Tag Archive > retirement

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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Platform 9 and 3/4

Oscar Wilde once said, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” I think that might be one of those chicken versus egg kind of questions. You know, which came first? But in this instance, I believe Oscar is right. The other night we were watching the first Harry Potter movie (The Sorcerer’s Stone.) […]

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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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