Author Archives: thisihumblyspeak

Resolution to Celebrate Life

Posted on January 6, 2013 by thisihumblyspeak

I am one who does not make New Year resolutions, yet this year I prepared for the New Year with thoughts of consciously celebrating everything about my life and life in general. Celebrate?  How can I think of celebrating when … Continue reading →

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I believe in Santa

Posted on December 21, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

Just as I believe in the power of the unknown which propelled me as a child to gaze into my imagination with a sense of awe as I stood between the known and the unknown, I believe in Santa. It … Continue reading →

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Autumn Leaves

Posted on November 15, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

(Published in Armenian Observer Nov.7, 2012 issue) Every so often, I go to a spot which overlooks the valley. I watch and wait for leaves of the trees below to turn their colors before breaking away from their branches in … Continue reading →

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Life in Questions

Posted on October 29, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

Why? Why momma? What’s that? Will it hurt? Can you carry me? Are we there yet? Do we have to go home? Do I have to eat that? Am I a good girl momma? Can I have a dog? When … Continue reading →

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Accident or Coincidence?

Posted on October 13, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

Whether coincidences are truly meaningful is a mystery. But for some and especially for me, talent for noticing and “manipulating” them is natural, because I believe in the concept of synchronicity, or as more commonly put, “everything happens for a … Continue reading →

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I Miss The Sounds

Posted on September 30, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

I read the other day, that the most dominant memories that seem to persist are smell and odor linked. Second comes sound. Strange as it may seem, for most of us it is our noses that have such a hold … Continue reading →

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Company of Strangers

Posted on September 5, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

The hour is late and the night is dark, perhaps darker than most nights.  I have a long stretch of freeway to travel through unpopulated terrain while strapped into my seat, surrounded by leather, glass and metal, alone, at one … Continue reading →

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Praise the Man

Posted on June 16, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

Much is said of the woman who works hard in and out of the home. Much is said of the working mother as a key figure in and among family life. But what of the working man, the father? I … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Graduate

Posted on June 8, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

Recently, I attended a graduation ceremony of the son of a dear friend of mine. The campus was stirring with motion and emotion. The atmosphere was electrifying with radiant hope swarming amid the buzz and commotion of proud parents and … Continue reading →

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Mother

Posted on May 18, 2012 by thisihumblyspeak

Last Spring I had the good fortune of being in Beirut, Lebanon, and there, the first day of Spring is Mother’s Day. Buds bloom, trees unfold their brightness, birds nest, nature recycles life and the people of the Middle East … Continue reading →

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