Tag: truth
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A New Norm
The phrase we have all grown to despise since COVID lockdowns busted onto the scene and mask mandates were commonplace. This is not a blog in support or opposing certain political views about public response to a virus, but I think we can all agree that whatever we believe about that time, it was hard…
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A Few of My Favorite Things
I’m a list maker. I find satisfaction in brain-dumping what rolls around in my mind onto a piece of paper so the thoughts upstairs don’t drive me absolutely batty or threaten to instigate a system overload. I love the little dopamine boost I get by checking things off my neat little lists. I even add…
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While You Were Blinking…
Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” I have told people for years that I think life is like a bullet train. Inside the train, life moves at an average pace. Everyday things happen in a frustratingly monotonous fashion. Life…
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One Day After
Twenty-five years ago, on Valentine’s Day of all days, I opened the door of my barracks room to joke with my roommate, who I thought was jiggling the door handle. It wasn’t my roommate at the door. A male acquaintance forced his way into my room and made my life a living hell. The death…
Wisdom from the Trenches 