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Vacation Blessings by Sharon O’Donnell

My family and I just returned from a week-long vacation in Orlando and Clearwater Beach, Florida. We had a great time and fabulous weather (no humdity! no frizzy hair — or at least not AS frizzy). We’d originally planned to go to the Tampa area and see a few Red Sox versus the Tampa Bay [...]

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Power, Responsibility, & Communication by Sharon O’Donnell

I want to write today about something that really bothers me. Let me begin by saying that there is no other country I’d rather live in, and I value our freedom of speech. There is also no viable excuse or reason whatsoever for waging violence on anyone; those who inflict violence and pain on others [...]

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Being a Couple by Sharon O’Donnell

This past week my husband Kevin and I celebrated our 25th anniversary. It is difficult to believe that my wedding and all the events surrounding it took place that long ago because so many of them are still fresh in my memory. At the same time, an awful lot has happened since then, and it [...]

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Putting Bad News in Perspective by Sharon O’Donnell

The tragic events in Boston have alarmed and touched everyone, no doubt. I think it particularly touched my family because Boston is sort of like our adopted city. As avid Red Sox fans, we’ve gone there for vacation many times, usually combining some time in the city with time in a southern Maine beach town, [...]

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In Pursuit of a Family Photo by Sharon O’Donnell

In a house with four males, it is challenging to get photos taken of them or of the family as a whole. My guys get very impatient with picture-taking, while I always tried to make it a priority until I finally gave up as they got older. It used to be when they were younger, [...]

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