Tag: Gratitude
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The Unfriending
I’ve been unfriended. Not in an offhand virtual click of a button way, the result of a web-based housecleaning that goes unnoticed for weeks, but in a bloody cut it out with a knife never speak to me again unfriending. Oh, I brought it on, I fully admit that, and I deserved his anger at the moment of…
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The Run
I think I’m a runner. It still feels like I’m pretending when I say that about myself. Over the years I’ve run in spurts. Fits and starts. Then stops. The stops lasting much longer than the starts. But a couple of years ago I started again with a new resolve for a new reason. With…
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Ghosts of Spring
Since it doesn’t look like we’re anywhere close to having a crippling blizzard, it might as well get warmer so I can spend more time outside in the evenings. That thought in mind, I was outside this evening, grilling our chicken for dinner. It was that time of night when the sun is down, but it’s not…
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Mercy and Gratitude
As human beings, we are charged with making sure the least among us are fed, clothed, and well. How much better to dwell in the light of love and compassion, than to fester in anger, blame, and judgment on the other side of the hardline.
Truth and Malbec 