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If I was my patient, how would I feel?
THEY say “Remember apple, table, coin.” Apple. Table. Coin. I am angry. You would be too. Try not being able to speak. Attempt to communicate and cause only confusion. Try wearing a brief. Sit in your urine and wait. Then in your feces. And to make the indignity worse Allow a stranger to invade your […]
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Confessions from failure
To wrap up my reflection on my short time in the Army, here’s a short piece I wrote a few years ago: Reminders There are many things that remind me Of the failure in my past. The smell of gunpowder in the air which follows the crack, crack, burst of the rifle. The burning in […]
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Remembering Emily Faith
Exactly two years ago, a sweet baby girl came into the world too early and ten hours later left us too soon. Emily Faith you are missed. Awake but Dreaming of You It was a journey that began abruptly A little warning with blood and contractions But with hope that the Great Physician would Take […]
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Lead me in the way everlasting
My heart cries: lead me in the way everlasting; the everlasting way of the Lord. You are everlasting and your way is eternal. The flowers may fade but Your Word remains. Lead me Your everlasting way; The way of the Lord Is illuminated by the light of the Word. Light of the World Lead me […]