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‘Howard Freeman (2)’ appears on one of the Firefox browser window tabs and, along with the other seven or so tabs, constitutes a small but growing and ornery press corps at 6:30 this morning. The ‘(2),’ I learn when I click on it, indicates that on Facebook I have a Friend Request waiting (that’s good, […]
Filed under: aging, bipolar disorder, Christianity, Facebook, family, home life, imago dei, marriage, spirituality, stress, vers libre | 1 Comment
Unchanging
She sat with her back to a cypress tree, Her front to the river and to the six children, fanned in front like a peacock’s tail. They stood and watched her blankly, not speaking. Her knees were drawn to her chest, her Shoulders jerking up and down, her Hands covering her face, her Palms pressing […]
Filed under: children, faith, family, God, nature, parenting | 1 Comment
‘Are you sure this is safe?’
As the doctor today diagnosed my 9-year-old son with a simple stomach bug and also some kind of viral skin bump that multiplies when you try to squeeze it, my wife Karen decided to maximize our co-pay and ask about the small grey dot—about the size of a pencil prick to be more precise—on Bennett’s […]
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Doing ‘The Worm’ to a Polka
“Have a magical day,” was what you hear from cashiers in the hotel gift shop, ticket booth clerks at the various parks, and ride monitors as they check children’s height. It’s difficult not to at least lean toward obedience after 72 hours or so. My family’s six magical days at Disney World were indeed so, […]
Filed under: children, Christianity, family, Jesus, parenting, Point O' Woods | 2 Comments
Tags: Disney World
At the end of a day
We have a few trees in the courtyard behind our apartment. Two silver maples and a Chinese elm. Though they are luscious during the summer, they also carry for me the association of seeing them next to the highway on the rare occasions I would leave Manhattan by car many years ago. There—it seemed always […]
Filed under: family, Friends, heaven, Love, Upper West Side | 2 Comments
Tags: Chinese-elm, towhee
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