Nov
12
2021

All Because Of A Shopping Cart

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I saw her struggling with the shopping carts.
She was desperately trying to pull one cart free from the others.
The cart was not budging.
The carts were all stuck together.

I was walking towards the carts, ready to get one of my own.
Whoever put these together, put them together good, she said as she pulled.
I saw a lone cart that someone had left near the entrance.
I went over towards it as the woman was still pulling and tugging.

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Nov
9
2021

Valet Parking

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I was meeting three friends for lunch.
I went to grade school and high school with two of those friends.
We all met the other friend in high school.
So many memories are packed into our friendship.

The sign of a good friendship is being able to start right where you left off.
No need to explain or go back to chapter one.
Chapters of our lives have been shared along the way.
No need to see each other all the time, but when we do plan our visit, it’s as if we never left.

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Nov
5
2021

A Mist

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I love cold weather.
People go down to Florida to get away from the cold; I embrace it.
I love to walk in the cold.
I always feel more alive.

I have my walking coat that I have had for years.
The zipper pull actually broke off last year.
I had it replaced at the dry cleaners.
I could not bear to replace that coat, since I love it like a worn pair of jeans.

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Nov
2
2021

A Game As An Object Lesson

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I met her for breakfast at a neighborhood coffee shop.
She and I have been in Bible study together for over ten years.
I tower over her about an entire foot.
What she doesn’t have in stature, she has in heart.

Our breakfast was three hours long.
Not the eating part, rather the talking part.
I even splurged and got some delicious hot chocolate.
An extra shot of mocha? The barista asked me.

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Oct
29
2021

The Importance Of Dads

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Southwood High School in Shrieveport, Louisiana is on to something.
The high school was plagued with violence.
In three days, twenty-three students were arrested for fighting.
However, a new crisis intervention team stepped in and the violence has stopped.

The members of the team do not have degrees in criminal justice.
They are not on any police force.
They are not professional counselors.
They are dads.

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Oct
26
2021

Seeing Incrementally

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The text came before lunch.
I stood in the kitchen laughing.
I’m sure my husband heard me from his office.
It was so innocent.

My daughter had been talking to my granddaughter, who is almost three and a half years old.
Since she is in preschool two mornings a week, conversations happen as she gets ready.
This day, for whatever reason, they were talking about Mexico.
Maybe Mexico was in a book they read and it became a topic of conversation.

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Oct
22
2021

The Blotter

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I bought an old fashioned blotter.
Not the kind you keep on your desk that is placed inside a leather rectangle.
This is the kind of blotter you hold in your hand.
This is the kind of blotter that is rolled over whatever you just wrote on paper.

I didn’t buy the blotter out of nostalgia.
I bought the blotter out of necessity.
It is a left handed thing.
That’s not a excuse; it is a real problem, since we write left to right on our paper.

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Oct
19
2021

Simplicity In The Ordinary

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Do you remember the old refrigerator boxes?
Those boxes provided hours of play for my children.
Those boxes became all the things their imagination could create.
Those boxes seem to be a thing of the past.

Appliances still come in boxes.
Stores sometimes offer lower prices for appliances which are out of the box.
However, those that are in the box come into your home already unpacked.
The boxes remain on the delivery truck.

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Oct
15
2021

In The Fog

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The fog was thick as I started out on my morning walk.
I had gotten an alert on my phone, warning drivers of limited visibility.
I was not driving, I was walking.
I knew these roads.

I set out.
Everything looked different.
Tinges of autumn color were peeking through the fog.
Nothing looked familiar to me.

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Oct
12
2021

Beautiful Debris

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The debris is all over my driveway.
The debris is all over the road when I go on my morning walk.
There is discoloration.
Long sticks are scattered about.

I hear them falling all throughout the day.
I know that anyone standing underneath would get a lump on their head.
They make a popping sound as I drive over them with my car.
Something so beautiful can be so messy.

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