“Do the dishes and stop wasting your time reading.” These words, uttered only once by my late mother when I was a teenager, have stayed with me over the years. I wondered why she would say this and not encourage me to keep reading. I wanted to know why she would not thank me for…
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Our personal stories help us celebrate and appreciate our lives. If evaluated, they encourage us to put our lives in perspective and learn from our hardships, tragedies, triumphs, and soft moments. Even the terrible, heartbreaking experiences shape us into the people we are today. It is important to share our stories to inspire others to…
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I’ve always dreamed of writing from a castle in France or an 18th-century renovated Victorian house in New England overlooking the sea. Does that surprise you? Don’t all writers? I am not anywhere near that dream. Instead, I am in a coffee shop in a suburb of the larger Denver metro area. Don’t get me…
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