Growing up, I was told I was Dutch on my father’s side. My father was raised in the Dutch Reformed Church. His relatives came from Coeymans Hollow, a hamlet in … Continue reading Surprise: Scottish by June Kozier
Explosive DNA by Mary Perrin Scott
DNA can mean lots of things. Genetic tracking for family history, medical history or a play on the letters, DNA. I choose the play on the letters. D for destructive, … Continue reading Explosive DNA by Mary Perrin Scott
Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Innocent by Kathy DeLong
The $60 box arrived with the familiar logo of three green leaves. I opened it and read the instructions. Spit in a tube.Seal it up. Send it back.Wait. I’m not even … Continue reading Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Innocent by Kathy DeLong
Shop Talk by Paul Lamar
I couldn’t wait to get to work last Wednesday and tell the lads the news. Put my lunch box in the locker and sat there till they all arrived and … Continue reading Shop Talk by Paul Lamar
DNA Testing by Pat Steadman
In the year of 2017 my deceased father would have been 100 years old. He was an abandoned baby found by a policeman who brought him to the New York … Continue reading DNA Testing by Pat Steadman
DNA Testing by Kernan Davis
I used to wonder, who am I? My father’s siblings told me, “Ma and Pa came here in the 1880s. We still talk Deutsch at home, but we are Americans.” … Continue reading DNA Testing by Kernan Davis
DNA: Do Not Assume by Susan Whiteman
My late paternal uncle spent most of his life exploring our Swedish ancestry. Only that —just the Swedes, as he had, I presume, a buried (or not so buried) prejudice … Continue reading DNA: Do Not Assume by Susan Whiteman
Poetry: The Power To Inspire And Change by Maria Foster
While not all people find poetry to be something they’re intimately familiar with, it’s actually something we all love deep inside; we just aren’t aware of it. Unfortunately, as we … Continue reading Poetry: The Power To Inspire And Change by Maria Foster
Try a little restraint by Karen Davidson Seward
Don’t reach for that third coconut cookie, fresh from the oven, with its hint of gold on the edges. My eyes grab on to it. Hesitate, girl. Give desire a … Continue reading Try a little restraint by Karen Davidson Seward