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  • Journeying with the “C” word ~ a familiar journey for many, shared by our Anonymous guest blogger

    The “C” word.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         It’s that word! The one that no one ever wants to associate with, until you have no choice. Well that unspoken word crept up on me out of nowhere like a shadow in the dark. It was just a regular, boring Thursday until I got the call that he was in the…

  • God’s stories are powerfully told in the hospital

    Every writer needs a favorite place where they can scribble notes on napkins or complete manuscripts while the noise of living plays in the background. Hemingway had La Closerie des Lilas, his favorite restaurant in Montparnasse, Paris. I have the Terrace Café in JFK Hospital, Edison, New Jersey. Certainly, a smoke-filled café on the left…

  • Canine lessons are good for soul and body

    For the past week I have been dog-sitting for my son’s newest addition, Sadie.  Rescued several weeks ago from a kennel, we know very little about Sadie’s background, but her many fears, especially of enclosed spaces, like houses, rooms, or cars, provides a challenge, since she often has to be pushed or lifted to get…

  • Real love provides more than leftovers

    My son and daughter-in-law are animal lovers, and even before they moved in to their new house, with lots of space and a great yard, they were fostering the biggest Great Dane I have ever seen, the Snuffleupagus of Great Danes, Pluto. They made room for him in their apartment, along with Evie, an adorable…

  • Taken down by a nose!

    God forbid this kind of thing should ever happen to Pinnochio!   It started a few days ago, uncontrollable bloody noses, two trips to the ER, and now a face that looks like snorkel gear has been surgically implanted. The clinical name for my new attachment is an air-inflated epistaxis device, which is another name for…