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My child is changing places with me. Her first nerves awaken my jaded awareness. First license. First unfixable sob, soon. Each transition a tip toe into doorways. Learn to say […]
My child is changing places with me. Her first nerves awaken my jaded awareness. First license. First unfixable sob, soon. Each transition a tip toe into doorways. Learn to say […]
I don’t tremble they assume I’m Katherine Hepburn’s kind but she and I will always have our Parkinson’s mask of frozen stares. My shuffling gait halts yet refuses my wife […]
My father and my daughter sailing summers ago on a Catamaran in Anna Maria Island, Florida. My father was what I’d describe (and he’d humbly hate) Soave Bola; Ricardo Montalban […]
In the process of deciding what God is for us, whether as an unwavering faith to the literal Word or we’re drawn to the Divine as felt through our own filter; […]
I’ve been drawn to dragonflies the last two years. Vast symbolism behind this beautiful ancient winged-creature has appeared across continents and cultures. Bugs and I have a largely innocuous relationship, […]
I don’t tremble, but they assume I’m Katherine Hepburn’s kind. We share our Parkinson’s frozen mask, expressionless, involuntary deceit of emotion. My shuffling gait halts while I calibrate my balance, […]
A few weeks before every birthday I try to get used to my upcoming age. I say the number out loud and slip it into conversation. Last year I said, […]
I’m Italian-American, only one-quarter Italian, one drop. But that’s all we need to decide who we are, one drop. “… Barack Obama has become the most high-profile personification of the […]
All of us it seems, have two voices in our head. The critical nudge who insists we’re never enough, that we find a new job or new relationship or lose […]
My daughter complimented me on something the other day, my hair, the color of my shirt, something forgettable except that I remember the moment […]
I heard a radio host talking the other day about how we all need to be patient during the holidays. He said essentially, listen, everyone’s in a rush, everyone’s trying […]
Image credit: Wikipedia Excerpted from my essay “Jesus and Jello” I was raised with a la carte religion, a buffet line of a little bit here, a little bit […]
Image: Wikimedia Commons I just sent this email to this Kentucky business owner. I’m HORRIFIED his family received death and rape threats for his store policy, but I’m also […]
When my daughter was born in 1998 she sucked the life out of me. I don’t think twice about saying this. I say it with more confidence and gusto now […]
That’s all we have sometimes, some version of The Golden Rule and muddy love – Laura In the category of “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” topics that make you […]