Category: Life

  • Loss of a friend

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    About 6 months ago, I received a text from a dear friend.  The content explained that my friend had just found that they were sick, and that they wanted me to know.  I remember thinking, this can’t be real…and this can’t be that serious.  It turns out, it was real, and it was that serious. …

  • 50…a reflection

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    So..I turn 50 this week.  I have literally been looking forward to that number since…well, I turned 40.  An “age” hasn’t really ever carried the stigma for me that it may for others, I am more interested in the number.  I had always said I wanted to live to 100.  So if I’m lucky enough…

  • The Story of Dwight

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    This is the story of a walking man.  This man was known to me first as that…a walking man.  You see, he’d walk past my house, daily, on the other side of the street.  From where I stood I saw a man with a slight smile, and a smooth gait.  I would think to myself,…

  • I got the news in early September, and my father was gone in mid November.

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    When I was told that my father had stage four pancreatic cancer in September, I didn’t now what to think.  The immediate reaction was somewhat akin to a dizzy spell.  I couldn’t quite hear the words.  I’m sure that many have had a similarly powerful reaction to such news.  For me, the news caused a…