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About moonbridgebooks

Co-author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, a WWII Japan memoir of her mother's childhood; author of Poems That Come to Mind, for caregivers of dementia patients; Co-author/Editor of Battlefield Doc, a medic's memoir of combat duty during the Korean War; life writing enthusiast; loves history and culture, poetry, and cats

Intergenerational Child Abuse: Life writing to understand the past–and try not to repeat it

Posted on July 16, 2023 by moonbridgebooks

Part of why I encourage life writing is because the past certainly does affect the future, as I discovered with my own mother. Knowing the past of our parents and grandparents helps current generations understand where behaviors come from and … Continue reading →

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Lamenting the loss of letters

Posted on June 26, 2023 by moonbridgebooks

Recently I found a box of letters my mother had saved – dating back to the 1970s. There were letters from Japan I had to use Google Translate to understand and letters from my American grandmother and spunky great-aunt Chris. … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day, the bitter and the sweet

Posted on May 14, 2023 by moonbridgebooks

For many, Mother’s Day is a time of remembering our mothers no longer with us. My mother passed away in 2012 and sometimes it seems like only a few years ago. While we had a sometimes difficult relationship, we loved … Continue reading →

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