The creamy tri-flavored delights—chocolate, strawberry and vanilla—nestle between a banana cut in half, like three peas in a pod. Sugary syrup loaded with walnuts cascades over the frozen mounds. Clouds of whipped cream adorn the concoction. And the crowning touch—a maraschino cherry. How about this? You go to a movie theatre and open the lobby [...]

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“She’s the ugliest girl I’ve ever seen.” That one sentence changed the course of my life in the length of time it took to come out of my eighth-grade classmate’s mouth. He will never know how his words affected me and how I viewed myself from that day forward. He and the friend he said [...]

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In the May 2012 AARP Bulletin actress Kathleen Turner wrote an article entitled, “The Art of Parenting.” In it she asks, “When do you start letting go? When, and how, do you stop parenting?” Both are good questions with no easy answers. I’m not sure if mothers ever completely let go of their children. Even [...]

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After many hours of sweating, grunting, and pain a mother’s newborn child lies in her arms. The wonder of holding the baby that for months caused nausea, swollen ankles and sore ribs from constant kicking is overwhelming. “My precious little one,” she coos softly, “I’m so glad you are here. What fun we will have [...]

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