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Almost eight years ago, my dad made the decision to discontinue treatment for his many medical issues, stop dialysis, and enter hospice to bravely face the final steps on his journey Home. I remember so vividly the night that Ann called, letting me know that my dad was being transferred to hospice, and I remember…
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On March 9th, 2013, I realized my sister Bean had been dead for 10 years. The odd thing about that? She died on March 7th, so I was two days late in making this realization. It didn’t occur to me until just a week or so ago, during a phone call with my sister Meg,…
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Dear Bishop Sullivan: There is nothing more important in the life of a Catholic second grader than First Holy Communion. It is a very grown up step on their path to fully understanding just how much it means in their lives to know Jesus and to embrace our faith. They spend months in preparation, including…
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What, you may ask, do maternity clothes have to do with culture? Maybe nothing. But when you combine pregnancy with celebrity, it becomes part of our culture – part of what people know us for. So let me share two photos with you. Both are pregnant celebrities, about the same age, babies due about the…
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Even those of us who have been to Walt Disney World a bunch of times still have our favorite Walt Disney World vacation memories. It may be the time that your husband proposed, or the time your baby had her first Mickey ice cream bar. Maybe it was one of those vacations you took after…
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As Halle Berry was traveling through LAX this week, she and her fiance Olivier Martinez got into an altercation with the paparazzi. This is not Halle’s first trip to that rodeo, as she has enjoyed a screamfest or two in the past with photographers, trying to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood Hottie and her…
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When my father-in-law died in 2001, a family that had been fractured for as long as I had been a part of it fell completely apart. Those of you who are close to my family know the story of the incidents that took place surrounding the passing of my father-in-law Custy. If you don’t know…
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Oh, Samuel L. Jackson, you are a wise man. When the Newtown, CT shooting occurred, I was away from my children. The shooting impacted me, but I was busy, celebrating with friends, and had the Happiest Place on Earth surrounding me to cushion the effect. My kids were in the car at the airport when…
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I write a lot. Sometimes, I scribble stuff in the back of my notebooks at school while I should be paying attention to the cognitive advancements in a toddler mind. Occasionally, I write at home when I’m supposed to be folding laundry or doing dishes. I used to keep a notebook handy in my car,…
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The smell of Christmas ham may still be wafting through the house, and you may still be walking past those last three Christmas cookies that no one really likes, tempting you to break your New Year’s resolution to lose weight. So why on earth am I talking about Christmas at Walt Disney World already? If…
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