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Eggs

by Sheila Collins | Apr 24, 2014 | Environment, Story-telling

My focus on eggs started with the picture my daughter-in-law sent of my twenty month-old granddaughter, Kyra Joy. She’s outfitted in a pink princess-like dress and tiny white shoes. She’s standing in a park in the high desert of California to participate in her first...

The Anatomy of Ecstasy

by Sheila Collins | Mar 23, 2014 | Gatherings, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Self-Care for Caregivers, Spirtuality, Story-telling, the Big Body, Uncategorized

When my then five-year old nephew, Adam, who was an only child discovered that he had four cousins he said, “I feel so big. I’m bigger than a Giant!” Preparing to return from Atlanta after spending time with a group of amazing women and meeting many others in the...

The Real Men Are Standing Up

by Sheila Collins | Mar 6, 2014 | Noteworthy men, Story-telling

My best friend and I were sitting at her kitchen table having coffee. The TV news was probably on in the background because Rose never wanted to be too far away from events in the larger world. It was 1977 and the Equal Rights Amendment to the constitution, which...

Home Sweet Home

by Sheila Collins | Feb 2, 2014 | Personal Stories, Story-telling

On the road for ten days, half the time in Dallas/Fort Worth and at a ranch 100 miles north, I spent the remaining time in Atlanta, returning to Pittsburgh and temperatures in the teens. Each place I visited was having unusual weather, mostly colder than expected, but...

Saying Goodbye to Our Best Friend

by Sheila Collins | Jan 13, 2014 | Grieving, Personal Stories, Story-telling

There’s a lot of empty, silent space in our house these days. Nobody’s sitting at the front window, guarding the perimeter from potential intruders. There’s no greeting as we return home and open the front door, no heralded announcement that guests we have not yet...

The Family Carries On

by Sheila Collins | Jan 5, 2014 | Gatherings, Grieving, Personal Stories, Story-telling

As our plane finally lifts from the ground in Palm Springs CA. we’re offered a panoramic view of the mountains and red tile rooftops on the valley floor. “Goodbye palm trees. Goodbye warm swimming pools and even warmer hot tubs. Goodbye dear family, till the next time...

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Eggs

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Home Sweet Home

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