For the past three years I've spent a lot of time in the homes and lives of wounded soldiers, veterans and families who are trying to live with the visible and invisible wounds of war.
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It's hard to imagine that there are some teenagers who feel so worthless that they can't imagine anyone wanting to see something of beauty that they've created. But last year at the Transitional Youth Academy's "Broken Beautiful" photography exhibition in Oceanside, some of the kids were …
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After my daughter saw the play "Dear Harvey" at SDSU, she called me and said, "Oh Mom, I wish we could have seen this in high school." Written by Patricia Loughrey, "Dear Harvey" is about Harvey Milk and some of the lives he affected.
Oct 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Moving to a new state and starting a new school is hard. But imagine how much harder it is if you have a parent whose been diagnosed with severe post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury due to serving in a war zone.
Oct 02, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
As I write this, the temperatures are close to three digits, fires are blazing around the state and the last thing on my mind is shopping for the holidays.
Sep 04, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
"This is a beautiful place to live," my out-of-town visitor said about Valley Center. "It must be wonderful to live in a place that's so peaceful." I agreed.
Aug 21, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Since Angel died, it hurts to walk into the Valley Center library. In some ways, Angel was a kindred spirit ---- a story lover, a writer, at home in the world of sorting shelves and hushed conversations. In fact, the one place he was truly at home was the library.
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A recent newspaper editorial caught my attention because it reflected the great divide between those of us who have had the luxury of being untouched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the few who have shouldered the burden of the Global War on Terror for the past eight years.
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Before Ditto came into his life, Jeremy Weissmiller couldn't go to a restaurant with his wife or a baseball game with his two little girls. Celebrating the Fourth of July at a fireworks display with his family was out of the question.
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Sunday, I finally did what hundreds of other San Diegans have been doing since mid-May: I crossed the bridge by the 15 Freeway just south of Escondido. Its official name is the David Kreitzer Lake Hodges Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge and its claim to fame is the "stress ribbon design that inc…
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I know that if you asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger if he cared about children, the answer would be a resounding "Of course!" And that if you asked him whether he wanted to add to the long-term social, healthcare and economic woes of California, the answer would be an equally adamant "No!"
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For a brief period last week, millions of people around the world were fascinated by a photograph. If you Google "soldier pink boxers" you'll find it if you haven't already seen it: the photo of what looks like a skinny, half-dressed kid playing war games.
May 29, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, swimming in the Indian and Atlantic oceans and eating the most incredible fresh fish imaginable. A few weeks ago, I spoke to an old friend and asked if the fish was still as good as I remembered. She let out a bitter little laugh and told me that they…
May 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Nearly 23 years ago, my husband and I left the hospital in Santa Monica with a "Baby on Board" sticker on our car and a screaming baby in a pointy blue cap. My husband's fingers trembled as he buckled our son into his seat, but if he'd known what lay ahead, I doubt he'd have been able to …
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The first time I met Tsitsi Mutseta she was knitting her 500th white hat. Her backpack was leaning against her bedroom door in her apartment in San Diego, ready for a trek across the country to meet Oprah. She wanted Oprah to know that in the past year 104 of the 377 children from the sch…
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