Category Archives: The Move

Holiday Greetings

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Pamela Schure

We hope you are doing well and are having a nice holiday season.  We are having a quiet end to the season here after a busy year.  Joe is still working for DuPont as the Research & Development Manager for … Continue reading →

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Scarred Hearts

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Pamela Schure

The cards twirl on the stand. One wings its way to a grieving family. It is a feather weight against the weight of grief of a child gone much too soon. A mother holds her child   He looks like he’s … Continue reading →

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Crossing all borders

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Pamela Schure

The soft g makes me pause. She’s talking as she steps out of the elevator in the train station and I’m rolling my suitcase in. I don’t listen for the words and meaning, just the soft ghh. If I spoke … Continue reading →

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Hard times with Facebook

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Pamela Schure

Facebook keeps insisting that I have one single place I come from, but my life simply doesn’t fit into their simple category. I’ve moved a lot. No really – a lot. This month I moved, again, and decided that I … Continue reading →

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Quiet Disquiet

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Pamela Schure

When I lived with in London, someone from the recently ex-East Berlin visited for a few days. She arrived – and stayed with us for 3 months. She arrived a married woman travelling through London for a short while. When she left she … Continue reading →

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Stand Tall

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Pamela Schure

Quiet music Heartbeat undertones Soothes frazzled thoughts Calms nerves Mother’s heartbeat Child’s head on chest Safe home So much to hold Heart beats – but not for me No soft chest Tears to hold in Stand tall Hold fast Against … Continue reading →

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Business Mom

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Pamela Schure

I recently listened to a Webinar where Deepak Chopra spoke. At the end he was asked what people could do today to change their lives. He gave out three questions which one should ask oneself every morning. I put them … Continue reading →

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Holiday and birthday season

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Pamela Schure

Today is Paola’s birthday. It’s right in the middle of the January birthday season for me. It starts with Aunt Els and Marie-Louise in early January then kicks off with mine on the 24th, Alec on the 26th, Paola’s today … Continue reading →

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Full Circle

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Pamela Schure

Life happens – and circles back in unexpected ways. One Saturday, I headed out to get the car fixed and, walking back, I found myself in the middle of a marching band competition . As I joined the watching parents, … Continue reading →

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Recovering

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Pamela Schure

I woke up this morning and looked around the apartment at the devastation wrought by three teenagers left to their own devices for three days while I worked in San Francisco. It was like the first scene from the Hangover … Continue reading →

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