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Are You A Winner Or A Loser In This Life
Are You A Winner Or A Loser In This Life ? The reason I ask this question is because recently I met with a few friends and acquaintances. One of the women present, whom I was meeting for the first … Continue reading
Old Habits Are Hard To Break
Horace Mann wrote: “Habits are like a cable. We weave a strand of it everyday and soon it cannot be broken.” When I was a little girl I had this habit of biting my nails. I don’t have a clue … Continue reading
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Tagged daughter, habit, life, memeories, mother, nail biting, nails, relationships, school, society, stop, teaching
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Who Said Cities Don’t Smell
I was born and raised in a small village east of the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. A friendly place where everyone was somehow related to everyone else. There were three schools in the village and the school I went to … Continue reading
Dearest Daughter
Today is Mother’s Day and I know it is all about me as I know you that you have plans to make it a special day. But on this day allow me to express my feelings on what makes this … Continue reading
Spend The Night With The Other
“If one has any idea what one was going to write, before doing it, before writing, one would never write. It wouldn’t be worth it anymore.” Marguerite Duras Every time I sit down to write a blog post I surprise … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Chekhov, art, author, blog, book, books, characters, children, creative writing, deadline, diary, digital, dreams, emotion, English, family, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, mother, novel, people, poetry, society, story, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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Excuse Me?
“Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art of ending.” Longfellow When I first wrote my book, The Lost I, based on my personal experiences of civil war, one of my friends said: “You know, I could write … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, art, blog, book, books, character, computer, creative writing, dreams, e-book, emotions, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, heart, hope, ideas, kindle, laptop, life, literature, living, love, mother, music, notebook, novel, people, post, read, soul, story, thoughts, truth, words, work, write, writing
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We Need Readers Or Else
Every time I publish a new post on my blog, I am anxious to find out if someone other than my husband, who as my kids say is my greatest fan and support, will like it. I wait in anticipation … Continue reading
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Tagged author, blog, book, books, character, daughter, desire, dream, dreams, e-book, emotions, faith, feelings, fiction, husband, ideas, life, literature, love, magic, marketing, mind, mother, music, novel, people, poetry, prophet, publisher, soul, story, thoughts, truth, wisdom, words, world, write, writer, writing
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The Little Things In Life
Kurt Vonnegut wrote: “Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were big things.” When my children were younger and I was teaching full time, I used to complain about having too much … Continue reading
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Tagged act, Amazon, Amazon UK, anxiety, ballet, beginning, books, Canada, children, city, coffee, cook, danger, day, dinner, drive, e-book, evil, eyes, fear, football, friends, job, kids, mark, me, metro, mother, practice, relax, road, safety, school, teacher, teaching, teenagers, think, thinking, time
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Career or Job?
Shirley Conran wrote: “The difference between a career and a job is that a job gets you nowhere. If you plan a career, then a job should be a step towards a definite goal – when you accept a job … Continue reading
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Tagged author, book, books, born, career, careers, children, choice, civil war, courage, create, day, dream, family, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, goal, good, habits, heart, job, jobs, kids, life, mind, mother, people, read, reading, regret, sacrifice, teaching, teenagers, thoughts, today, tomorrow, trust, wisdom, writer, writing
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