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April 14th, 2004 · Comments Off on
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Construction
April 14th, 2004 · 2 Comments
The morning began with construction sounds, common in our neighborhood of new homes, but this time the machine was in our front yard digging out a weed-infested sidewalk strip. The girls as always were mesmerized, wanting to sit and stare while it moved the dirt, dumping ripped sod onto the sidewalk. I realized that children […]
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Twenty five years ago
April 11th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Twenty five years ago this weekend, something painful happened to my family. As if all of us were in a gigantic car accident. A huge collision. Explosion. Broken glass. Shrapnel. Shards. Like losing limbs to amputation. You wonder how you will ever heal. Whether you’ll walk again. What life will be like. It’s amazing to […]
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Bruised but not broken
April 11th, 2004 · 2 Comments
A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. Isaiah 42 NASB I’m not into Easter this year. I’m not into most *religious* holidays. I don’t like how the commercialism and candy overtake whatever deeper significance a day might mean. Christmas though […]
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Outdoor conversation
April 4th, 2004 · Comments Off on Outdoor conversation
Yesterday a friend and I had coffee – well, she had coffee and I had hot chocolate – at a bakery located inside a garden nursery on the island. We sat outside on crimson benches beneath a tree, crow cawing into our conversation. The garden had a couple tulips here, daffodil or two there, with […]
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