Maria Stepek Doherty
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The Gift in a Smile
My friend was late again. Mentally I shifted from irritation to acceptance as I ordered a second pot of tea to break up the time of waiting in the Sports Club lounge. People were starting to come in - some waiting to begin their activities, some sweatily glowing from their exertions. rnA lady dressed all in black, save for the flash of colour given by her red scarf, came in and took a seat about three tables away from me. I smiled and said, â"Good Morning". She hesitated fo
September 12, 2011
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The Gifts of Dying and Death
Sadness sears my soul today rnWords will not come for tears rnGreyness shadows healing light rnLost in a darkness I fear to name.rn rnDeath must come and come it will rnLoss and grief the price we pay rnFor the giving of our hearts. I look at you and see our parting rnI look at you and sense your absence rnI look at you and I am lost rnAlready mourning. rn rn================================================ rn rnThis afternoon my father came to me and we spoke of his death. We
September 12, 2011
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The challenge of Choice
It is not just at New Year that we can wipe the slate of the old year clean and chose to start again. Although we can chose to make this the star point for our new choices or the time to jettison some old ones, we know that there is nothing intrinsically magical about the New Year Bells. The world does not come to an abrupt halt at midnight of the outgoing year and the laws of time are not suspended to allow us to erase the past in order to give us a clean sheet for the futur
February 23, 2004