Exactly fifteen years ago, an unusual sound coming from my son’s bedroom stirred me awake. The sound of fear…the sound of the unknown…a sound that definitely meant something wasn’t right. Still, so long between now and that day, I can hear, and nearly feel, the unsettling rhythm that was generated from somewhere deep within myContinue reading “A Remarkably Unremarkable Thing”
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Nothing Left to Give
It’s going to take some time. I hope it doesn’t take forever. I must have been in second or third grade, and she was a year or two younger than me. On the rare times that I saw her in the school hallway, I thought she looked older. Without a doubt, she was wiser. “It’sContinue reading “Nothing Left to Give”
Marching On
It seemed like a day ago that I was lamenting Sam’s return to the university after the Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas is three days away, and Sam is once again home. It’s not that it is really lonely around here, in the sense that there is a lack of company, without Sam. It’s just that thereContinue reading “Marching On”
