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Few things in life are certain. We’re born. We die. And somewhere in between the two, we all get our hearts broken at least once. There’s no escaping it. It’s as inevitable as the rising and the setting of the sun. This is the risk we take for that giddy, glorious feeling of being in love.

I’ve certainly experienced my share of heartbreak, beginning in the 5th grade when Benny Buffamante threw me over for Mary Rose Kelly. Who could blame him, really? With her big blue eyes and long, golden curls, she was adorable. Plus, she had three first names! How could I compete with that!?!?

I survived being spurned by Benny and lived on to love again. And of course, my heart got stomped on many more times in the process. I’d like to think that it made me stronger and more resilient. I’d like to think that, but the truth is that each time I lost in love, it hurt just as much as the time before. Thank heavens I met Mr. SGCC before my tender heart was completely pummeled into a quivering, bleeding mass of mush! read more >>

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This is a picture of my old high school shortly after it was built in 1958.

This is how it looked when I went there.

This is what it looks like now. A parking lot will soon take its place.

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“You Are My Sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You’ll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away”
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Two Girls Praying by Emile Munier (1840-1895)
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Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a lovely little princess. She loved to laugh and play and dance and sing. She was the apple of everyone’s eye and all of her subjects adored her!

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Look what I found! What are they, you ask? They’re seeds! Lots and lots of seeds! Tomato seeds, zucchini seeds, pepper seeds and lettuce seeds. There are even packets of unidentified seeds that will have to be planted before I can learn what they …