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Dear Easter Girl,

By Valerie Bourdain • Apr 20, 2014

My dear Easter Girl, Clyde the Cat ate the Easter Bunny.  I hate to inform you that it happened in…

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No Soliciting at the Mausoleum

By Valerie Bourdain • Sep 15, 2013

It was on my list to drive to the cemetery sometime this month to view the final engraved stones for…

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Still Standing

By Valerie Bourdain • Sep 6, 2013

My new writer/blog cards are ready for press.  I came up with the new tag line wit in writing,  and…

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The Sound and Smell of Starbucks

By Valerie Bourdain • Mar 23, 2013

March 23, 2013 started with the sound of Sondra’s footsteps clacking across the upstairs bamboo floor.  Though she is just five…

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The Business of Bathrooms

By Valerie Bourdain • Feb 23, 2013

I’m just not a big fan of public restrooms. Roadside gas station latrines are at the top of my *eew*…

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Happy 32nd Birthday, Megan Bosselman

By Valerie Bourdain • Jan 24, 2013

My Dear Megan, I know.  You told me so.  Though eternity separates us, I can hear you say it from…

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There’s No Place Like Home

By Valerie Bourdain • Nov 25, 2012

I must have looked like an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies, backing out of the Bloomfield driveway with an SUV…

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Footnotes

By Valerie Bourdain • Oct 27, 2012

A few weeks ago during Sunday service the young girl in front of me was casually surfing the internet for…

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The Memorial Speech for Mom – Beverly Jesse Wilscam

By Valerie Bourdain • May 9, 2012

Beverly Jesse Wilscam – May 26, 1931 – May 1, 2012 I can remember it like it was yesterday.  Preschool…

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Words With Friends

By Valerie Bourdain • Mar 23, 2012

Dear Megan, You’ve been gone four years.   I don’t miss the loneliness and isolation that accompanied your terminal illness, but…

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