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Recently posted on the blog
She was my mother, she is a mother, she is me
She was my mother. In quick succession, Gayle Greene suffers the loss of her beloved aunt and mother. She’s the last of her family; her only sibling and her father are also deceased. Sifting through photographs and belongings left behind, she grieves her losses,...
The Atheist and the Bear, an old story
An Atheist ponders non-belief
Broken by the blessings of vaccination and faith
I propped the pillows on our bed, covered myself with a throw blanket, and donned my reading glasses. The nurse who’d administered our second Covid-19 vaccination had said many who have little reaction to the first shot reacted to the second. Despite the fact that...