My Life in Wordsfor your reading pleasure; check back often for new pieces.
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Letting Go of the Hurt: forgiving others is the best thing we can do for ourselves.
Writer's Digest Award Winning Essay. Published in Sunday/Monday Women magazine. Reprinted in several publications and internet sites. Reminds us that forgiveness is the gift we give ourselves, an act of compassion so that we can move on. Offers Five Stages of Forgiveness and several rituals for letting go. 
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What Matters Most published in Mercy Magazine after Hurricane Katrina. Its message is just as vital today. “We watched in horror, my husband and I — and mostly in silence — as Hurricane Katrina slammed against the lives and livelihoods of thousands of people along the Gulf Coast . . . I turned to my husband and asked ‘what if it was us, what would you take?‘ Read his answer in this moving essay.
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Death and Aging Stir Thoughts About Life Hereafter: published in the Hartford Courant after the death of my father, Joseph Herchuk, reflecting on where we "go" and asking him to give me a call from Karmic Boulevard. This article stirred up emotions in readers and I received lots of phone calls, but none from my father. Not then anyway!
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