A few days ago I began seeing a flurry of posts from my high school group; it seems that many of my former classmates have died within a very short time. I didn’t really know them very well, but it certainly makes one stop and think. Their deaths had little in common: cancer, heart attack, […]
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Grief for Those Who Are No More
This post will be short. I am sitting here crying. I have just opened the news and learned that the three boys who have been missing for 18 days have been found. I weep for these young boys whose lives have been cut short for no reason other than hatred. I grieve for their families […]
My Don Quixote
Last night I went to see the play Man of La Mancha. I’ve heard the music before but I’d never seen the play, was totally unfamiliar with the plot, and had never read the book Don Quixote. There was something gripping about the whole plot; a man deemed insane by virtue of his desire to […]
How do you learn?
Years ago, there was a group called Second Chapter of Acts. They had a song with some words that gripped me, and still do when I consider the times I’m living in: How do you learn how to live, if you’ve never lived before? … How do you learn how to die, if you’ve never […]
In Memory of Evelyn Gray…
I just received an email that a precious friend and saint has died. I tried to find her obituary on the Internet, but maybe it’s too soon, as she only died a couple days ago. One of her friends remembered me and thought to let me know. I’m glad. My friend, Evenly Grey, only had […]