Chapter Two-Reflecting and Reconnecting

By Merrie Reagan / May 2, 2025 /

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…

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Life Flashes: A Memoir Excerpt Chapter One: Awakening

By Merrie Reagan / April 24, 2025 /

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…

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Why I Wrote Life Flashes: A Memoir and Writing Processes

By Merrie Reagan / March 14, 2025 /

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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