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Text Messages with Friends: The Longtime Friend
In this new series, Text Messages with Friends, I will examine the relationship I have with my friends via text message. The poor soul whose phone I blew up in this demonstration: Andy Dirks. I've known Andy since I was a wee lad. We used to sit under an oak tree in elementary school and watch a girl in our class eat acorns during recess.…
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No Other Place I Would Rather Be
There is nothing in this world I enjoy more than hanging out with my daughter. Building a tent in the living room at 9 PM while my wife and son snooze the night away. Quietly hiding from monsters or dinosaurs while she peeks out from underneath the blanket with her flashlight, saying under hushed breath, as she looks back at me with those wide blue…
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What Brings Value to My Life?
Lately I have been evaluating what brings value to my life, and with that I have been making some choices on how best to spend my time. How can I increase this time and decrease the time I waste on other areas of my day-to-day life that have little or no value? Example: Facebook If you’re my friend on Facebook, you may or may not…
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May 21 is my dog’s birthday, not the day my dad died
And the rain is falling and I feel it against my face as I stand by the pond. The cattails sway back and forth in the wind and the yucca plants follow in rhythm. I see you in the boat with a fishing rod in hand, hooking a worm. Mama is on one side of you and Jennifer and I on the other. I feel the…