Monthly Archives: September 2013

What’s The Point

My late husband once told me, “Nothing has been easy for me in this life, even when I was a kid. I had to fight for the things I loved to do and have, no matter how small they were, … Continue reading

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Constant Battle Of Ideas

What do you do when something, some phase or chapter in your life, has come to its end? You feel it, you know it, and yet you don’t know how to react. What are you supposed to do, how are … Continue reading

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Destiny Or Fate Or Whatever

Have you ever thought about the many people you have come to know during your lifetime? Have you ever wondered at some point in your life how and why you have lost contact with them over the years? Some you … Continue reading

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If Only

Not long after I had moved to Montreal, at a social gathering, my friend introduced me to this great woman, a university lecturer and writer who reminded me so much of Simone De Beauvoir. A few months later, I met … Continue reading

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Things Always Change

During a conversation with a friend the other day I told her that I wanted to do something with my life and that I wanted a change and that I desperately needed a change. I realized afterwards that it was … Continue reading

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There Are Two Kinds of World

Paulo Coelho wrote: “There are two kinds of world: the one we dream about and the real one.” In my dream world I am this confident and self assured woman who wants to get back out there and start working. … Continue reading

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There Is No Answer

It’s one of those mornings again when I can’t decide on what to write without the fear of repetition. When I have so many thoughts and ideas cooking in my head and yet I can’t pick one and stick to … Continue reading

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Am I Wasting My Time

I have a corner in my bedroom where I have a tiny narrow desk (actually a computer desk passed on to me by one of my kids) and a small narrow bookcase where I keep my writing pads and notebooks, … Continue reading

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It Is Easy To Talk

It’s the 12th anniversary of 9/11 and I would like once again to express my deep sorrow for all the lives lost and my sympathy to all those people who lost their loved ones. Twelve years have passed since the … Continue reading

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A Chair Turned Just So

Yesterday evening I sat down to watch the news after having skipped it for quite a while now. And of course the latest news on almost every TV channel is Syria. What got me though is how innocent people were … Continue reading

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