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I beg your pardon, please?

Do you know the feeling when you have to type 60 wps for fear of losing your own train of thought? When a beautiful idea pops in and disappears in nanoseconds flat? There! I’ve finally said it. I just don’t get it why this brain’s wired this way. When I was a child, my parents [...]

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The long and short of it.

What transpired yesterday was a sudden, startling, “wake-up call” that made me realize how extremely valuable our soul’s temple is. And if there’s one lesson the “experience” taught me, it’s to seriously consider sending one of my children to medical school. Now, that may give you an impression of tyranny and selfishness (honestly, I can [...]

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Eytyxismena Genethlia, Elmo!

My son recently turns ten. I’ve been sounding cliche every time I ask, “Isn’t it a wonder how time flies so fast?” Indeed. I remember an acquaintance, my husband’s ex from the South, who told me years ago that I should enjoy my time with the little boy because when he reaches ten, I might [...]

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Making summer fun and enjoyable for children.

Well, yes. There is definitely something about summertime that makes it exciting to all young people. Not only are they freed from the bondage of numerous assignments, quizzes, and class recitations — they also find time, plenty of it actually, to play and just be themselves! Somehow in this fast-paced, money-dominated culture of ours, expectations [...]

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Farewell, Tatay Gene.

William Shakespeare captured life’s essence when he wrote: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. We all say hello and goodbye one time or another. Like a storyline, [...]

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