Joy Cagil
So Glad We Waited: A Hand-Holding Guide for Over-35 Parents (Book Review)
About thirty-seven years ago when a friend of mine gave birth to a baby boy, she called herself Grandma Moses. That sounded far from the truth, because she was only forty-two and her baby and her family came along just fine through the child-raising...
Date Posted: October 23, 2006
The Google Story (Book Review)
During the electronic revolution, Google sprang about as the most indispensable search engine almost overnight. If there is anybody on the face of this planet who hasn't heard of Google, I think he must be a relic from the Stone Age.
Date Posted: October 02, 2006
Grief of Loss and Healing through Poetry
Any loss perpetuates grief, and conversely, grieving is the humankind's way of dealing with loss. William Faulkner says, "Between grief and nothing, I will take grief." Without adequate grieving, we lose our spontaneity and our sense...
Date Posted: September 04, 2006
The Exes: If You Think Babies Do Not Sense Divorce, Think Again
Positive behavior after a negative divorce is hard to come by, let alone if there are children and babies in the failed marriage. It takes a mature parent to put animosity and heartbreak aside to allow the ex-partner in the same room with him or her...
Date Posted: August 28, 2006
Love Poetry and Its Countless Faces
There are many interpretations and expressions of love. When love appears as an emotion, people experience a strong magnetic force pulling them to their beloved. Most lovers complain that they cannot properly express the way they feel.
Date Posted: August 28, 2006
All for One, One for All: Fireants
If I weren't bit by a fireant the other day, I would never have thought of writing about ants. Despite the cortisone cream, fireant bites itch, burn, and take quite a few days to heal.
Date Posted: April 18, 2006
Where Books and History Intertwine: Charing Cross Road
A few years ago, while we were in London, I insisted that we visit the Charing Cross Road since books act like magnets to me. Having no other option, my husband had to agree half-heartedly.Charing Cross Road is a London street that runs north from...
Date Posted: April 15, 2006
The Wedding Cake: A Ceremony by Itself
When my son and daughter-in-law held a knife and cut the first slice out of their all traditional, butter-cream frosted, lavish, and very expensive wedding cake, I couldn't help smiling.
Date Posted: April 14, 2006
The music of the beaks: Understanding Canaries
Big time symphonists turn their attention to the sounds of thunder, but a lyrical composer listens to bird sounds like that of canaries. I have a flutist friend who keeps canaries in a spare room in his home.His canaries are called border canaries,...
Date Posted: April 07, 2006
What If a Baby Cries
I just saw a book where the author (an MD) claims that a colicky baby cries, not because he is in pain, but because he has a message to tell or his crying is leading to his speech development.
Date Posted: April 05, 2006
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