Tag Archive > change

Why do I write?

                    To paint a picture. A picture that gives real perspective. A perspective that goes beyond our Sunday best and drives us into the heart of others. For the last several years, since I started taking this writing journey seriously, I’ve asked myself this question often.Whatever […]

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Things Change…

Hey! Remember me? I know it’s been awhile. Believe it or not, I ran out of things to say. At least things I thought would actually be coherent. So, I dropped off the blogging grid. Took a hiatus. But I’m back. And before I go any further, it needs saying that I’m not guaranteeing coherent […]

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Two Sides

At some point or other, we all experience change. But change wears many masks. Like the two faces of the theatre. Comedy and tragedy. There’s the category we call good. Falling in love. Winning the lottery. And then there’s the bad. Sickness. Losing money in the stock market. We grow up believing that the two […]

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Confessions of a Pioneer

Recently a friend referred to me as a pioneer. I had to pause and ponder such an accusation. Pioneer? Me? Really? I forced myself to look beyond the stereotypical view of a pioneer. Remove the bonnet. Put in indoor plumbing. Replace a covered wagon with a Suburban. And sure enough, perhaps she’s right. Maybe I […]

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The Invisible Blue Line

There isn’t a gold star pinned to my chest or a gun at my hip. I don’t carry handcuffs with me (although I have thought about it. Having three kids and all.) No one has ever died in my arms. I have never had to pick up a detached limb off the freeway. But, I […]

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The “R” Word

There are many words over the course of a lifetime that are monumental. Marriage. Children. Moving. I’ve done all of those. Some more than once. And true to form, each time was monumental. My life changed forever. I remember. Right after I graduated from high school, I chose to live in Central America for nine […]

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Insight from Pirates

“Life is pain highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” Can you name the movie? It’s a brilliant movie but not exactly the most uplifting quote. Life is pain? Really? We don’t want this to be so but can we disagree? Even the most staunch optimist must admit that life is full of […]

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Death and taxes…

“…But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” -Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789 I would have to add to that short list. Change. I think change is certain. Empires rise and fall. Flowers bloom and fade. The years tick away, absorbing our youth and elasticity. […]

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