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Author Archives: Hiram
Time flies when you focus on all the wrong things.
Sometimes it’s easier to see the negative than the positive. Exhaustion ensues when you bite off more than you can chew. The other option is not being as busy, but likely taking it just as hard as if you were … Continue reading
Camo Kitty
I pulled out of the drive in a rush to get somewhere. Who knows where…I am a father of two with a new job completing a Doctoral program…we’re always doing something. Wake up, school bus, work, home, swim team or … Continue reading
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While You Were Sleeping
The branches of the crab apple tree away gently in the breeze as I sit with my sleeping grandmother. She rests silently and I think back to my children and the peace after the storm of sitting with them while … Continue reading
Protected: The State of our Union.
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Tagged Carpe diem, duty, equity
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Learning the Chicken Dance at 88.
I remember learning the chicken dance as an adult at the first German wedding I attended. As I thought, “How ridiculous!, You want me to do WHAT!?!” Then you begin the dance with the hand beaks comes a smirk, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carpe diem, chicken dance, Dead Poets Society, family, go play, hope, what will your verse be?
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A Voice from Heaven and a Doubting Thomas.
It amazes me that we can’t live and let live. The recent story of a baby stranded in a car for 14 hours within inches of a freezing river is an incredible story of either luck and survival (if you … Continue reading
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Tagged Carpe diem, doubting thomas, go play, it takes all kinds, Miracle Baby, paulo cuehlo, Spanish Fork
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Worried about worry.
The saying, “be careful what you wish for” blares out in my mind this morning. For the season of lent I have been seeking help with worry. Now, this seems to be a recurring theme with me and every third … Continue reading
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Tagged do not worry, lent, live in the moment, now matters most, worry
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Martyrs to the Faith-An Ash Wednesday Reflection
As I sat in church I couldn’t help but think that 20 families in Egypt enter Lent with a needless absence of a family member. Yet, lent is about renewal and forgiveness. As a nation we must stand against such … Continue reading
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…procrastination.
I saved down a moment ago and decided I should stop procrastinating and write this final post in the series. It has been almost a week and I’ve thought about posting, but I always seem to have something more important … Continue reading
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On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me…grace.
Holidays often bring out the worst in all of us. We have so much we want to say to people that we only see once or twice a year. We have so few opportunities to share our feelings that we … Continue reading
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The Basement of Time 