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Tag Archives: memoir
Paying Attention for What’s Next
What next? I’ve been batting this question around quite a bit, especially inspired by seasonal changes. Back-to-school activity, Monarchs frenetically flying around in migration prep, evening and morning temperature drops, these shifts into autumn prompt my own search for another … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal Musings
Tagged back to school, Bosnian war, Grief, healing, living with addiction, memoir, morning, nature, seasons, solitude, suicide, time, war, writing
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A Closet of Journals
Stashed in my closet is a plastic bin overflowing with journals of scribbled emotions, recordings of events, travel notes. From adolescence up until a few years ago, I compulsively filled notebooks with thoughts, thrills, anxieties and dreams. It was as … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal Musings
Tagged Bosnian war, journal, Kyoto, living with addiction, memoir, motherhood, neighborhood, suicide, time, travel, United Nations, war, work, writing
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About Grief
During the run of Joan Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking in June, I was invited to write a guest post on grief for the Westport Country Playhouse’s blog. Here it is: A story not so different than my own June … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged books, Grief, healing, living with addiction, memoir, suicide, time, writing
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Admitting I am Powerless
The first of the 12-steps has always been a challenge for me, although I’ve had plenty of lessons. Like when my daughter was born 17 years ago last week — in the wrong country, almost 2 months early. You’d think … Continue reading
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Tagged Bosnian war, living with addiction, memoir, motherhood, time, United Nations, war
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Remembering the Siege
A bitter anniversary: 20 years since the siege of Sarajevo began. For 4 years, my world revolved around that insane war. Terrible as it was, I felt then that I was at the center of the world. At first, I … Continue reading
Books to Show Me the Way
I am reading two books that happened to be reviewed in this week’s New York Time’s Book Review. Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman and Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by … Continue reading
Parade Conjured Memories
As a child growing up in New York City we always went and sometimes, marched in the Saint Patrick’s Day parade. Wearing my Mary-Janes and double-breasted wool coat, I proudly strutted alongside my Grandfather as he walked, shoulder-to-shoulder with other … Continue reading
Reason to Get Up in the Morning
Today I pushed the always-set alarm to ‘off’ and went back to sleep — something I never do. I might hit ‘snooze’ for a few extra minutes, but not ‘off’. I didn’t sleep for too much longer – it’s now … Continue reading
A Homecoming (Of Sorts)
This was the plan: I would have my baby in beautiful Cambridge, England. Not too far from N’s family in England, but most importantly, home to Chloe, a friend I’d made on the job at UNICEF-Croatia. A breast-feeding specialist as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bosnian war, garden, memoir, motherhood, travel, United Nations, work
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Working
My 16 year old daughter started her first job in the real world yesterday. I dropped her off and watched her walk through the dawn-lit, still empty parking lot to the small family-run cafe. Driving home I recalled my own … Continue reading