown Tender hands that wipe away tears of painHands that are never quietThat wash and clean and bind and kneadand shape and mould and sometimes plead. Show me the gentle […]
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On: Aging
I got up at 5:45 this morning and went to the bathroom to clean my teeth and brush my grey hair. When I looked into the mirror, I saw a face that surely didn’t belong to me. That was the face of a stranger; a face that I had not seen before. Eyes wide, mouth […]
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On: Courtesy – A Saving Grace
As a very young child in a preparatory class in school, I, along with the other pupils, was made to memorize the words on a leaflet stuck on the wall of the schoolroom. The teacher read from the very small print and made us repeat what was written on it to commit it to memory. […]
the world according to channie 