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Mar.27.2013
Two mothers speak of the friend who has just lost her son in a most senseless act. Eyes brim weepy as a son's life has ended, as a mother's life fades grey.
How does a mother reason with a son gone, a life of future cut short without cause?
Weeps seep from glassy eyes.
The friends lift their...
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Mar.07.2013
The One series continues with a debut author.When I tell you that this debut author is my wife, I say it from the vantage of a blessed and fortunate man. Not only does she support me in my writing, I suddenly discover this new side of her. What she reveals in her story, Questions, in...
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Oct.18.2012
My son, fiancee and I went to the college fair last night at the local high school. There were representatives from universities, colleges and technical schools along with the Army and the Marines - all encouraging the children to want to to continue their education.
As soon as we got in, I could...
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Oct.03.2012
My oldest is graduating from high school this year. Tonight I attended the senior parent night informational meeting at his school. The subject was applying for college and all of the steps that parents and kids together need to take to begin the application process. As I listened to the counselor...
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May.01.2012
A General Remembers - Setting the Record Straight on South Vietnam
Editor's Note: Born in the Mekong Delta in 1932 to a wealthy land-owning family, Thi Quang Lam spent 25 years in the army and rose to the rank of lieutenant general by the time the Vietnam war ended. In Vietnam...
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Feb.08.2012
Faded portraits
You will be a still shot in a frame,
on walls I only pass in my subconscious.
A memory of a moment in time I can’t reproduce
because
all I have are ancient developments of film
reflecting an image I can’t understand.
Light meets dark in a matter of clicks.
When the cheese that was...
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Feb.08.2012
Duckling
The muses created you to be absolutelyPerfect.Love never traveled so deep.
An idea implanted in my belly,
watered with the tears from the decision to carry out their creation. They sought out His Vision in me.They opened up His heart in me.A sea that flows and breathes through...
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Nov.09.2011
Mrs Walsh had led a good life. She had brought up four children in the love of God, and through them, she had fourteen lovely grandchildren. She was a strong believer in God, and was certain that the love she had always shown to Jesus Christ throughout her long life would assure her a place, in...
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Nov.02.2011
I noticed there was a similar title to a blog last week, but I guess good ideas come in waves. The Huffington Post had asked me to write for them, and I gave them this idea before I saw it elsewhere on Red Room (in a couple places that I now look.)
I happened to be inspired when I came across a...
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Sep.01.2011
I went to my middle sons back to school night last night and I found out that my son is a good kid, he is funny, he is a delight to have in the class, he is polite, he needs a little help in math and he turns in all of his assignments. These are things that I believe about each of my children and...
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