Tag: hope
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What Do I Have To Do To Get It?
I’ve come to grips with my inability to remember random numbers. As in passwords and logins and various other forms of computer minutia that make no sense to me. All I want to do is talk to my devices and have them do what I ask. That’s called being a tech alien. I sat…
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Do You Have Something For Me?
She stood by the door, hands behind her back, and asked the question. “Do you have something for me?” Isley, at four, is already a quick wit and quite verbal. I’m no Einstein, but I’m not slow either. But she had me stumped. “Something for you? To take home? Like chips?” It was the first…
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It’s Not Called Whinegiving
Thanksgiving is be one of my favorite holidays. It’s also the most overlooked, underrated and unappreciated holidays we celebrate. I’ve driven around town and have watched folks segue from ghouls, goblins and ghosts to Santa, sleds and snowmen overnight. From eerie orange lights and spider webs cascading over bushes to bright whites and multitudes of…
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It Was Bound To Break
I should have been paying more attention. That’s pretty much my go-to excuse nowadays for my forgetfulness, missed appointments, unfinished projects or not following the procedure I should have known to follow. This, however, was pure unadulterated thoughtlessness. I have this habit of not closing cabinets. Because I’m slightly vertically challenged, many of the open…
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When The Funny Dies
It was with great sadness that I read about Robin Williams death this week. A man of incredible acting talent, both dramatic and comedic, he became the character he played with such conviction that separating him from his art was difficult. He was a very funny man. Who chose to take his own life. I…
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