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Plot and Counterplot
When I toss a story out into the world, I never know if it will take wing, or where it will fly. I’m still amazed and grateful that Johan Lebichot found me via a post I’d written about my father....
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A Cloudless Morning
These are the last words of David: “The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel’s songs:...
View Articlethe benefit of the doubt
You can never know what’s going on inside another person. Sometimes, the surface cracks. We see small tears, a biting of the lip, restlessness and moaning when they sleep. Other times it’s red cheeks,...
View ArticleA Reason to Hope
Death separates us from the physical presence of our loved ones. We no longer see or hear them save
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If Only I Could Die Like This
Yesterday we laid my grandmother to her final rest. While it was sad to say goodbye, it was also a time of deep insight about death and dying well. My grandma’s death gave me a picture of the kind of...
View ArticleThe frozen river...
Sonny Alfredo Galea There once was a river frozen deep inside. Nothing could melt it. God knows I tr
View ArticleLook Within
The Christmas Season more than any other time of year makes grieving harder. Those moments and memor
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Meaningless ~ Life Lived In Perspective
Did you know King Solomon uses the word “meaningless”, referring to life and its toils, in the book of Ecclesiastes 43 times? {According to Google when I looked.} What you cannot know is that the drive...
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Look For Me in Rainbows...
Image courtesy of Psychic Medium Michelle Russell – http://www.michellerussell.ca These beautiful words resonated with me and how I feel about my son. There are always signs that our loved ones give us...
View ArticleMakes Me Smile
I am one of those authors who read every review of her work from the person who is just learning to
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Light a Candle...
If you are a parent, grandparent or a sibling of a loved one who has passed away, please consider taking part in the Worldwide Candle Lighting for the Compassionate Friends on December 14, 2014.....
View ArticleA Loss Unspeakable
I have read some blogs that were written by parents who have lost a child. In some cases, the child
View ArticleBitterness
I just woke up from a nap pretty disoriented. In fact, I woke up thinking am I really in Phoenix or am I back in Indiana. I had a dream I went home to visit and one of the the visits I was making was...
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David's Final Crossing
Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in...
View ArticleAs You Love, So You Will Grieve
Consider the love you have for someone and you will have a glimpse of the grief that shall be yours
View ArticleDiscussions on death
Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son, Todd Lincoln, was on the scene of 3 separate presidential assassinations. He was summoned to his father’s side after his father was mortally wounded at Ford’s Theatre in...
View ArticleArchival affects
The following text was delivered at the Centennial Convention of the National Communication Association in November, 2014, at the Chicago Hilton. I. Before you can finish typing “Agent O,” Google Image...
View ArticleABCD....
Apple, banana, crown, devils, eggs, friend, gods, house, icycles, Jasmine, kite, lemon, mom, never,
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12-13-14
The kids are all home this weekend. Kacey, because she’s done at school for the semester and is home for the long holiday break. (Yay!) Brad came home, honestly, because he wanted to make sure he saw...
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"It's another adventure"
He looks forward to it, calls it another adventure. Death. He views dying in the same way that he has lived his life: one experience after another. Allowing. He has resigned all things. Saying goodbye...
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