Birthday Wishes

Well, my birthday is today and that got me thinking. I have never been too good at New Year’s resolutions, but maybe that’s because I’ve been celebrating the wrong year. I think from now on my goals will follow the time span between my birthdays. I have definitely made progress over this past year. It [...]

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Mornings at Lake Reba

It is a daily ritual, one concocted by me to help my special needs son relieve stress. He wakes up at the ungodly hour of 4:00 am and is often bored and restless by 6:30 – the time we now leave for the park. Each morning, except for when it rains, we walk the same [...]

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Our Debut

We exist in your imagination where words can be spoken with no regret and stories told with no judgment. We are exactly as we want to be – no apologies necessary. You coax us through your writing mind so that we can become real to others, but once we emerge as ink on your page [...]

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What “The Jesus Man” Taught Me about Life and Writing

The first time I saw him I thought, “This man must be nuts.” He was walking up and down the side of the road carrying his cross bearing signs of impending doom. I didn’t think I would see him again and he was quickly forgotten. A few weeks later, though, he resurfaced with feet firmly [...]

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For the Fatherless on Father’s Day

This time of year has never been good for me. I start to mourn the loss of something I never really had – a father. I often try to ignore Father’s Day, having no fathers to truly celebrate. It is the commercials that bring it to the forefront of my mind. I see the loving [...]

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