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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

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Wendy Reichental
Wendy Reichental
JoinedOctober 27, 2019
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A McGill graduate with over 20 years of experience as an administrative coordinator and a freelance writer, I write humorous life stories on a freelance basis. My original material has been published in local, national, and online publications including The Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette, The Montreal Suburban, WiseWomenCanada.com., Boomer Café to name a few.
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MAN PLANS, AND G_D LAUGHS: After COVID-19, will we finally recognize the significance of gratitude?

Wendy Reichental·April 6, 2020
No other time has this old Yiddish adage proved truer than now. As we all face life in this COVID-19...
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THE EVIL-EYE: Accepting life’s inevitable ebbs and flows

Wendy Reichental·January 17, 2020
My first three-week vacation was rapidly approaching. The best part is the weeks that precede it. You secretly count down the days,...
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WINTER IS COMING: Using a TV program to survive the cold season

Wendy Reichental·December 8, 2019
It’s not the first season of Game of Thrones—it’s our Northern Hemisphere reality, and it will officially be here on December...
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REWIRING NOT RETIRING: I have given myself permission to start a new passage

Wendy Reichental·November 14, 2019
I was in the car with my husband, as we were making our way home from our long day at...
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ROSH HASHANAH: A time of reflection and new beginnings

Wendy Reichental·October 29, 2019
September is not just the start of a new school year or great Netflix binge-watching—for me, it denotes the celebration...
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