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Pleasure Bonds

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Michael

The “Glue” That Attaches & Bonds Human RelationshipsJames W. Prescott, Ph.D., Joseph Chilton Pearce and Michael MendizzaIntroductionThis essay precedes, compliments and supports Sensory Deprivation and the Developing Brain. It develops a scientific framework that establishes pleasure as the glue that ...

Quite Hugs

Quiet Hugs

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Michael

Morning and Muse often arrive together. Today their light cast long shadows across the wood floor. The house was still. Up before the others I sipped fresh coffee from a white cup. Quietly the glass door to my home-office opened. ...

Enlightenment Is

Enlightenment Is…

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Michael

I hope every parent is knocked off their chair by the astonishing capacity their child exhibits every day. Recall – 700 new neural connections every second and each branch touches 10,000 to 20,000 other branches. Unbelievable! The environment is the ...

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Monsters Under The Bed

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Michael

September snuck in like a clever thief. You can feel the days getting longer. Barbora, at twenty, is a sparkling young woman. She arrived a week ago, a Czech Au Pair, French for ‘on par,’ meaning equal, a member of ...

Every Day Abuse

Everyday Abuse

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Michael

Holding my hand Carly Elizabeth stopped in her tracks. Walking down the street, a few yards ahead, were three large overstuffed derrières and a bright, bored four-year old. The swaggering behinds belonged to a set of grandparents and presumably to ...

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Shivering Excitement

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Michael

­­­ You would think that I would be accustomed to being astonished by now, but I’m not. Every day I look, watch, engage and share with Carly Elizabeth in a fresh state of complete amazement. Z, Carly and I walked ...