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A Little Tenderness
I’m in Starbucks crying, the happiness I promised myself nowhere to be found. While huddled in a corner wrapped in layers of wool, wondering if spring will ever come again, a baby in the tiniest red hoodie, toddles over to … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Family, grace, humanity, humor, inspiration, kids, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words, writing
Tagged acts of compassion, angels in our midst, giving birth, melancholia, The changing of seasons
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A Heart Pried Open
It’s not easy being sensitive. There isn’t a homeless person that escapes my notice, a blind man I don’t see, or a stray cat under a car wishing I could coax home, so it’s no surprise I spotted Andy. There’s … Continue reading
Best Story of the Week…October 24
A woman with enough plastic surgery to make her eligible for Mount Rushmore, is in Starbucks on her phone. As I’m pouring milk I hear her say, “I don’t know about Halloween. Should he be a clown or a pirate. … Continue reading
Best Story of the Week…July 19
Thursday…8 A.M It’s pouring. The kind of rain that drenches and drowns despite umbrellas, Wellies and yellow rain slickers. I’m tooling out of Starbucks with my birthday latte, yes, they treat you to the item of your choice if you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Family, grace, humanity, humor, inspiration, media, money, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words
Tagged a rainy day, Good Manners, inappropriate cell phone use, Muhammad Ali, Starbucks Coffee
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Observations
Dogs in raincoats. They seem genuinely embarrassed in their yellow slickers with the collar turned up. They look at you as if to say…yeah I know, but she feeds me, she hugs me. What are you gonna do. You gotta … Continue reading
Weirdest Story of the Week…January 3
I’m in Starbucks courtesy of a Christmas present, happily sipping a large latte without a care in the world. It’s early on New Years’s Day so I’m pretty much alone until… a man sits on my right, a woman, my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks
Tagged inappropriate cell phone use, Manners going south, Online dating, yentas
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Pollyanna Flips
I love to give…from the heart, when it opens in truth towards another. But alas, it’s that time of year when those have tos, rear their cocky, cheeky, entitled heads. We get a letter every December first, stating, how many … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, dessert, Faith, grace, Gratitude, Home, inspiration, New York City, Starbucks, words, writing
Tagged Christmas 2018, Giving from the heart, St. Teresa of Calcutta
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Best Story of the Week…Nanny and the Thin Girl
I truly don’t look for trouble, but sometimes trouble finds me, like a homing pigeon coming in for a landing. It’s cold. People are bundled like Eskimos, so I ask you, why a 3 year-old is shivering in her stroller … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Culture, Family, Health, humanity, humor, inspiration, kids, Love, men, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words
Tagged bad nannies, child neglect, New York winter weather, New York's Finest the Police, rich families
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Best Story of the Week…December 7
There’s a new paperboy on my corner after the old one got a better job, who was at least smart enough to wait inside Starbucks for his paper delivery. This new fella, however, much shyer, stoically stands outside shivering until … Continue reading
