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by Monica Maniaci

Mind The Gap

I love movies and I love watching movie trailers. I recently watched the trailer to a movie titled, Take This Waltz , ( http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/take-this-waltz/feature-trailer ) and in this trailer a character played by Sarah Silverman says, "Life has a gap in it, it just does."...

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Creation and Destruction

I’ve been reading this book, What It’s Like to Go to War , by Karl Marlantes. In it he writes about the power of destruction, the way the immediate act of destroying something-whether it is another person, yourself, or an object - feels really good, really powerful, and it got me to thinking...

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When Big Issues Happen to Little Girls

When Big Issues Happen to Little Girls , a book written by Erin A. Munroe LMHC, is a guide for parents to help understand and assist their daughters with the challenges they may face as they come of age. Issues such as bullying, sexuality, drugs and alcohol, death, mental illness and money are a few...

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Things Are Looking Up

A while ago I signed up to receive the daily quote from this website, Abraham-hicks.com. It's cool. It comes every day and I read it. I was especially drawn to this one because I would really like to experience world peace in my lifetime. I don't know if that will happen, but I do think we're...

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(Don't Fear) The Rapture

Before I start, I'd like to thank Blue Oyster Cult for providing me with the clever pun title. On with the Rapture. You must know by now what I'm talking about- the Mayan prediciton that the world will end on Dec. 21st 2012. If you don't know, I'm sure you'll find out sooner or later...

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