essays
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A Lesson in Faith
Typically when I look back on a piece of writing, something screams out at me that it could have been better — a lede, a word, a paragraph, a transition. Not so with this column that I wrote in 2008 for the North Little Rock Times after Pople Benedict XVI visited the United States. It Continue reading
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Supreme Acceptance
I got the best compliment the other day from my one of the smartest, most introspective people I know — Kandace. She was telling us that she and some friends had recently had a conversation about the type of pizza they would be – if they were a pizza. She cited the anchovy pizza who Continue reading
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“I love people …
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.” ― Audrey Hepburn Rene got in trouble at school today, and I think it’s terrific. I picked her up at the end Continue reading
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Rene’s Short List
I have a fun activity I share with my children. I enjoy reciting a list of things I love about them – to them. “Do you want to hear 42 things I like about you?” I’ll ask randomly. And then I begin. Sometimes it’s 27 things. Or 99, though that takes some time. I would Continue reading
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Danny
I created this website to ignite a passion that I have ignored lately — my writing — and as an opportunity to share my history and stories with my children in a permanent way. To that end, it’s important to me to post this so I never forget the most meaningful writing I have ever Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving Saturday
I have a personal Thanksgiving tradition that includes taking about an hour to run, bike or hike – doing something outside in the fresh air – that provides me time to reflect on the blessings in my life. In the last few years, most Thanksgivings have been spent in Ohio with my husband Terry’s family, Continue reading
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Suffering Loss
We all have the things that folks will say about us when we’re not around. “How long have you known Deb?” someone might ask as I walk away to grab my fourth glass of Chardonnay in order to endure the Pampered Chef party I have attended, having violated my personal policy of avoiding those shindigs Continue reading
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Why my Daughter has Gone to the Birds
As the chief public relations executive for the local public school district, I’m the first to tell you that what you learn early in school dictates success in life. Still, for me, as a kid growing up in the early 1970s in Southern California, most of what I needed to know was learned outside of Continue reading
About Me
I’m Deb. I write for a living but not enough for fun, so that’s why I’m here. I want to share my stories and read yours here on Wordpress. Click on one of my recent posts below and let me know what you think. xoxo
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