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Thanks to www.readinggroupguides.com our book club won an author chat with Joshua Henkin, author of Matrimony. About the book…It’s the fall of 1986, and Julian Wainwright, an aspiring writer, arrives at Graymont College in New England. Here he meets Carter Heinz, with whom he develops a strong but ambivalent friendships, and beautiful Mia Mendelsohn, with…

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza ADOPT A PET There are 4,000-6,000 animal shelters. Nearly 8 million dogs and cats are placed in shelters each year. ACTION STEPS 1. Go to a shelter near you to see if there is an animal…

When I became a mom, I quickly realized that I was a lot like the Energizer Bunny. I could be up all night with a crying baby and still keep going all day long with a baby and a toddler and start all over again. And, I am still going and going and going…. The…

The moving billboard has finally been returned and I have my van back! Eleven days ago, my brand new VW Routan quit working on me. After numerous tests and software checks, they found it needed a whole new transmision! So, hopefully, I just got a bad bug in the previous transmission and everything will run…

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza SHOW YOUR SMILE!A smile is a universal expression of happiness and recognized as such by all cultures.A smiling person is judged to be more pleasant, attractive, sincere, sociable, and competent.Smiling or even seeing someone smile releases…

We had such a full weekend with many proud moments, that I just needed to share it with you. Friday morning, our son, Patrick was 1 of 20 to make the 3rd/4th grade spelling bee. When I realized that Patrick was in the top 4 kids who were left, I thought to myself, Wow, he…

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt I found this quote recently and it has been good for me to read it lately. I have been struggling with my relationship with someone and how they have made me feel. I have been upset and it has monopolized a lot of…

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly BozzaDONATE YOUR ORGANSOver 97,000 people are in need of one or more organs.77 people receive organ transplants every day.There is no age limit on who can donate.Most family members are not aware of one another’s willingness to…

So, less than a month ago, we purchased a 2009 VW Routan. So far, I have loved it! Until today….a friend and I were coming back from our neighboring town and all of a sudden I noticed the RPMs were high and I couldn’t get the van to go over 40mph. After a phone call…

After nineteen years in California, March Murray returns to the small Massachusetts town where she grew up. For all this time, March has been avoiding her own troubled history, but when she encounters, Hollis – the boy she loved so desperately, the man who has never forgotten her – the past collides with the present…