Category: Stories
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The Fountain of Youth
Written May, 2023 I have discovered the Fountain of Youth. It’s quite simple. It’s the joy of discovery. Think about the last time you tried to take a 2-year-old on a walk. Place yourself at that moment: the sweet sunshine that’s bright enough to make you smile but not so bright that you need sunglasses,…
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Praise as Medicine
Written December 22, 2023 I think I’m getting a little looney in my old age. Does anybody else do this? Does anybody else talk to themselves, especially while driving, and rehearse conversations you anticipate having in the future? Or maybe, do you rehash previous conversations, restating what you truly meant and hope the other person…
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The Plans He Has For Me
Written October, 2023 It starts as I reach toward the coffee pot sitting on my kitchen counter. I’ve been holding it in, just under the surface, until now. The shaking. The trembling. The terror. My hands move like the hands of a junkie – unsteady, weak, nervous with an unpredictable electric energy. It’s the moment…
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A Servant of God’s Children
January 20, 2023 “So, how are your students this year?” My eyes cast down, I took a deep breath, and my head began to nod. “Each one is a child of God,” I replied. We were sitting in the Missouri Baptist University Dale Williams Fine Arts Center, grappling with one of those icebreakers we educators…