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Memories Within Us

Posted on December 23, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

The time had come for me to clean out my closets in preparation for the move from one house to another. On that crisp, cold morning, I wore sweatpants, a mismatched cotton shirt and a rust-colored wool sweater. Once fashionable, … Continue reading →

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Trees, Bricks and Mortar

Posted on November 2, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

I have always liked getting my hands dirty, feeling the earth run through the webbing of my fingers, digging through sand, mud and stone. My passion must have started as a child growing up in the hot, dry desert sands … Continue reading →

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Look in the Mirror

Posted on September 4, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

There comes a pivotal moment in everyone’s life when fleeting past a window or mirror, he or she stops for a split second because the image reflected appears as that of his or her parent. Looking in the mirror these … Continue reading →

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Multitasking or Multidistracting

Posted on August 4, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

Gone are my days when I could be talking to my mother on the phone while snapping my fingers at my husband to draw his attention to a tool he’d been looking for while at the same time emptying the … Continue reading →

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Inalienable Rights

Posted on July 8, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

(Dear readers, thank you for checking in on my blog on July 4th expecting to see some thoughts on the day. Your inquiries inspired me to write this one. Although the 4th of July has come and gone, my sentiments do … Continue reading →

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Perfect Imperfections

Posted on June 15, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

The picture of Prince George with his sister Princess Charlotte is a perfectly poised image. It reminds me of a picture that I carry of my grandson at the same age in the same position holding his baby sister. The … Continue reading →

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She Said Mama

Posted on May 9, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

I have never owned a Barbie doll. I owned a big black African doll I called Babie. She wore blue overalls over a red and white striped shirt and she could walk if I held her hand just right in … Continue reading →

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“River” of Humanity

Posted on April 25, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

Yesterday, marked the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide. With the wisdom of Elie Wiesel who said, “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest it,”  a … Continue reading →

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100 Years Strong

Posted on April 14, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

One hundred years since the Genocide of the Armenians and I am reminded everyday of human injustice and the countless injustices inflicted by The Ottoman Turks and continued through today’s Turkey that have not been made right. I saw  “Woman … Continue reading →

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I Am A Survivor

Posted on April 6, 2015 by thisihumblyspeak

        Photos taken from part of a collection of media coverage of Hamidian massacres, the Adana massacre and the Genocide, researched and assembled by curator and author Dr. Hayk Demoyan, Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute in … Continue reading →

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