Month: April 2007
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Mental illness hits the headlines – again
Those suffering from mental illness – for the most part – live quietly on the fringe of society, unnoticed by any other than their own families. Unfortunately, a few lash out and grab the headlines as Cho Seung-Hui did last week ago at Virginia Tech. Afterwards, individuals who knew him compiled a latent picture of…
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4-16-07 officially old
It is official. I am have become an old lady. It wasn’t official when the grandchildren looked at me in total awe and said, “You’re 50 years old? Wow! You are old!” Children think 15 is awesome, 35 barely to comprehendible and find it impossible that anyone would be alive at 75. So, I’m a…
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God’s Easter gift of resurrection power
For many, pastel spring dresses, prim white lilies and baskets filled with colorful eggs and rich chocolate embodies the Easter celebration. Yet none captures the essence of Easter as much as a recent cover story for Venus Magazine – a 13-year-old periodical which targets Black gays and lesbians. In the cover story, publisher Charlene E.…
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Babes in cars
Every time my husband and I had a new baby, we hopped in the car to explore another part of the country. One of our first trips with an infant took us to the top of the Arch in St. Louis – a few years after it was completed. Subsequent babies had their toes dipped…