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Until We Meet Again

I walk where I’ve never walked See things I’ve never seen Hear things I’ve never heard And think things I’ve never thought Just by putting my hand in yours.   I want so desperately to […]

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Shavasana

A slight breeze swept across the flow of sweat that had covered my body. The sweet torture of the work magnified even the slightest movement of air across my skin, highlighting the beauty of nature’s […]

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The Marriage Issue is About More Than A Chicken Sandwich

  This “issue” involving Chick-fil-A has certainly stirred up a debate (I love understating the obvious). It has even stirred up a debate on whether or not we should be having a debate about the […]

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Police attempting to talk man down from railing on bridge

I remember wondering what would drive someone to kill themselves…Not only end their life, but do so in such a way that for seconds after they made the leap they knew there was no return, no chance for survival, and no remorse until they finally hit the water. It was dramatic in that they knew they were dead for seconds before they died. I often wondered what that man thought as he sailed through the air to his end.

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The Liberation of Me

I look around in my box, this place I have built for myself that somehow feels safe. As the storm rages out there I see the beginnings of truth. This box is painful. Each piece of timber laid, each window set, each nail driven a testament to pain.

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As I Walked Along the Beach

Ah, these moments of inspiration and where they come from!  I can only sit, smile, and surrender. I see you running along the beach, your hair cascading backward like flames of pure fire.  The sand […]

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Is This the Forgotten Side of Aurora? A Firefighter’s Sacrifice

He saved his girlfriend’s life.  He shielded her, he protected her, and he died for her.  Many of us would do the same thing for someone we love.  Yet, how many of us would do this for someone we don’t even know?  I know hundreds, if not thousands, who would and some who have.

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Freedom is Not Free (Gun Control is Still Control)

To me, it is this simple. The mechanism by which a deranged human being carries out his fantasies is not the issue. A man bent on killing others will find a way to carry out is will regardless of what weapon we put in his hand.

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