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Writings Aug 3, 2008

First Time Camping

It was unanimous… Site B8 with an extra tent pad, Lots of trees, water close by and the showers not too far… Area B was all ours for two days in a slow season! Three excited teenage boys jumped out, Scurrying around trying to do everything at once, Hours later with tent set up, fire […]

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Writings Jul 1, 2008

Random Laugh

At work, we are in the middle of the fiscal year-end close which means everyone is working extra hours to make sure all the company’s books balance. Barbara Adams was talking to Debora  and I about a vendor who emailed two directors with a complaint. The vendor complained that she was “lost in the world […]

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Poetry Jun 9, 2008

Shooting Star

I watch from afar The bright shooting star Streaming across the night, Heart in my throat, I’m watching it float With brilliantly flaming light. This time I know, Although I’ve been slow, That I have to let it fly free. No catching its tail (It really is frail), But I trust Creator to see. I […]

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Poetry May 9, 2008

Whose I Am

I have a lot of anger inside me— Anger that my bible-quoting father could parade his religion to the world, Then abuse his family behind closed doors, Anger that an idyllic life could be shattered by a man Who didn’t believe in committed, unconditional love or faithfulness, Anger that my children have been torn from […]

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Writings Mar 26, 2008

To My Children

I think of you… All day… every day… You are such an integral part of my life. I can’t not think about you. I am always telling someone How cool you are, How beautiful you are, How imaginative and unique you are. I tell them stories about our time together— Conversations we’ve had, Things we’ve […]

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Writings Feb 28, 2008

Journey Dance

I saw the path ahead converge with others that I know. Each traveled from a separate way into a broader flow. For just a while we interwove our steps into a dance, The time well-spent as everyone enjoyed the happy chance. Some jogged, some ran, some stopped to rest, or linked their arms to talk; […]

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Poetry Jan 17, 2008

Ode To A Winter Night

Cold winter night sky, you draw me Up into the crystal clarity that seems So far from where I am on the inside. Even when the city lights obscure the stars With their occasional brilliant glee peeping through, The blackness between the bare branches Offers an internal security blanket. I could stare… all night… Letting […]

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Writings Dec 16, 2007

Somehow…

Somehow… I still wake up and get out of bed in the morning. Somehow… I still care that people love me enough to tell me. Somehow… I still steer through the daily drudgeries Though so many crazy distractions drag at me. Somehow… I keep finding the treasure of family moments. Somehow… I keep remembering how […]

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