Faith Paulsen's Blog
Faith Paulsen
- Location
- Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Birthday
- December 27
- Bio
- Writer. No relation to Henry Paulson or Gary Paulsen or Pat Paulsen.
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Ill-Fated Voyage of the
Schooner Mariah, Part 2
October 27, 2010 11:24AM - The Ill-Fated Voyage of the
Schooner Mariah, Part 1 of 2
October 27, 2010 10:42AM - ER Act 3: An Ambulance, a
Heartbeat -- and Me
October 07, 2010 08:26PM - ER Act 2: An Ambulance, a
Heartbeat and Me
October 06, 2010 11:55AM - ER: An Ambulance, a Heartbeat,
and Me
October 06, 2010 11:04AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “The news shocked me --
You are in my thoughts. This
piece is
so devastatingly
be…”
January 19, 2012 10:08AM - “Very good
observation.”
November 23, 2010 04:17PM - “What a find! I look
forward to more.”
November 23, 2010 11:02AM - “Yours is an amazing and
moving story. For the first
time I
had an idea what
some…”
November 22, 2010 05:13PM - “It's hard to figure out
how the fact that "There's a
lot of
sex in the
Bible…”
November 22, 2010 05:00PM
Faith Paulsen's Links
When I drive down Germantown Ave in Philadelphia to pick up the carpool at my son’s Quaker School, I pass through busy urban stop-and-go traffic, through the upscale Chestnut Hill section and the artsy multi-culti Mt. Airy into Germantown.
In Germantown,… Read full post »
Recently Liz Emrich posted about her son’s diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome. Other Osers, including Elizabeth McDonald, have also posted about their experiences with Asperger's.
My mother reports she’s still “floating,” and "euphoric." My brother and sister and I all feel the same way.
My friends ask me with concerned faces, “How was the funeral?” Knowing that this past weekend my family gathered at our… Read full post »
My father loved Christmas. He loved the food, the memories, the parties, the wine. He loved getting us all dressed up for a Christmas card photo – taken in early November so it could be photocopied and printed in time for Christmas. He had his own meticulous method for… Read full post »
The “Wide Open” Call was for a great love story. I was trying to choose a story to tell. And then the phone rang, and I realized that a great love story was unfolding right in front of me.
Last Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, the nursing home staff found my 91-y… Read full post »
We took the train from Agra, India to Sawai Modhopur: my husband, two of my three sons, our guide, and I.
A jeep carried us from the station to our hotel in Ranthambore National Park, one of India’s renowned Tiger Preserves. As we ent… Read full post »
My father slouches in his wheelchair, a clean white hankerchief peeking from the pocket of his shirt, today’s New York Times in his hands, folded the same way he has folded it every day that I can remember, subway-style.
He sees me. I watch delight open his face, crinkling t… Read full post »
My son G., sixth-grade graduate, pops open the wallpaper paste and plucks the seal from the applicator. Here we are, in our smallest room, which was a guest room when my husband and I moved here with our two sons. The glue stains are still visible where, years later, in… Read full post »
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