by PJColando | Feb 12, 2013 | Blonde, In the Pink
Unkindness hurts and does not often fade without shards in the heart. Boundaries are important – critical. We must never allow others to abuse us when we are open and vulnerable. We must not continually walk back into battles that will never go away. We...
by PJColando | Feb 2, 2013 | Blonde
Ri-i-i-ing! It’s the school recess bell! The black-topped fare of jump rope awaits! It’s a passionate exercise for girls who are not allowed to climb the jungle gym to burn off energy from morning math and reading. It’s the day of the dress or skirt worn to ‘be a...
by PJColando | Jan 22, 2013 | Blonde, In the Pink, Purpose
It’s a new year’s resolution common among women and men: to lose weight. We are now in week 4 of the proposition. My husband has lost 8 – 10 pounds, while I have lost and regained the same two in a cycle, not on a cycle, as I should have been. To...
by PJColando | Jul 5, 2012 | Blonde
The grubby doorway yawns wide and its frame is mildly akimbo. It’s entry to a sallow stone building that is blocks from prime oceanside real estate, a place where squandered dreams live on. I am a sucker for an underdog, eager to savor and save what I can: “Let’s see...
by PJColando | Feb 14, 2012 | Blonde
Several years ago a sister whispered, “I didn’t get the empathy gene,” in a wistful tone of exposition. The stunning confession is tape-recorded in my memory, a specialty from my profession and a childhood spent in vigilance.It explained a lot...
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