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Hello Everyone, It is with deep sadness that we share some news with you all. On Friday, October 14, at 8 pm, Sandi Klein died peacefully, surrounded by family. Sandi started this podcast several years ago and, in that time, has had so many inspiring conversations with so many different…

Dear Beloved Conversations With Creative Women Community, With a heavy heart, we share some news with you all. Our tremendous host, who we all know and love – Sandi Klein – has been battling, and for nearly 15 years triumphing over, carcinoid syndrome, a devastating neuroendocrine cancer. She has lived…

Lost in the Rain June 15, 2014 I am certain the photo on my computer screen is Cheryl, my sister Linda’s daughter. In some ways she looks the same. Her mother’s eyes, her father’s full round face, her thick hair like mine. But her eyes are empty, unfamiliar. What do…

This is from the Ottawa Hills chapter of the book, “Warda: My Journey from the Horn of Africa to a College Education,” by Somali-American writer Warda Mohamed Abdullahi. While my father was getting the car and finding a job, my siblings and I were enrolled in…

It is so exciting to see all the new children’s books coming out in recent years that feature Asian characters. When I was a child, I NEVER saw Asian people in books, and I was an avid reader! The only ones in our home with people who looked like me…