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Since You've Been Gone

Since You've Been Gone

Olivia discovers her happily ever after disappears when her groom is found dead with a baby gift in the back seat of his car.

2016

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Being a Grandmother is Teaching Me How to be a Better Mother

Lessons too late for me, but ones I can pass on to their parents

Dec 7, 2023

Grandmother walking in the woods with her four grandchildren.

Dec 7, 2023

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It’s Thanksgiving…Not Thanksgetting

And we don’t always give or get what we want.

Nov 24, 2023

Homeless man sitting against a concrete and wrought iron gate on sidewalk in the snow being given food and money from a passerby.

Nov 24, 2023

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Moving: Sparking Joy vs. Forest Fires

The Overwhelmingness of Stuff

Nov 15, 2023

child’s crayon drawing on outside of an open moving box with a man’s socked feet poking out

Nov 15, 2023

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When Did Deranged Minds Win?

Semi-automatic W1 AR-15 for kids

Aug 8, 2023

Young boy pointing gun at unseen target

Aug 8, 2023

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Oh, For the Love of Letter Writing

I miss the intimacy of the written word

Aug 6, 2023

handwritten letters with flowers

Aug 6, 2023

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Flowers Speak Volumes

In a language we can all understand

Jul 20, 2023

bouquet of flowers

Jul 20, 2023

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When My Hands Wouldn’t Allow Me to Write

What would I do if I never could?

Jul 13, 2023

two hands touching

Jul 13, 2023

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Time to Invest in a Sperm Bank

The new global crisis: azoospermia*

Jul 12, 2023

Illustration of fertilization

Jul 12, 2023

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Globetrotters

Thessaloniki…once is not enough

The city named after the half-sister of Alexander the Great

Jul 9, 2023

Menorrah in flames. Holocause Memorial

Jul 9, 2023

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Discovery of a Lifetime

Created by an itsy bitsy spider

Jul 9, 2023

Discovery of a Lifetime

Jul 9, 2023

Christa Allan

Christa Allan

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Women's Fiction Author. NOLA native. Retired English teacher. 30+ years of recovery. My TBR stack is taller than I am. Laughter is my drug of choice.

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