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11/11

November 11, 2016

Although most of the world knows the importance of 9/11, the significance of 11/11 is a treasure that I furtively guard deep in my heart. The banks are closed, the mail is not delivered, and schoolchildren stay home for Veterans Day. But to me, 11/11 is so much more than a national holiday; it’s a […]

Sometimes it’s hard

July 13, 2016

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Last night, after watering all my hostas, I stood under the quarter moon in the dark of night. I stood still and thought how hard it can be to direct one’s thoughts to giving thanks when the mind is a storm of worry. But I would try. Indeed, there is much to be thankful for, despite the strange localized […]

Count your blessings

July 4, 2016

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I heard this saying from my mama so often that it seemed that she authored these words. “Count your blessings,” she would say no matter what the circumstances. Hers was not an easy life. My mama, an only child born in Ukraine when it was under Polish rule, lost her mother to TB when she […]