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30 Days of Grace III

It is a busy time of year, this first quarter, months filled with all it takes to set 2014 in motion. Good stuff, important stuff, stuff that needs to be done. And still. In the busyness of it all, in the productiveness if you will, I find my soul needs a little...

Remembering Tiger

I will always remember it, the look she had when she spotted what I had not been able to see. There he is, Mom, she said, there. She turned to me desperate, her face stricken. Is he dead, Mom? Is he? We’d been looking for that old cat since the night he walked...

On Being Insanely Nice*

I’m headed to Birmingham, he said, softly kissing my sleeping face in the darkness. Be back tonight. I swam hard for the shore of awake that I might properly tell him goodbye, have a good meeting, be safe. But of course by then he was gone, the sound of the...

Stepping Into The Light

I knew the dress was a mistake. On tap was a luncheon during which I needed to walk across a small stage, smile and accept an award in front of a filled ballroom. I was deeply honored to be among the women being recognized; on this day there was to be a beautiful,...

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