I am a judge. I swore people in. I had them swear to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth. I am a lawyer. I prepared clients. I told them to listen to answer the question they were asked to […]
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Sponsoring
I taught seventh and eighth graders, tried hard to be tough like the professors had said, not to let them get anything by. But wuss I was, struggling to hold on, to keep some kind of control. Forty-three years have […]
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NaHaiWriMo poetry prompt for September 17: OOPS! Write about something that turns out not quite the way you had planned. A mistake, clumsiness, thinking one thing but doing another, slipping, sliding, goofing, embarrassing yourself to yourself or others, awkwardness etc. […]
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Willpower
Willpower is God asking, “Will you give up your power?” – Josh C. We gathered, some eagerly, some going through the motions, doing the work despite emotions pulling elsewhere. We assembled, reading words familiar, comforting, habitual sliding over the words, […]
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