REGRET | REGRET
Sep.09.2009
In the course of life, every man, woman and child will make mistakes. Things, that upon reflection, we should not have done or said. The individual who does not do that, is….well, a liar. The components to bouncing back are several, but necessary to success of restoration.
Most often the...
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Sep.06.2009
Sunday rain is the sound of tin foil crackling on the skylight. It is rain full of curses and spits that resound all morning long. All morning long until a gale blows in and temporarily dispels it, only for it to return with a vengeance after lunch. The gale is a sudden swoosh pushed in from the...
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Jun.15.2009
Today I wish I could hide under the table like I did when I was seven.When I was seven, I dropped my grandmother's plate in the kitchen. It fell to the floor and broke to pieces. My first reaction was shock. And then, before I was conscious of them, tears were flowing down my cheek, onto my neck. A...
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Apr.10.2009
More than 35 years since the divorce, and no rancor, no sadness left. The past is more like an Indie movie, colorful, a bit racy, like something created by the director of Juno. The characters delude themselves but escape into happier lives relatively unscathed after all.
The only regret I...
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Mar.24.2009
Fragile. Definition: easily broken; weak, of delicate frame or constitution; not strong. Fragile life. Life. Definition: impossible. Too many definitions in the Oxford Dictionary to define life. Quick examples: not inorganic matter or, my favourite definition, functional activity, and continual...
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Oct.16.2008
It had been a relaxing two days without access to any technology including phone service celebrating our son’s birthday on the beautiful warm waters of Lake Shasta. As we neared dock, my mom pulled out her cell phone to check in with the family at home. It was immediately evident that all was not...
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