By Koty Lapid My friend, Jeff rang. “Hey Gale,” he said in his usual lazy drawl. “Wanna house sit my buddies place?” I wasn’t too keen at first but when he said it was East 63rd street, where all the rich people live, I screamed ‘yes’ so hard I nearly deafened him. Our apartment was [...]
By Bess E Warely Counseling When Pastor Jeremiah approached his office Monday morning, his secretary stopped him at her desk. She whispered, “Stephanie Hughes is in there waiting to pounce. What should I do?” “Call my wife,” Jeremiah said grimly. “I need her now.” Gwen nodded in agreement. “I tried to get her to wait [...]
By Koty Lapid Making my life better, at the same time fighting back, is new to me. It will be a surprise to those who know me. After all, when I realized that I had never done these things for myself, I was flabberghasted. I found myself physcially weak and mentally desperate after so much [...]
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer is used to going against the tide. In high school she and another girl took on the task of coaching the boy’s baseball team. In college she chose to major in economics and minor in political science, rather than education like most of her women classmates. Upon graduating from college she [...]