Julia's Story

Julia, when you're finished with a chapter, let it go. Here I am at home, in what I presume is our final snowstorm peering out the back door, when the words spoken not too long ago by my editor Barry Sheinkopf return. Writing is much like life, I have...

What is God to a non-believer? The answer to this question is evident by the conditions that envelop us. Depravity, greed, and selfishness, abide in minds that hold no belief in a Creator, leading them to indulge in their lustful nature by abusing the...

Two great men I knew, died recently within days of each other: my high school friend, Onix Noa, and my uncle, Rafael Felo Fundora. Both were men of integrity who exuded quiet strength, and despite being sad that they are no longer here, I will not mourn...

I have wrestled with trying to put appropriate words on paper, but cannot seem to find a way. The best I can do is share my limited sentiments at this very moment. Eight days ago, an unthinkable crime took place, forever changing the lives of friends...

Children cry out from the pit of a living hell, but no one hears them. "S-s-a-a-v-e us!" Their anguished screams echo. How can any living creature--for they are not human--purchase a child, much less, have the intention of repeatedly beating, and raping...

Police Officers and Firefighters throughout the state of New Jersey had been anticipating what was once an overfunded pension system to resume its course. Instead the opposite ocurred when the Pension and Health Benefits Reform was signed in 2011, reducing...

In agony, he drives home from work dreading what he has to say, while the rain quickly falls on his windshield making it difficult for him to see clearly. Don't forget to replace your blades. He recalls his wife's reminder--two months ago, but he hadn't...

Cross-legged on my deck, I sit on a sunny afternoon in the house that will be home for God only knows how long. The white lattice fence with square or diamond shapes, depending on your perspective, faces me immobile. Sensing a state of introspection coming...

The hot rectangular box on the small of my back was the only reminder of my official undercover capacity when I approached a boarding house an early afternoon in late July 1992. Several long creaky wooden steps greeted me as I hopped onto them with one...

Multiple Sclerosis can be defined as Many Scars, since it often leaves numerous lesions in the brain and/or spinal cord. This chronic autoimmune disease often surfaces during the prime of your life--between the ages of twenty and forty. It is specific...