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Aug.15.2012
Everyone has at least one significant “what if” moment in their life. What if I had driven straight instead of turning right, and collided with that truck running the red light? What if I‘d been home when the burglar broke in? What if I hadn’t caught myself falling asleep on that long stretch of...
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May.16.2012
My choice for my favorite illustrated book is a highly personal one. Tecolote: The Little Horse That Could is a book I wrote about a remarkable horse. Tecolote was born prematurely on a freezing night. There was no reason for him to survive--but he did. The book tells and shows what happened as...
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Apr.25.2012
Pray for me. I need all the help I can get.
When I was a kid, my mom had a very strong opinion of RIGHT and WRONG. I write those words in caps because, that’s the way I heard them.
“Teresa, this is RIGHT.”
“Teresa, that was WRONG.”
I remember a couple of really harsh lessons she taught.
One...
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Apr.25.2012
Pray for me. I need all the help I can get.
When I was a kid, my mom had a very strong opinion of RIGHT and WRONG. I write those words in caps because, that’s the way I heard them.
“Teresa, this is RIGHT.”
“Teresa, that was WRONG.”
I remember a couple of really harsh lessons she taught.
One...
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Oct.29.2011
The last time I had marched for, or against, something was in ’61, when my high school administration adamantly banned the wearing of boat-neck style shirts from classroom attire. Wear one and you simply would not graduate. Can you imagine? This was a public HS school on Long Island, not a...
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Jan.16.2011
Springtime in a small rural elementary school in Fayette County, PA. I am about to turn seven. I have a few friends, but I really don't know what friendship is. I don't like school, but I'm not sure why. I'm introverted, shy, quiet and very afraid of the world around me. I feel totally exposed away...
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