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A soldier's journey home can be difficult
SAN DIEGO -- When my son returned recently from his second tour of duty in Iraq, I gave him two gifts. One of them -- a bathrobe that used to...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 12/10/06 by Sue Diaz Christian Science Monitor · More from publication -
Mom's pride tangles with objections to war
SAN DIEGO -- I don't need to read between the lines here on my computer screen in the MSN Messenger dialogue box. The meaning of my son's Instant...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 11/06/05 by Sue Diaz Christian Science Monitor · More from publication -
In a Corner of Hell, A Moment of Beauty
I peeked into the sunny bedroom at the end of the hall, and for a moment it seemed as if the past two years had never happened. As if my son,...
Newsweek, 02/21/05 by Sue Diaz · More from publication -
Starting point
The extra day in Florida was a mistake. After a busy week at our nephew's wedding, we were worn out and on our way home to San Diego. But when my...
National Catholic Reporter, 01/14/05 by Sue Diaz · More from publication -
Mr. Cato's kamikaze kindness - gift of two wooden statues - Brief Article
They're an interesting couple -- upright, solid and very quiet. The man has a pointed, black beard that falls just above the two hands he folds in...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/29/01 by Sue Diaz · More from publication -
Sounds of neighborhood grump echo through the years - Brief Article
He was the neighborhood grump. I knew it. My sisters knew it. So did his two daughters -- curly-haired, bug-eyed Sandy, and her little sister,...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/04/99 by Sue Diaz · More from publication -
Hopeful peddler on a dead-end road - starting point - Brief Article
There's a tree outside the window of my room here on Salt Spring Island. A tall, craggy pine at the lip of an embankment, tilting at a slight angle...
National Catholic Reporter, 02/19/99 by Sue Diaz · More from publication -
'Aunt Rose' prompts a look back at things familiar yet unknown
She passed away on Tuesday, my cousin Tom said, at home in her favorite chair, with the TV on and a deck of cards in her hands. But it wasn't until...
National Catholic Reporter, 07/31/98 by Sue Diaz · More from publication
