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Minding my manners and admiring a fellow mother

May 23, 2017May 15, 2013 by Shay

This morning the world awoke to the eloquent and deeply personal Op-Ed piece in today’s New York Times by actress and activist Angelina Jolie; where she revealed to the world that she recently underwent a preventative double mastectomy due to being a carrier of a cancer causing mutation. Jolie is not just any actress, she …

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Categories Current Events Tags Angelina Jolie 3 Comments

When Mom is Dad…some thoughts on Mother’s Day

May 23, 2017May 10, 2013 by Shay

I wrote this piece several years ago but it is still timely as we approach Mother’s Day 2015. Mother’s Day will be here in a few short days and while it is a day of great emotion for me due to the loss of my own beloved Mother, this year I am flipping the script. …

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Categories Current Events, Random babble Tags mother's day 3 Comments

Musings on words and Charles Ramsey

May 23, 2017May 8, 2013 by Shay

Words and money are the currency on which our lives depend on. Loving and caring words, lift our spirits, keep us going and can even fill our hearts with joy. Money? You simply need it need it to live. There is no way around it. Until a few days ago, it never dawned on me …

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Categories class, Current Events Tags Amanda Berry, Charles Ramsey, class 6 Comments
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