Monthly Archives: February 2009

Onward

“A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.”  ~Thomas Mann When someone dies it’s hard not to sit down and meticulously go over each bit of your own life. It’s like being a child and finding a rock; we start to examine every surface, running our hands over the smooth edges and [...]
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Like a prayer

“Vacation used to be a luxury, but in today’s world it has become a necessity.”  ~Author Unknown The other night Sarah and I had to explain to Danny what it was like to drive in snow. Like how suddenly you believe in Jesus as your personal savior and remember that time you were saved as [...]
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I would if I could. But I can’t.

“Some people get lost in thought because it’s such unfamiliar territory.”  ~G. Behn I’m spending the next few weeks here, there and everywhere. With people who will hopefully motivate me and propel me. By the end of March I envision myself as The Little Helicopter That Could. But apropos of this and all other sundry [...]
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So, this one time on the school bus

So, I have a sensitive stomach. So sensitive that I’ve been known to gag at the sight of gray snow littered with garbage. Or oh my God, when someone spits on the street. My stomach is churning with the thought of it all right now. I had told my mother that I wasn’t feeling well…I [...]
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

“You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one.” ~Carrie Latet In the event someone says to you, “It’s not broken but we’re sending you for a surgical consult to see about having the bone in your toe shaved down” and says so with enthusiasm because orthopedics is fun, kids! [...]
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