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Today is a day of memories – a day when my dear sister-in-law passed away – 17 years seems like a breath ago – yet the emptiness of her leaving us is still here… The [...]

Take time to smell the      r       o      s          e       s As we climb the trails of life, meandering through each crevice, take a moment here and there to pause and smell the roses. Life is [...]

Judging…Books or Humans (PLEASE READ RIGHT TO THE END OF THIS STORY – YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS A WORD!) Many of us walk into a book store and as we peruse through the isles of [...]

THE FINGERS by Mary M. Cushnie-Mansour (Revised slightly from original rant written on March 5, 2004) I waited a long time for this moment in my life and now that I have finally arrived, my [...]

What Did I Do       Over The Weekend            That Is Worthy Of                 Mentioning?   Well, regardless of what you heard, no, I did not do that! What that is, I will leave up to [...]

This story is dedicated to a special friend who has been in my family’s life for a long time. At the moment, he is very ill – hopefully, modern medicine will be able to keep him here [...]

CHARLIE AND THE ELVES by Mary M. Cushnie-Mansour Dedicated to all the “little people” Once upon a time, in a small town in Southern Ireland, there lived a little boy named Charlie. [...]

Welcome Back On March 11, I introduced the story Holding On To Mom Here now, it begins. Please feel free to comment as we take this journey with Olivia through the world of Dementia. (Please [...]

RETURN TO THE SEA ©Mary M. Cushnie-Mansour The smell of salt water was strong in Muirin’s nostrils, and she felt strangely calm. “Not long now,” Conall informed as he turned the car onto a gravel [...]

Map of Bones by James Rollins deserves four stars. In many ways, it follows along the same intrigue as the Dan Brown novels of the mysteries of the Vatican secrets. An entire congregation in a [...]