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  • Prayers for Paris…and Beirut…and Us All

    • November 14, 2015
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    I was going to write about hospice today, but it doesn’t seem right to not acknowledge the horror that took place in Paris last night. If you haven’t heard, ISIS…

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    Technical Difficulties…and Happy Birthday to My Husband

    • November 7, 2015
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    Aaaaand we’re back! After a week of technical difficulties, the site is back up. As someone who feels anything but techie, it probably took me way longer than needed to…

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    In Gratitude for My Husband’s Friends

    • October 3, 2015
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    My husband’s best friend got married today. It was a beautiful wedding on a beautiful day to a beautiful woman. My husband would be thrilled. After all, he’d been asking…

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    5 Reasons I Still Wear My Wedding Ring

    • September 19, 2015
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    It’s been 2.5 years (well, actually 2 years 3 months and 19 days if you want to be exact) since my marital status changed from married to widowed. And yet…

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    The Week Ahead: What’s On Tap

    • September 14, 2015
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    Even though I don’t think anyone is reading here yet (if I’m wrong: hello!), I am all about using public accountability to get things done. Here’s how the week ahead…

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    Why You Won’t Find My Husband Online

    • September 7, 2015
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    As a writer (you’ll find me at U.S. News, Money Talks News and Money-Rates among others), I’m not ashamed to say I Google myself quite regularly. I’m not too particularly…

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    Shaking the Stench of Death off Our Family

    • September 3, 2015
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    Back when my husband was wrapping up his first round of cancer treatment – so this was before all hope had been lost – we were at the hospital for…

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Maryalene LaPonsie

In a former life, I was a legislative staffer. Now, I am a personal finance writer, mother of five and keeper of memories for my late husband.




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