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Born with a great gift....an unshakeable sense of self. He will sail through life!
He stood out from all the other kids on the soccer park. His mother tells this story about him. At age 4 we were walking past the park...


How do you deal with ageism? With lots of humor and a sense of the ridiculous! But whatever you d
Way back when I was in my mid-seventies, I was hiring assistants online, placing ads on McGill Placement. When a student answered the...


"A tisket, a tasket, I lost my pretty basket!"
In my early dating years, one ironclad rule controlled the behavior of all girls. "You must remain a virgin until you get married." And...


"Claire, Don't Put Your Feet on My Coffee Table!"
My close friend invited me to her reception for her husband’s book launching. Now, ordinarily, I don’t accept social invitations. I am a...


The impossible is possible.... if you believe it is possible!
No one likes the idea of going to court to settle a dispute. It's costly, it can last forever, and it eats into your whole life....


Liam my Grandson, the Deal Maker. How he learnt to whine Jewish Style!
We were walking on our day together. my grandson Liam and I, way back when, when he was 5 years old. Suddenly he came up with an idea....


2How I Saved the Catholic Church!
or How Did a Nice Jewish Girl Like You Land Up in a Convent? To my readers" Please excuse the reprinting of this post. But I couldn't...


How do you revitalize a marriage of 52 years? Write book reviews together and get into "good f
My husband, now 89, was once a writer and musician. He is now handicapped. I found what I was looking for: a project that we could do...


"Claire, you're not having an affair, are you?"
I don't know how i survived. Our family lived in Baie d'Urfe on the West Island The girls were in kindergarden and first grade. I was...


"Why is your dog refusing to budge?"
As i was walking on the sidewalk beside the park my attention was caught by this young man and his dog. The dog refused to budge. That...
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