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Continue reading →: I Picked Up My Mom. The last time was a month ago.
She was in a thick Tupperware like container. Black. The black box. I thought of the NTSB. Was this the size of the unit found after an accident? If I were to plug it in would it give the reasons surrounding her death? I reached to pull her out of…
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Continue reading →: Soaking
Draw me a warm psalm so I can slip into it a worn out soul. It’s been a long day of propositional truths. My backbone aches. Can I just soak in the spirit for a while? Will the Lover of my soul stir the water a bit? I thought, therefore…
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Continue reading →: Above All, or Else. I need some help.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 New International Version Anybody ever pin you with an “or else”? What a strange little word, else. It can either mean a vague way to refer to an additional person, place, or thing, or be…
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Continue reading →: Aurora Borealis. Happy Birthday my son of wonder!
We stood in awe of the celestial apparition. We Pointed guiding words of wonder. The glowing curtain danced and skipped in the northern sky. It hung nervous in its translucent evening gown. The ghost furled in the folds of the wind. Together we strained to…
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Continue reading →: When Sleep Came
Your eyelashes moved the air between us. The lids which carried them would swing open and shut… open and shut. And there, soft blue would circle the light within you. That little light of yours that did shine… did shine on us. When we were with you lower…
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Continue reading →: “I Picked up Mom Today”
That is all I saw in the message from my sister Marge. For a millisecond the recent events were suspended above me. My hypothalamus wrinkled. Beads of sweat started stringing together in the crease around my neck. My hormones told each other it was a false alarm before my brain…
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Continue reading →: Why Do I Write? Thoughts from a Writer’s Retreat.
“Pick a word, any word, and I will tell you the Greek word…” was spoken by Gus from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 Words, they are what we humans use. They…
Gerald the Writer 