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Friends come and go …
such is one of the intricacies of life. Sometimes, the best of friends can become separated for one reason or another. It is difficult to come to terms with such things, but there is no avoiding it....
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When the words I dearly love mean nothing …
then I know that I am in a fix. The words are there, the right words, but they are so jumbled and discombobulated that when they come out, they aren’t right. They are harsh or meek or, worst case...
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There is nothing …
like that moment when a locked box pops open. When things that I thought I had no knowledge of became clear because there was a remnant of it somewhere in the recesses of my mind. Something that had...
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It’s not easy …
to look over decisions that we’ve made, roads we have taken, choices we have labored over only to find that they weren’t the right decisions, were the wrong turns and were bad choices. But it is a...
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Posts about Mother’s Day …
and how much we love and appreciate our mothers will likely be abundant. My mother knows already how much I love and cherish her as I tell her every day. My daughter tells me regularly that she loves...
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sudden, immobilizing sadness …
is one of those emotions that catches me unawares. When I least expect it, am most vulnerable to it, haven’t the strength to fight it; it strikes. I don’t feel sadness everyday. As a matter of fact,...
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When God gives one a heart of compassion …
it is understood that it will get broken. There is no way around it. I am still learning this. I find that is is both an honor and a privilege to watch the end of life come to pass. It isn’t easy nor...
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Love’s like a hurricane, I am a tree …
bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy. Unequivocally, my favorite line of any song I have ever heard. A bold statement, yes, I know, especially considering that I have heard thousands and...
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A moment of clarity …
is priceless. Like fine wine from a stellar year. A bottle unopened and virginal in it’s uniqueness. A moment of clarity when all of the world is in color, without shades of gray, without confusion...
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And then there was light …
beautiful, blinding, mind-boggling, life-altering light. That is the nature of bi-polar disorder, or in the more politically correct lingo, manic-depressive disorder. The verbiage doesn’t change the...
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Sometimes, at Christmas …
people are sad. They are lonely and grieving and sorrowful for things they can’t change. Even happy people get sad during this time of year. They start thinking about what they have or haven’t done....
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The thing about money …
is that it is only really important when you need it but don’t have it. Most of us are working class people who know how to make a penny squirm. I know I do, and yet, there are times when I don’t have...
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I got lost …
for a bit of a while. Wandering aimlessly even though I knew full well the direction. But I didn’t follow them. The directions. It happens to everyone at one time or another. I left what I knew to be...
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Guilt …
is something I am well acquainted with. I grew up on it. It was my parents’ first line of defense. Even when I was innocent, they had a way of making me feel at fault. At fault for what? Having sex...
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Being broken …
is a blessing. Yes, you read correctly. I am broken; have been broken and will, God willing, be broken again. I am closest to God when I am broken for He loves me enough to be with me during the times...
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Five years later …
or nearly so, I am still sorting through my late husband’s things. I should be past overpowering sadness by now. I suppose I am, mostly. But being a writer and photographer hinders that absolution....
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I can’t remember …
the sound of his voice. Many nights, his stories of New York, Europe, anthropology, mathematics, design, engineering, and attending UNC at Chapel Hill, lulled me to sleep. It didn’t matter, really,...
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Ernest Hemingway said …
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” I believe this to be true. I’ve been broken so many times that I’ve lost count. A couple of times, the brokenness...
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It’s been a while …
since my last blog post. Since last time, satan has reared his ugly head and life has given me a bonified black eye, busted lip, bruised rib, and all around beating. My mom, who I depend on way more...
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It’s been a while …
since my last blog post. Since last time, satan has reared his ugly head and life has given me a bonified black eye, busted lip, bruised rib, and all around beating. My mom, who I depend on way more...
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