Posts by Merrie Reagan
Chapter Two-Reflecting and Reconnecting-First Boy/Girl Relationship in High School
Sunday, May 27, 2007 This morning, I visited French Memories, a café, located in Cohasset Village. Shortly after sitting down on a chair facing a small table here, I observed my brother, Jared, and Elissa, the wife of Jared, and their three children. All were entering the charming, small bakery and bistro. Having ended residing…
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Read MoreChapter Two-Reflecting and Reconnecting-New friend and Teenage Lingo
Sunday, May 27, 2007 Chapter Two-Reflecting and Reconnecting-New friend and “Teenage Lingo” Brielle Morgan was a Campbell family babysitter, as was I. Brielle and I met at Cohasset High School in September of 1967, on the first day that school was in session; we were then ninth-grade students. Morgan family began residing in Cohasset prior…
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Thursday, April 19, 2007 This evening, Emmanuel College, located in Boston, Massachusetts hosted a previously advertised lecture event. I graduated from Emmanuel College in May 1975, four years after I graduated from high school. Before attending the scheduled lecture in the library auditorium, I entered Cardinal Cushing Library, located on the college campus. Being here…
Read MoreLife Flashes: A Memoir Excerpt Chapter One: Awakening
LIFE FLASHES: A MEMOIR CHAPTER ONE-AWAKENING January 1, 2007 Donning a white turtleneck jersey, black pants, and light orange, waist-length spring jacket, I stepped outside an apartment I am sharing in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Winter morning darkness surrounded me. The time was 5:00 a.m. Having experienced many years of job dissatisfaction, having drifted from job to…
Read MoreWhy I Wrote Life Flashes: A Memoir and Writing Processes
I do not fully know why I wrote Life Flashes: A Memoir. I did not intend to do so. I do not know why I began writing a journal in diary form that three years later became *Life Flashes: A Memoir *book manuscript. I do remember beginning to write the manuscript for the book right…
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