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Reckoning with the woman in the mirror

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Looking straight ahead, I noticed a woman walking toward me. At first glance she looked familiar, on second glance, I froze in my tracks. As the woman continued to walk toward me, I met her gaze and saw the confusion that crossed her features. Then it hit me:  I was looking at a mirror image of myself. Astounded, I realized I looked like my mom.  

Holidays open the floodgates of family memories

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Holidays are milestones that remind us of how our lives have changed as years and decades pass.

Transformation is an inside job

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Last week, while I was  walking  to the bay,  I spotted a little green shoot pushing through the dry soil.  Seeing a  tiny herald of spring, my heart felt lighter.  That little shoot was a harbinger of transformation:  The dry hard soil will eventually morph into a colorful landscape. Mother Nature is a miracle worker.

The greatest — and hardest — of these is love

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Moving from infatuation to long-lasting love is a hard journey, and it takes mutual respect, patience, communication and commitment.

Living with regrets: You can’t change the past, but you can learn from it

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Short of building a time machine, we cannot go back and change the past. We can, however, reflect on our regrettable choices, or lack of choices, learn from them and vow to never carry them forward into our future.  

‘Peace and good will’ come from within

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Peace, good will, tranquility, serenity, reconciliation,  calm and quiet are not just words, they are ways of being.  We can give this to the world if we could just stop belly-aching. 

Appreciating the little things makes life happier

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Noticing all the positive things we experience every day — really noticing them and appreciating them— can change your whole outlook on life.

LOL. Really, it will do you good.

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Laugh out loud. Have fun. Be silly. Break some rules. Give yourself a break.we are here for such a short time. Live and love like your life depends on it. It does, you know.
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Life with Siri, Alexa & Google: Do you ever wonder if technology helps us — or rules us?

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Column: Don’t misunderstand me, I love technology. But there comes a time when too much is simply too much, don’t you think? 

Beware the scam artists constantly devising new ways to rob the most vulnerable among us

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Scammers slither and worm their way into the lives of the most vulnerable, causing irreparable harm. New column from Celia Marszal-Iannelli
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