Aunt Flora

Aunt Flora

I remember when I was smaller, when I’d be walking in the park with my grandmother or sitting in her living room, we’d talk about our family. I used to love hearing old family tales or looking through the black and white photo albums. I seemed to be related to so many...
My Mother, My Guiding Light

My Mother, My Guiding Light

My mother is Dorothy Leland Follansbee, quite an unusual and striking woman. She was a dichotomy of high caliber poise and graciousness on the one side and controlling, driving demeanor on the other, an endearing goddess, a driving dynamo. Growing up as her daughter...
Rudy the Therapy Dog

Rudy the Therapy Dog

Rudy, an Italian Greyhound, worked with me for five years. He was a former puppy mill dog with a gift for comforting people. One of my most distinctive memories about Rudy is the time he helped me comfort a child in distress. As a social worker, I had to tell a...
It all started after I proposed to my wife

It all started after I proposed to my wife

It all started after I proposed to my wife. I spent about a month planning my proposal and at the time I thought all the planning and details I put into my proposal was a lot. Little did I know that the real work comes afterwards with that my proposal leads to… a...
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