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Our Adventures in L.A.
I’ve returned from a fantastic trip to Los Angeles! Driving on the freeways, eating in fabulous restaurants and strolling along Santa Monica Pier brought me back to twenty years ago when L.A. was my home.
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Our California Vacation Part II
Our California Vacation We began in San Francisco. If you missed the first post of the beginning of our trip click here. A friend told us to make sure we drove through Big Sur during the day and he was absolutely right. I wouldn’t have wanted to miss the gorgeous view! Big Sur is beautiful! Eric took us to Nepenthe. He had been there as a kid. Stunning! It’s difficult to tell from the picture but we are high on a mountain overlooking the Pacific. As we continued our drive through Big Sur one particular house caught my eye. Close up… Far away… I have to admit I’m very curious as to…
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Robbed in Los Angeles
I was living in Los Angeles with a good friend from high school. We were nineteen or twenty years old. I can’t remember exactly. One of my childhood friends was visiting from New Jersey. We were all getting ready to go out on the town. There was a knock on the door. I assumed it was our neighbor and without a thought opened it up. A young man with a backpack pushed his way inside. I yelled something along the lines of “What are you doing?” He grabbed me by the neck and closed the door behind him. He told me he had a gun and a knife in his backpack…
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River of Dreams – Today is Graduation Day
“What’s wrong with dad? I was sitting at breakfast with all my friends and he’s texting me asking me if I have all my cell phone contacts backed up? He’s acting strange.” “You’ re leaving soon. It’s on our minds everyday even if we don’t discuss it.” “Oh.” That was my conversation three days ago with Arielle. For the past three weeks we have had award ceremonies, banquets, performances, final exams, Baccalaureate, invitations to deliver, teachers to thank, parties to plan, and a long list of supplies to purchase for college. No matter what I do, grocery shop, clean, exercise, write, there is a looming cloud within me that has…
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Oh! The Places You’ll Go!
I was standing in the kitchen doing dishes. Arielle was on my laptop at the dining room table. Calmly she said “Mom, I got accepted to UCF.” I’ve heard many sentences from my children throughout eighteen years. “Mom, I’m hungry. Mom, can you wash this? Mom, can I go to the movies?” This sentence was unfamiliar. College. My daughter was accepted to a college. I congratulated her, kissed her and told her how proud I was of her. I went back to doing the dishes because I had five minutes before I had to pick up Kai at the dentist. He was getting braces. In the middle of our everyday…
