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Day One
All small children are weathermen. They may not know much but they know good and bad, scary and safe, and when they're checking the weather of their world the sky they look into is their parent's face. If you're the parent, no matter what kind of tornado is coming, it's your job to act like everything is okay.The day of our appointment, nothing was okay, but I was pretending like it was. We took a bus there, my son sitting beside me, and an aging hippie sat in front of us. He turned around, Read more
Canter the dog
I am not a dog person. Why? Because sometimes I forget to get myself dinner. Because I never walk myself daily. Because I don’t play catch with myself and because I won’t change all that for a dog. That was my opinion anyhow before Canter came to stay.Don’t think I would have let him in easy--he is a golden retriever, which is to say he is a dog. But it was one of those awkward family favors that at the time was grossly underestimated and which in the end will never be Read more
That Green Coat, Made My Day.
She walked in wind blown, struggling with her multi-colored umbrella, wearing her fit to perfection Kelly Green Raincoat. As was her custom, every three weeks, she had her hair done, ate at her favorite Thai restaurant, and indulged in her latest salacious read. And, as seemed was the custom...it was always raining and windy on that day. Walking into the small eight top establishment in the center of town, she struggled with the wind and rain, trying to preserve her recent blow-out. Safely inside, she spied the sole unoccupied table. A gentleman directly Read more
Prosper and Relax. Relax and Prosper.
The Woman Pioneer versus The Post-Modern WomanEntrenched in my post-modern womanhood, I began to feel stressed, anxious, and underwhelmed with my life; and wondered if the Pioneer women, ever felt this way.
These women pioneers planned for seasons, sowed, nurtured, and grew their food, spun, sewed, and darned each family member’s one outfit, packed up their trunks with their few belongings, dried what would be rationed provisions in preparation for the Promise of Prosperity in the West. And, off they went for a tumultuous wobbly journey in a covered, unheated/hot, and break-down prone wagon...for Read more
Marlo Thomas Is An Actress
In 1974 my family loved watching Marlo Thomas on her TV show, That Girl. My mother would always refer to her as 'that darling Marlo Thomas' or by her longer name, 'that darling Marlo Thomas, I just love her'.We also loved I Dream Of Jeannie and Bewitched. Jeannie had a master who stoppered her into her bottle when she was bad and Samantha wasn't allowed to be her true witch self unless her husband couldn't fix his ad campaign, and then he'd take the credit. These things we accepted without question. For awhile, when Read more
Fell in love Friday the 13th! I Am Free
He said I could leave. After four years of struggling, battles with anorexia, anxiety and pain, the doctor said, "congratulations. You're in control." What had started out as a nuisance (pain in my stomach no matter what I did) had turned into a full blown, out of control whirlwind of pain and fear, consuming me and eating away at me until the latest doctor said, "If you can't fix this, you will die. Soon." So I fixed it, slowly but surely, until finally I was free.February 29, 2012
It started out as a normal day. The high school had its first snow day of the year and I worked the morning shift at my job until four o'clock in the afternoon. The day was pretty uneventful up until I got home. My mom was putting groceries away and I was going into the bathroom to change my clothes when she got a text from my friend Amber. She asked me to check her phone for her and see what Amber said to her, so naturally, I did it. Little did I know, that was the moment that would Read more My Moment By Rachel Kaplan
I have been staring at this page for a couple of hours now wondering what I should write about. So many private personal moments come to mind that I would never truly feel comfortable writing down. But how do I choose a moment out of many that have influenced me greatly?In the blink of an eye, I remembered a moment, actually several moments, that changed my life forever. The moment was my journey through the eyes of a holocaust survivor. At 18 years of age, my mother sent me on the March of Read more
My Moment By Rachel Kaplan
I have been staring at this page for a couple of hours now wondering what I should write about. So many private personal moments come to mind that I would never truly feel comfortable writing down. But how do I choose a moment out of many that have influenced me greatly?In the blink of an eye, I remembered a moment, actually several moments, that changed my life forever. The moment was my journey through the eyes of a holocaust survivor. At 18 years of age, my mother sent me on the March of Read more
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Day One All small children are weathermen. They may not know much but they know good and bad, scary and safe, and when they're checking the weather of their world the sky they look into is their parent's face. If you're the parent, no matter what kind of tornado is coming, it's your job to act like everything is okay.
The day of our appointment, nothing was okay, but I was …
Canter the dog I am not a dog person. Why? Because sometimes I forget to get myself dinner. Because I never walk myself daily. Because I don’t play catch with myself and because I won’t change all that for a dog. That was my opinion anyhow before Canter came to stay.
Don’t think I would have let him in easy--he is a golden retriever, which is to say he …
Marlo Thomas Is An Actress In 1974 my family loved watching Marlo Thomas on her TV show, That Girl. My mother would always refer to her as 'that darling Marlo Thomas' or by her longer name, 'that darling Marlo Thomas, I just love her'.
We also loved I Dream Of Jeannie and Bewitched. Jeannie had a master who stoppered her into her bottle when she was bad and Samantha wasn't allowed to be her …
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