Leaving The Door Open
Keeping it Real Storytelling
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More Questions for Alice
In 1972, I rode my bicycle to the library and checked out the book Go Ask Alice. There was buzz about it at school. It was a diary written by an anonymous teenage girl. And despite her good family life with attentive parents, “new” friends…
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Family Dreams
My phone was lighting up again. It was about 3:00 a.m. My husband, Dennis, and I had told our son, Will, to text or call…
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Hiding in a Painting
I had finished weeding around the begonias in my grandfather’s garden as I did sometimes on Saturday mornings. I knew that he would be waiting…
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Finding My Way Back to Wave Hands Like Clouds
(A story follow-up from 2021) In 2015, I bravely signed up for a Tai Chi class in my new community in Florida. I hadn’t really…
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The Bouncin’ Snowman Gift
We received our silly “Bouncin’ Snowman” in the mail circa 2004; a Christmas gift from my mom’s second cousin, Gwen. He stood about 15 inches…
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