Little Diamonds, Human Moments

The Green-Haired Girl

The London underground, much like the New York City subway, offers a bevy of characters to people-watch, everyone uses it, from the banker to the student, the wealthy to the…

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The Thirty-First Birthday Dinner

For our 31st birthdays, my friend and I decided to go to Berlin to celebrate. Our birthdays are one day apart, I am older and wiser by 24 hours, and…

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The Flight Attendant

My mother’s funeral was a very heavy event. OK, what funeral isn’t? What I mean though, is that due to her position in the Greek government, there were many members…

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The Note

In the fall of 2004, my mom’s treatment had been moved back to Athens for a bit. She was following her chemotherapy regiment and was in and out of the…

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