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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

My mother is a conversationalist. However, there are many times I feel as if she lacks effective communication skills. She has a tendency to focus on events or circumstances which have hurt her and therein lies the trap of negativity. Occasionally, after hanging up...

PARENTAL ALIENATION

Many times in a divorce parental alienation happens. It is especially hard when parental alienation happens on special days. I remember one Mother’s day when my ex-husband came into town and my children chose to go to dinner with him instead of spending the...

A MALTESE AND A CALICO

I have a Maltese and a Calico. They are my bed buddies. Those two are my cuddle bugs every single night. The Calico cat I have had for close to twenty years. She has been a purr factory from the start. The Maltese was a recent addition. He was making eyes at me when I...

A TREE

In the Bible there are many symbolic references. One of the ones I enjoy is the symbolic use of a tree. In the Bible bitterness is described as a root. In my novel, The Shattered Vase, I have chosen to symbolize bitterness as a...

PLANTING FLOWERS OF LOVE

Last year my daughter came up with a heartwarming idea for Mother’s day. She was going to take me shopping for flowers and we would plant them. I considered that a great idea because it was like planting flowers of love.....