I don't know why I've been so nostalgic lately, but I've actually caught myself with tears running down my face, just from a picture on my wireless picture frame . I miss my children. Oh, they're all grown up now and doing well, thank...
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When my daughter was three years old, I bought her a beautiful hand-carved wooden dolly cradle at a flea market/craft show for five dollars. It was sturdier than our kitchen table, and the man demonstrated its strength by standing in it and jumping up...
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I keep my photograph albums in my cedar chest. Dozens and dozens of albums, all crammed full of pictures. Beautiful pictures of my beautiful children. . . pictures I loved. . . pictures that were calendar-quality!!!!! Pictures of my babies, and of my..
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Little wonder that our students are so confused about what they're "supposed" to look like these days. Teen magazines that used to give us ADVICE about our appearance are now telling kids that unless they look like (insert talentless...

I have a cherished memory. I was in my early twenties and working in New Brunswick at a summer English language program for adults. Students came from all over the world (but mostly from Quebec) and lived in residence on a university campus. The staff,..