• The Back Roads with my Dad

                    Down the lane we followed the blue sky with its white cotton candy clouds.                 My Dad said, "Hop…

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  • Guest Blogger: My brother Mathew Amaro

    The secluded path on campus, near the creek, was dark that February afternoon. The recent storm was on its way North. I caught a glimpse of her eyes among the…

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  • The Heart

                     The voice of compassion speaks from a wounded heart. The heart that knows the price of love. The one that understands that love does…

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  • Out of the Mouth of Babes

                          My brother's four-year-old daughter was playing by his side while he was tinkering in his shop. At one point he accidentally dropped…

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  • The Back Door

                           The back door is the front door in my childhood home. Everyone uses it except people who are selling something, or those…

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  • Hen and Chickens

                                          Do certain things remind you of someone? Hen and Chickens remind me of my Mom. Hen…

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  • Family Affair

                          Yesterday I called home to confirm to my parents our flight information. My little nieces and nephew where there. I had already…

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  • Le Train Bleu. A Tale of Romance.

    The table was set. Crystal clear and inviting. He had ordered her favorite flowers. Pink and delicate like her lips. His coat…her hat, the details fell into place. Her bare…

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  • Le Train Bleu

    Above the train tracks of Gare de Lyon sits one of my favorite places in Paris. Le Train Bleu. It is a tradition of ours to have a drink there…

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  • Life’s Dance

                    After John's death, life seemed to spin in a different circle; questioning the meaning of life became my new pastime, along with spewing angry words…

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