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Voice. It’s our unique expression in the world.
Our way of making a difference.
Our way of making a difference.
My blog serves two purposes. First, it’s a way for me provide tips and insights to help people connect with their own voice. You’ll find blogs here about overcoming writer’s block, resume writing, journaling, and more.
Second, it’s a way for me to express my voice. So you’ll also find blogs here about feminism, spirituality, body positivity, and more.
Whether you are here for the soulful yet practical writing tips, the conversation on issues that help shape our world, or both, I welcome you, and your comments!
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The day I didn’t want to arrive is here. A year ago, my family and I walked into my Dad’s ICU room at Jefferson hospital, and Missy, the nurse who had been so compassionately caring for Dad, said to him, “Tony, can you tell your family what you told me this morning?” She removed his...
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It’s been a long time coming. Just when we thought we couldn’t take one more Nor’easter, power outage, and frenzied trip to the store to fight off fellow humans for the last gallon of milk on the shelves, Mother Nature relented, and has given us instead the purple of a hyacinth and the bright freshness...
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Whatever you’re writing today, if you find yourself facing writer's block, take five minutes to stop thinking.
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What’s a Catholic with “New Age tendencies” to do on Ash Wednesday? This was the question I faced today at 7am, as I sat in the parking lot of St. Isidore’s. I had gotten the Mass schedule wrong, and so had half an hour to contemplate the day, and how someone like me—a person who...
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It all started with a meme. Popular on Facebook the past few days, the meme asks, “If American women are so outraged by Trump’s use of naughty words, then who in the hell bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Grey?”
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