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59A Tribute to The Aberfan Mining Disaster
On Friday October 21st 1966 the whole of the United Kingdom was waking up at the beginning of one of the saddest days in Brittish history. At 9.15 am a waste tip slid down a mountain in Aberfan South Wales...
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73In Flanders Fields
The last entry of the First World War poetry series "Shell Shocked Isabel Shrapnel" is a Special about the most famous poem from the First World War: In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae.
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69War Poems
I'd like to offer up some links to poems written about war, mostly by those who were there. From the Civil War to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, men and women have tried to convey what it was and is like...
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74Abortion Miscarriage Stillbirth: A Mother's Story
Here I chronicle as best as I can, from beginning to end, my personal experiences, thoughts, rememberings of one pregnancy that did not end in life but which opened the door to another. This is my st
24 comments54What the Dragon Sees - Grief As Prose
This hub is to mark the two and a half month passage of time since my husband's untimely death. It is for me. It is for anyone who has suffered a devastating loss. Laments are meant to be shared if for...
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82December Holidays and Observances from Traditional to Off the Wall
At this time of year, we all think about the upcoming holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas. November and the early weeks of December will be filled to capacity preparing for Christmas Day. Did you know,...
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70The last visit
“Papi, are you ready?” A kindly young woman’s voice penetrates my innermost thoughts. I slowly rouse from my daydream to peer up at my granddaughter’s pensive face. I look to see her three-year-old...
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48September 11th, Let Us Not Forget!
September 11th, Let us not forget the anniversary of the terrorist attack becomes a recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance for the first time this year. I wanted to write this article on September...
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82is freedom real
Freedom is banded around too much these days. We talk about the free world, freedom of speech etc. In reality that notion of freedom might actually be an illusion. Through out history people have always...
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54Let Us Remember
Do you ever think about the liberty you have? Or any danger you may have escaped due to others? And, if so, do you ever think of those who have protected those liberties or who may have prevented the danger...
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