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By: Barbara Feinberg,

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On Being a Grandmother

My younger son became a father a year ago, my first grandchild. I waited a long time to be a grandmother and eagerly looked forward to the baby’s birth. Months before his birth, I had found a copy of Goodnight Moon in Spanish for the baby: my son is a Spa...[Read More]

Women Friends

By: SuZAnne Cole,

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For most of my life, my friendships with my own sex were superficial and guarded. From infancy, I knew which sex had the power- men. Better to be friendly with them. Besides, I was too busy competing with girls to like them. A neighborhood beauty pageant when I was four was won by a brune...[Read More]

A Funeral

By: Angelina Carione Ferrucci,

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We sit in a church pew, Aline and I. The priest speaks of a life well lived and the importance of family. Everyone’s crying or doing their best to hold back tears. I eye the family from my position, their faces: distraught, sad, angry. I hadn't been to a funeral for years, but it is not h...[Read More]

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