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The Truth Isn’t Always Black and White: Why Perspective Shapes What We Believe

The Truth Isn’t Always Black And White

We’re not here to agree with everyone but to coexist with compassion.

That means respecting others’ life paths and personal, political, or spiritual choices. Life doesn’t offer one truth for all.

Our beliefs grow with us—molded by our circumstances, culture, and personal stories. It’s no wonder we each see right and wrong through a different lens.

We all walk different paths, shaped by our truths.

Honoring someone else’s reality doesn’t diminish your own—it expands it.

Our version of truth may feel absolute, yet someone living a different life, in a different place or time, may see things in reverse—and still be right.

Embracing this possibility invites humility, patience, and the grace to forgive.

Tolerance DOES NOT mean enduring what is harmful.

Sometimes […]

By Dore Frances|April 22nd, 2025|Dore Frances, Frances Cascinai (Mom), Spirituality, Why Wisdom Is Harder Than You Think|0 Comments

Series – The Girl Left Behind: A Journey Through Truth, Trauma, and Triumph

These events are not imagined; they come from the pages of my real life.

I’ve chosen to share it now because I’ve lived through so much—endured, lost, and learned.

None of it holds meaning if it can’t, in some way, help others.

The truths I’ve carried for so long can no longer stay buried; the weight has grown too heavy for one heart to hold alone.

My words may not always be polished, and I may stumble to express my feelings fully. However, what I offer here is honest, unfiltered, and deeply human. I am simply a woman with a story that demands to be told. And in releasing […]

By Dore Frances|April 19th, 2025|Dore Frances, Frances Cascinai (Mom), Series - The Girl Left Behind, Why Wisdom Is Harder Than You Think|0 Comments

Series – The Girl Left Behind – A Mother’s Death, A Lifetime of Questions

On the night of October 14, 1962, at 10:40 PM PST, my mother, Frances Marion Cascinai, age 37, was found dead in our family home at 1034 Pumnalo Street in San Bernardino, California. Her death certificate lists the cause as a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and heart, labeled a suicide.

There’s no mention of the weapon itself or any additional injuries. I was just nine years old at the time. My younger brother George was six.

I begin this blog post—and the ones that will follow about my mother with a simple truth: these words are tough to put down.

Even now, as I write, I stand at the edge of this journey, only just beginning to uncover what has long […]

By Dore Frances|April 18th, 2025|Dore Frances, Frances Cascinai (Mom), Series - The Girl Left Behind, Why Wisdom Is Harder Than You Think|0 Comments

Do Signs from the Afterlife Exist?

Can we be sure something exists just because we believe it does? Consider a picture of a meal — the aroma, flavor, and texture aren’t captured, yet we still understand they’re part of the experience.

Our vision is limited to three dimensions—much like how a camera captures only two.

So whatever animates life likely exists beyond what most of us can perceive. The force that sustains us operates outside the reach of our five senses, remaining a mystery to many.

Yet, despite not fully understanding it, we trust in it, believing it will carry us into the next day. Whether we recognize it or not, we all live by faith.

We place immense trust in an invisible force—that the earth will keep turning, the […]

By Dore Frances|March 29th, 2025|Dore Frances, Frances Cascinai (Mom), Spirituality, Why Wisdom Is Harder Than You Think|0 Comments

Who Wouldn’t Be Skeptical? Questioning What We Believe

When I was three, my mother introduced me to the concept that I had a unique gift as an intuitive empath, capable of sensing and perceiving souls.

This realization marked the start of my journey as an intuitive, a path that has been met with skepticism by many.

Only a select few have stayed close to me for a long time throughout my life. I deeply cherish conversations that bring profound joy, a few laughs, and sometimes even a tear or two. As I grow older, fewer people are interested in spending time with me.

My adoptive parents named me Doretta Ellen Cascinai, but since I was 13, I’ve gone by Dore—a nickname given to me by my Aunt Connie. However, the rest […]

By Dore Frances|August 28th, 2024|Aldo Cascinai (Dad), Dore Frances, Frances Cascinai (Mom), Why Wisdom Is Harder Than You Think|0 Comments

Losing Everything Overnight: A Childhood Shattered by Family Secrets

Remember the kitchen where, as a child, you enjoyed meals with your family? You watched TV or played with your siblings on the couch in the family room. Your bedroom is filled with your favorite books and cherished bed covers. The yard where you played with your dogs or friends.

The barn where we kept the horses was a daily sanctuary for mother-daughter conversations, a place that always felt safe and comforting.

Reflect on your school and the friends in your neighborhood, the local ice cream shop, and the park where you ride your bike.

Then, imagine it all disappearing in 24 hours—no home, animals, clothes, friends, horses, school, or mom. No safety.

The day after my Aunt Connie’s piercing scream, our living room […]

By Dore Frances|July 30th, 2024|Dore Frances, Frances Cascinai (Mom)|0 Comments

A Childhood Shattered: Confronting Loss, Secrets, and the Journey to Healing

At 10:40 P.M., my mother passed away at our home on 1034 Pumalo Street in San Bernardino, California, leaving us uncertain if anyone was by her side during her final moments.

My brother, George, and I spent the weekend with our Aunt Connie in Hayward.

I was nine years old, and George was six. I have faith that angels were with her in her last moments.

At 2:24 A.M., a piercing scream from my Aunt’s bedroom shattered the night.

It echoed through the entire house, a sound I’ll never forget.

I don’t know how my mother’s final breaths sounded.

Were they gasps or sighs? Was there a rhythm to her breathing? When did her last breath occur?

As I lay in bed, confused and scared, my uncle […]

By Dore Frances|July 22nd, 2024|Dore Frances, Frances Cascinai (Mom), Why Wisdom Is Harder Than You Think|0 Comments