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I was swept away by Ilie Ruby’s “Language of the Trees,” to world where anything was possible. A place where the dreams of one’s youth can be recaptured, second chances are possible. In “Languag

It was about this time of the year. I sat on the front porch with my bonus daughter Heather and rubbed her eight months pregnant belly. I created one thousand reasons in my mind why the baby boy wa

I'm taking a slightly different approach to this month's theme.  First, is a re-print of a blog post from April 2009.  Yeah, the way-back files.  But it's still (in my opinion) a pretty fresh take on

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  Radmilla Cody may have grown up unfamiliar with the lyrics of Tammy Wynette's song Stand by Your Man. She, however, has lived them. Radmilla's connection to singing deepened during the 18 mo