Leaving The Door Open

Non-Fiction Stories…Follow Who You Are

  • The Spirit of a Library

    The Spirit of a Library

    Herman Wouk. Ken Follett. David Baldacci. Barack Obama. What do these authors have in common? They all kept my mother company at one time or another. Books were her passion (or at least one of them) for as long as I can remember. When I…

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  • New Kids on The Cell Block

    New Kids on The Cell Block

    For months now, we have been receiving increasingly ominous snail mail letters and emergency texts that our phones will no longer work on January 1st,…

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  • Once in a Lifetime

    Once in a Lifetime

    For most of September, I have been on an unexpected hiatus. I needed time to finalize plans for my mother’s service, pull my thoughts and…

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  • There’s More to the Story

    There’s More to the Story

    My family will gather soon to say goodbye to my mom. It has been a month now since she passed, which is impossible to believe.…

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  • The Colors of the Sea

    The Colors of the Sea

    The second I saw the Capiz shell wind chime in the store, I thought “mom.” A Capiz shell is a round, nearly flat shell and…

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