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Dickie Anderson is a popular speaker who uses her humor, talent and writing experiences to entertain and inspire those that write or who long to write. Anderson has witty knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Dickie Anderson

Her twice weekly column, From The Porch, appears in the Fernandina Beach News-Leader, Amelia Island, Florida. She writes for regional publicatins on a wide range of subjects. Anderson has published four collections of her popular column. The small brightly colored books have proven best sellers in local bookstores. An additional book is scheduled: The Grandmother Letters.

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Death of a loved one

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Goodbye Dad The phone rings and once again there is distressing news about an aging parent. You shut down your real-time life and hurry to do what you can to bring help and comfort, and you wonder if this will be the final trip. There have been many calls the past year from the assisted living facility where my father has been living. There won't be any more; he died March 7, just short of his 90th birthday. We all have heard it: Some deaths are a blessing. My father's death was such a blessing. A proud and dignified man who never quite recovered from my mother's death now is at peace. We ...

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