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Apr.17.2013
Emma had only one good female role model during her childhood-her Grandmother. While Emma’s mother, Cassie, resented her birth and the responsibility of having a child, Emma found love and support in the arms and presence of her grandmother. Emma spent weeks with her every summer and loved...
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Apr.15.2013
For the past six years, I have been working on a novel called “Clover Doves,” a metaphysical/paranormal romance about the tumultuous life of Emma Stafford. It is now available in hard cover and paperback at Amazon and Barnes and Noble and will soon be available as an e-book.
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Feb.21.2013
I know I wasn’t the first, but I feel like I was. In a time when you constantly read about cyber-bullying and the evil things kids do to each other in cyber-space, remembering a nasty note hand-written on paper makes me feel ancient- as if I was the first in a long line of bullied kids....
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Nov.28.2012
Sometimes when situations change, people move on and doors close, we feel sad and confused. We often look for closure, answers and understanding but all three slip from our grasp like the winter wind- the cold bite is tangible, but we are left with nothing to hold on to....
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Oct.03.2012
“Who am I and why am I here?” It’s a question a lot of us ask ourselves throughout our lives and sometimes we find an answer. Once in awhile, that answer can be momentous and eye-opening, giving us new found confidence and opening our eyes to the meaning of our past and a pathway to our...
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Sep.25.2012
Every summer, my boys pick a favorite movie or set of movies to watch and play-out with their chest full of costumes or toys. Three summers ago, it was “Star Wars” and “The Last Airbender.” Last summer, it was “Star Wars” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” This past summer, “...
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Sep.19.2012
September is Chiari Malformation Awareness Month, and since I’m a ‘chiari zipperhead’ and an author, I thought I should take a few moments to share my story and tell how a chiari malformation affected my life.
My story begins nearly four years ago. I started noticing that every time I...
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Sep.17.2012
Many years ago, I was told this 'absolute truth': "Courtney, you're a fool. You could do better, be better, but you're incapable of it. You don't use your mind. All you do is feel, feel, feel." This person glared at me, screwed up their face in a pouty look and mocked my voice, "'I feel this....I...
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Sep.17.2012
Life has a funny way of teaching us lessons and showing us who we are. We tend to learn the most important lessons from those who hurt us the most. We often learn who we can be, in the presence of what is not. We learn to look for other venues, other possibilities and other outcomes because...
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Aug.01.2012
A couple years ago, I did something really cool and out of the ordinary. I had a past-life regression. I did it as research for the novel I was working on that involved reincarnation, karma and soul mates/twin souls. It was everything I expected and more.
I walked into the...
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Jul.05.2012
One letter is all I have left- only one. Of hundreds of letters I shared with friends and ex-boyfriends from my teenage years, there is only one piece of neatly folded paper, scrawled with black ink, left in my attic. It was that one letter, however, that inspired an entire novel. It’s...
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Aug.23.2011
I don’t know what it is about summertime, but for me, summer has now become synonymous with roller coaster. The jarring wait as I clickety-clack up the highest peaks to feel the free-fall of what lies beyond fills me with thrill, spine-tingling chills, elation and fear, making me truly feel alive....
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May.18.2011
Leadership is a gift, and those who possess it are both admirable and praiseworthy. Great leaders encourage and protect. They help their cause thrive and take chances that some people would never even consider because they have faith in themselves and what they are doing.
I've read many books...
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Feb.25.2011
When I succumb to his advances, I weep in orgasmic ecstasy at the expression of truth in it's purest form, but I have always paid a price for the sweet drug he gives me. His half-year visits always end the same, with a completed book and my soul sliced open by an ice cold razor blade. When the...
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Feb.07.2011
Toeholds
Talking To Your Kids About Your Cancer Diagnosis
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is devastating. Knowing the mountainous battle you will face is daunting both emotionally and physically. There are many sheer cliffs to climb but there are toeholds to help you overcome them.
After...
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About Courtney
Courtney Filigenzi graduated with honors from Towson University in 1998 with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. She also studied sociology, death and dying and parenting. Her children's book, "Let My Colors Out," was written in honor of...
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