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Growing up poor in a drug infested area on the Southside of Chicago; I learned early that life was not easy. In high school I studied hard with hopes of going to college and having a better life....
A couple summers back, I wondered how I’d make it through the next two and a half months. At the time my children were ages four, six and seven, and not the types to willingly attend summer...
Our town library is not just a place to get books (though I am decidedly grateful for those!); it is a veritable hub of social connection and community activity. Prosser library was in...
Was my husband having an affair with a librarian? This thought crossed my mind when previous rare visits to our public library became nightly happenings. Who or what was so alluring?...
Being a stay-at-home mom with my son and daughter was important and enjoyable, but it was time to send them off to preschool and kindergarten. Moving from Pennsylvania to Northern Virginia...
I’m a retired clinical psychologist, blind from birth. When I was growing up in the 1950’s in Kalamazoo, MI, the librarian at the Michigan library for the blind was my hero....
"Back in the Day" (as my kids would say), when my best girlfriend and I were about ten or so, during the summers, we would walk down to the local public library a few times a week....
Book smart girls from midwestern railroad towns seldom venture beyond the rusty tracks. But transcendence of an intellectual and artistic nature can occur. Most significant among those influences...
The library has always been a part of my life since I was growing up. It has played an important role in shaping my life.
My first real memories of the library were...
I lived in a small town of fewer than 5,000 people and the lack of drama or excitement in my life had me yearning for some kind of outlet. As I pedaled my banana seat bike down the...
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I grew up in a dysfunctional family and a economically depressed area. Alcoholism, mental illness and a sense of hopelessness permeated our home and no one in my family or at school had any hope that I'd amount...

















