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Paddle's Last Gift
by Carll Tucker - CEO Editor/Publisher
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Paddle was a black Lab. He was a member of our family for nine years, when our kids were growing. He has been dead ten years. I miss him every day. It may sound mawkish or foolish to non-dog-lovers, but no creature I have ever known, human or otherwise, imparted to me more wisdom or sense ...
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One Night Last April
by Cynthia Geremia
by Cynthia Geremia
Supporting PAWS of CT.
One night last April, eight adorable eight-week-old pups were transferred to the shelter where I volunteer. One ...
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Best things happen when you're not expecting them
by Kurt Ringquist
Supporting CLASP Homes Two years ago, I signed up with Match.com. I wanted to meet someone nice. Nice would do – someone I could have dinner with. So, I ...
by Kurt Ringquist
Supporting CLASP Homes Two years ago, I signed up with Match.com. I wanted to meet someone nice. Nice would do – someone I could have dinner with. So, I ...
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Circle of Love
by Mary Ellen Busillo
by Mary Ellen Busillo
Supporting the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc.
I will tell you my parents Bob and Mary are closest to my heart. They have been ...
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DOPEY, a dwarf with a lesson in love!
by Ruth Goulart
Supporting Marching Bears Inc. One evening I was trying to console my tearful son, Talon, after our puppy had eaten a special superhero he made from clay. ...
by Ruth Goulart
Supporting Marching Bears Inc. One evening I was trying to console my tearful son, Talon, after our puppy had eaten a special superhero he made from clay. ...
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Sisters for Life
by Irene Pozoukidis
Supporting Slant of Light Theater Company I feel so blessed to have my beautiful sister Sofia in my life. She has always inspired me with her selfless heart. ...
by Irene Pozoukidis
Supporting Slant of Light Theater Company I feel so blessed to have my beautiful sister Sofia in my life. She has always inspired me with her selfless heart. ...
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A Mentor Makes A Difference
by Ian Golden
Supporting the Norwalk Mentor Program My mother signed me up for the mentor program when I was just a second-grader at Tracey Elementary School. My father and ...
by Ian Golden
Supporting the Norwalk Mentor Program My mother signed me up for the mentor program when I was just a second-grader at Tracey Elementary School. My father and ...
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Heaven Is a Better Place :)
by Erica Stephens
Supporting the Josh& Tyler Stephens Memorial Fund On July 7,2007 my two brothers Josh and Tyler pastway. My brothers are close to my heart because we have ...
by Erica Stephens
Supporting the Josh& Tyler Stephens Memorial Fund On July 7,2007 my two brothers Josh and Tyler pastway. My brothers are close to my heart because we have ...
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Voices Rising from the Barrio
by Tom Kretsch
Supporting the Norwalk Education Foundation A bumpy dirt road off the Pan American Highway leads into the barrio of Sonrisa de Rios in Nagarote, Nicaragua, ...
by Tom Kretsch
Supporting the Norwalk Education Foundation A bumpy dirt road off the Pan American Highway leads into the barrio of Sonrisa de Rios in Nagarote, Nicaragua, ...
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Always on our minds...forever in our hearts
by Christine Rysz
Supporting the Jan Rysz Scholarship Fund July 3, 2006....was the due date of me and my husband's first child. It was a date we could not wait for. However, ...
by Christine Rysz
Supporting the Jan Rysz Scholarship Fund July 3, 2006....was the due date of me and my husband's first child. It was a date we could not wait for. However, ...
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A goofy senior named Zoe
by Sarah Stephenson
Supporting PAWS of CT This story is written in memory of a dog named Zoe whom left her footprints inprinted on my heart. Zoe was a typical mutt, perhaps a ...
by Sarah Stephenson
Supporting PAWS of CT This story is written in memory of a dog named Zoe whom left her footprints inprinted on my heart. Zoe was a typical mutt, perhaps a ...
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To America with Love
by Katy Ghadiyali
Supporting Kids in Crisis The most wonderful, loving, inspirational people I know are my husband’s parents, Mahesh and Bhanu Ghadiyali. They hail from India ...
by Katy Ghadiyali
Supporting Kids in Crisis The most wonderful, loving, inspirational people I know are my husband’s parents, Mahesh and Bhanu Ghadiyali. They hail from India ...
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A New Lesson
by Jennifer Covello
Supporting Connecticut Association for Children & Adults with Learning Disabilities In the span of three and a half years, I met my soul mate and my angel. My ...
by Jennifer Covello
Supporting Connecticut Association for Children & Adults with Learning Disabilities In the span of three and a half years, I met my soul mate and my angel. My ...
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Sunny's Lasting Message
by Ginger Katz
Supporting the Courage to Speak Foundation I remember the day a beagle puppy named Sunny came into our lives. He quickly became my 7-year-old son Ian’s best ...
by Ginger Katz
Supporting the Courage to Speak Foundation I remember the day a beagle puppy named Sunny came into our lives. He quickly became my 7-year-old son Ian’s best ...
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Lessons from Wendy
by Madeline Monde
Supporting The Make-A-Wish Foundation of CT The news on the other end of the line was very bad. “The doctor just called,” Wendy said, her voice ...
by Madeline Monde
Supporting The Make-A-Wish Foundation of CT The news on the other end of the line was very bad. “The doctor just called,” Wendy said, her voice ...
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Obsessive Love
by Allia Zobel Nolan
Supporting PAWS of CT I consider myself a forceful woman—not given to many crutches. No night light keeps vigil while I sleep; spiders don’t make me ...
by Allia Zobel Nolan
Supporting PAWS of CT I consider myself a forceful woman—not given to many crutches. No night light keeps vigil while I sleep; spiders don’t make me ...
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A Love Story in Rowayton
by Jeanne Hard
Supporting the Rowayton United Methodist Churches There’s a joke that Methodists in this country love food. And at the little Methodist church in Rowayton, ...
by Jeanne Hard
Supporting the Rowayton United Methodist Churches There’s a joke that Methodists in this country love food. And at the little Methodist church in Rowayton, ...
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The Best
by Lauren Riordan
Supporting Circle of Care The Best Little Boy in the World was the name of the book that I was reading that morning in math class in 1978. I don’t even know ...
by Lauren Riordan
Supporting Circle of Care The Best Little Boy in the World was the name of the book that I was reading that morning in math class in 1978. I don’t even know ...
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Prince Charming Rode A White Convertible
by Raquel Stabinski-Leib
Supporting the Soup kitchen of Congregation Beth-EL I always knew that one day my prince charming would come. I never realized, however, that before providence ...
by Raquel Stabinski-Leib
Supporting the Soup kitchen of Congregation Beth-EL I always knew that one day my prince charming would come. I never realized, however, that before providence ...
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Finding Purpose
by Jennifer Iannuzzi
by Jennifer Iannuzzi
Supporting The Smith-Magenis Research Foundation.
Sydney Emma Iannuzzi is no ordinary 5 year old girl. Simply put, she has taught me how ...
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My Tony
by Donna E. Custer
Supporting Norwalk Mentor Program/Human Services Council My Tony came into my life some 14 years ago - a small boy with a huge smile and a positive attitude. ...
by Donna E. Custer
Supporting Norwalk Mentor Program/Human Services Council My Tony came into my life some 14 years ago - a small boy with a huge smile and a positive attitude. ...
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"A Four Paw Angel"
by Wendy Rosa
Supporting PAWS of CT I can still remember as if it was yesterday, when I got a phone call from Adreinne of PAWS. she noticed I was interested in a certain ...
by Wendy Rosa
Supporting PAWS of CT I can still remember as if it was yesterday, when I got a phone call from Adreinne of PAWS. she noticed I was interested in a certain ...
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Patience
by Dan Seigerman
Supporting Operation Hope I keep waking up with heartache, consisting of emptiness and boredom, wrapped in walls of white. I'm in a bed that’s not mine, in a ...
by Dan Seigerman
Supporting Operation Hope I keep waking up with heartache, consisting of emptiness and boredom, wrapped in walls of white. I'm in a bed that’s not mine, in a ...
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True love, Exists!
by Kelly
Supporting Slant of Light Theater Company This is the story as I know it: My Grandparent, Jane and Bob Gill, met while my Grandfather was on leave for ...
by Kelly
Supporting Slant of Light Theater Company This is the story as I know it: My Grandparent, Jane and Bob Gill, met while my Grandfather was on leave for ...
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Samantha's poems
by Krista Richards Mann
Supporting Homes with Hope Samantha is autistic. She’s twelve now, and I know so much more about her approach to the world than I did when she as first ...
by Krista Richards Mann
Supporting Homes with Hope Samantha is autistic. She’s twelve now, and I know so much more about her approach to the world than I did when she as first ...
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Just Another Day
by Kathleen Nash
Supporting Kids in Crisis. It’s 4:45 p.m. as I type, contemplating that which is “closest to my heart”. I often refer to this time of day as the ...
by Kathleen Nash
Supporting Kids in Crisis. It’s 4:45 p.m. as I type, contemplating that which is “closest to my heart”. I often refer to this time of day as the ...
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My Teenage Role Model
by Terri S. Vanech
by Terri S. Vanech
Supporting Kids in Crisis.
Catherine started growing under my heart and has been in it for nearly 15 years. I've marveled over her ever ...
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Why 4 legs are better than 2!
by Marita Driscoll
Supporting Paws of CT
Many people are close to my heart, but there is only one who holds my heart. The love of my life is my 13 year old Vizsla named ...
by Marita Driscoll
Supporting Paws of CT
Many people are close to my heart, but there is only one who holds my heart. The love of my life is my 13 year old Vizsla named ...
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Blessed by the man at the side of the road
by Robert Pomeroy
Supporting Angel Food Ministries The day before Thanksgiving was parent’s day at the small private school my son attends just outside of the village of Lake ...
by Robert Pomeroy
Supporting Angel Food Ministries The day before Thanksgiving was parent’s day at the small private school my son attends just outside of the village of Lake ...
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A Valentine Story of Bobby Valentine
by Bill Cahill
Supporting the Norwalk High Marching Bears A Valentine Story of Bobby Valentine for Valentines Day. I have known Bobby Valentine for over 30 years. I first ...
by Bill Cahill
Supporting the Norwalk High Marching Bears A Valentine Story of Bobby Valentine for Valentines Day. I have known Bobby Valentine for over 30 years. I first ...
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My Daughter Celebrates Being Nine and a Half
by Drew Lamm
by Drew Lamm
Supporting the Rowayton Library.
There’s no reason not to say yes, to offer the whole bottle of dishwashing liquid to my girl, to let ...
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A Little Boy Inspired Me
by James Lacerenza
by James Lacerenza
Supporting the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Summer Camp Program
Nearly three years ago, I met a boy named Cody and his family. I had ...
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He Swept Me Off My Feet
by Sallie Mitchell
by Sallie Mitchell
Supporting the Wilton Library.
I got knocked over by our golden retriever Bogie this year. Not the fall-to-the-ground knocked over; rather, ...
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Clam Chowder Friday
by Nancy McCormick
by Nancy McCormick
Supporting ITNCoastalCT, Inc.
I picked him up that first time and he sighed as he climbed into my car. "Tough day?" I asked and he smiled ...
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My "Forever" Valentine
by Susan Parker
Supporting CLASP Homes My brother Kim lived his brief life to love and be loved despite his developmental disabilities. He's been my very special Valentine ...
by Susan Parker
Supporting CLASP Homes My brother Kim lived his brief life to love and be loved despite his developmental disabilities. He's been my very special Valentine ...
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My baby
by nancy kaye
Supporting PAWS of CT Lilly was adopted from Paws about 9 years ago. She and my Rottie King became fast friends although , at first, she was quite afraid of my ...
by nancy kaye
Supporting PAWS of CT Lilly was adopted from Paws about 9 years ago. She and my Rottie King became fast friends although , at first, she was quite afraid of my ...
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Kitchka, my darling sweet cat...
by Derek W. Brown
Supporting Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc. She was a "rescue" of sorts. I took her in from a woman that couldn't care for her. One of my roomate's ...
by Derek W. Brown
Supporting Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc. She was a "rescue" of sorts. I took her in from a woman that couldn't care for her. One of my roomate's ...
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My Pal Brenda
by Jane Bryant Quinn
Brenda Starr gave me life. It seems odd to say that a comic strip character inspired my career, but she was my role model growing up. The culture limited women’s choices, ...
by Jane Bryant Quinn
Brenda Starr gave me life. It seems odd to say that a comic strip character inspired my career, but she was my role model growing up. The culture limited women’s choices, ...
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My Old Cat
by Tammy Felenstein
Supporting the Stamford Public Education Foundation. I give my old cat credit for being happily married to my husband of 17 years. Brad and met in the ...
by Tammy Felenstein
Supporting the Stamford Public Education Foundation. I give my old cat credit for being happily married to my husband of 17 years. Brad and met in the ...
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Belay On!
by Mariah Underhill
by Mariah Underhill
Supporting buildOn CT.
I noticed her out of the corner of my eye, her foot elegantly placed on a climbing hold, and I was instantly ...
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