My dear sister, Virginia, loves me. She has—ever since my mom brought me home from the hospital. Throughout our younger years, Virginia led me in the right way—according to her plans for me. Maybe it’s because she could boss me and I just thought she was so pretty and smart that I would do anything […]
April 22, 2012 in Legacy Writing Prompts by Judy Watters
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Stop replaying the mistakes of your life. Share those life lessons with others and move on.
June 22, 2011 in Legacy Writing Prompts by Judy Watters
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…with tears rolling down his face. That’s how I like to remember my dad. Oh, not caused by any kind of sadness, but from a joke he had heard from a worker coming through his cafeteria line. Daddy loved jokes, and he loved bringing most of them home to the family…those he could repeat. And […]
June 20, 2011 in Legacy Writing Prompts by Judy Watters
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Haven Kimmel portrays the innocence that childhood holds in A Girl Named Zippy. The nickname Zippy is so appropriate for this little girl as she is seen as the classroom menace and the neighborhood nuisance. Teachers dismiss her as a clown and neighbors slam doors in her face. But Zippy’s tenaciousness and tight grasp on […]
October 26, 2009 in Book Reviews by Judy Watters
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Reviewed by Judy Watters In the world of dysfunctional family memoirs, Broken Birds has found a home. With the skillful writing of Jeannette Katzir, I found her story to be spellbinding. The memoir opens with a family of five grown siblings in the courtroom, four against one. I found it humorous as an immediate crash […]
October 25, 2009 in Book Reviews by Judy Watters
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