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One Love, Many Moments
I try to capture my love for my wife with a poem now and then.
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Perspective
Sometimes we don’t know how awesome we are
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It was the right thing to do
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Fly Away
Dad gave me plenty of material. Here is some more.
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The Miss Gale
The Miss Gale was a one of a kind boat that my dad once owned and eventually lost track of. Would it ever be back in his life?
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Singing Dad's Song
When a musician friend's dad passed away, he asked if I could try to write lyrics to a song for him. It ended up more like a poem, but I still like how it came out.
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The Well
I wrote this on Father’s Day around 2010. They are actually song lyrics that I would like to have put to music. I decided to upload it to Hub Pages after my son penned an amazing tribute to me on my Birthday. The whole time I read what he wrote, I though of this.
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Dad Was Different
Unique among men to say the least, Dad followed in nobody’s footsteps.
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Boots to Boots
As a triplet parent and step dad to three adult kids who have given us 6 grandkids with #7 on the way, I thought I could handle anything. Then my son went to Navy Boot Camp.
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She is Autumn
So here’s so real transparency into my mind. I wrote this when I was about 21. Pretty sure I never shared it, but I have always had it memorized
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El Salvador Mission Trip 2013
The Woods Church
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Three days of Hope
The Hope Center in Macomb County Michigan is a client choice food pantry that allows clients to shop aisles for free once a month for six months. The Hope Center of Macomb Set up like a grocery store, the Hope Center has become the charity of choice...
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My Lion
The transition from elementary school to Jr. High was not something I feared. I had plenty of close friends and we were all making the transition together. So when I entered seventh grade, I went about that first day much like any other; feeling...
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Stories by Dad
Dad never failed to put together some great stories. They would get him out of trouble, help him get his way, and simply entertain. His impromptu stories were a highlight of my childhood and prompted this creative writing for an English class.
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Christmas Somewhere Else
An old house sits on the corner It's white paint peeling away Standing in rows, as the winter wind blows Battered crops sleep dormant until May Drifts pile high to the barn To clear them would be no use The shack remains bare, filled with...
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Reflections
After a rough night with triplet infants, they had finally settled in as my “shift” went well past midnight. I sat down on the rocker in the nursery and, as tired as I was, I felt compelled to pen some perspective.
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Beyond Merry Christmas
Every year at this time, there comes the inevitable holy war. The great debate. The Yuletide divide. I'm talking about Merry Christmas being replaced with Happy Holidays. If it were only that, it would be more tolerable. However, it is more...
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What a Mess
There was an artist at our church recently. She painted during the sermon and the experience led me to rethink some of the ways I’ve been viewing my life lately. At first, I viewed her presence as an easy subject to observe for this...