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Authors » C » Shirley Coles
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 Shirley Coles, formerly of Rhode Island, now resides in Flagstaff, Arizona with her two cats and her favorite pastimes: reading, writing essays and poetry, and volunteering as a tutor of ESL, Spanish, and Creative Writing. A graduate of URI with a masters degree in mental health counseling, she is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She has three married children and three granddaughters. |
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Tateh: My Father
By Shirley Coles
I lost my father when I was ten-- his only child, his only daughter. It is only in recent times that I have pondered the importance of having a father...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Reflections » Tateh: My Father
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The Solo Journey
Life After the Loss of a Spouse
By Shirley Coles
How does one reach out to others, to give and to receive, if the very act of waking in the morning causes the pain of realizing one has loved and lost?
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » The Solo Journey
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A Blessed Day
By Shirley Coles
For a few moments, Lila and the seagull looked at each other, nothing more. And then, with a great flapping of his wings, the gull took to the sky. If she expected gratitude, there was none forthcoming, but it almost seemed as if her heart took flight ...
Women » Readers Write » Poetry » Women Speak » A Blessed Day
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Never Forgive or Forget
By Shirley Coles
He released his wife's hand, tapped my wrist as though to say, look, and pulled back his jacket sleeve just enough to show me that tattooed on his veiny, wrinkled skin were the numbers almost every living Jew recognizes...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons » Never Forgive or Forget
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Who Am I?
By Shirley Coles
During those many years, when asked who I was, or when being introduced to others, there was that long list of roles from which to select and identify the woman I had become. As a widow now, the list of the roles I play has become shorter and shorter...
Women » Women's Narrative » Editorial & Commentary » Who Am I?
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Life After Loss
My Husband's First Yahrtzeit
By Shirley Coles
One year ago, my two sons, one daughter and I stood at his bedside to say goodbye to the man who had been the mainstay of our family...
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge » Life After Loss
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The Gift of Humor
By Shirley Coles
I never cease to marvel how, along with the terror and the misery, we have produced a multitude of comics who set the groundwork for courage through humor...
Women » Readers Write » Writing » Humor » The Gift of Humor
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The Sandwich Generation
By Shirley Coles
As filling in this generational sandwich, I am constantly tested as well as blessed. Both my mother and my daughter color my life in different ways...
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Joys and Challenges » The Sandwich Generation
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The Heart of a Jewish Woman
By Shirley Coles
Her mother had given her a Jewish soul. But it was these four parents of her parents who reached across a generation to give her the gift of a Jewish heart...
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Grandmothers » The Heart of a Jewish Woman
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Mama's Home
By Shirley Coles
There is little more painful than having to step up and watch the helplessness and anxiety of a surviving elderly parent...
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Our Mothers » Mama's Home
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