I’M SORRY FOR MY LOSS Review: Elizabeth A. Havey
The cover of this amazing, well-researched, open-hearted book, written by Rebecca Little and Collen Long, acts as a preview for
The cover of this amazing, well-researched, open-hearted book, written by Rebecca Little and Collen Long, acts as a preview for
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Let’s go back and look at what we read growing up. Let us then ask the question: are we
WHEN I WAS WRITING SHORT STORIES: Dear Ms. Havey, Many thanks for submitting “When the Song Ends.” I like this
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I do love being on social media, for it allows me to reconnect with old Chicago friends from high school, college,
I It didn’t work out. I made my children liver sausage sandwiches with mayonnaise, garnished the top with circles of
I wonder if some of the generations below us have decided that we are too old to dream. Because
Writer, researcher Hillary Mantel wrote: “History is not the past, it is the method we have evolved of organizing our
Recently, in an advice column in our local Chicago paper, a woman asked about her blurred visions. The columnist advised
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