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Aug 20

Yes, Heather… I’m Paying Attention

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Heather Heyer’s question to us all — “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention” was heard around the world. Not because she was on television being interviewed but because she was on television having been killed by a white …

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May 29

Manchester

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Sometimes my writing fails me. Words on a page don’t seem good enough. Don’t seem strong enough. Don’t seem… enough. My heart is broken for all the parents who lost a child simply because they did what all kids want …

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May 08

Good People (everywhere)

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Click. Horror. Click. Anger. Click. Shootings. Click. Lies. Click darkness, darkness, darkness. Click off. My morning news page is one horror story after another. You would think the world is nothing but pure evil. Is it any wonder my shoulders …

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Apr 10

Surrender & Faith

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Two words that changed my life. Surrender & Faith. I grew up a fighter. A believer in never letting go because if I did the world and I would get sucked into the ground forever. I believed in nothing other …

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Feb 06

Hello, Out There.

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Dear All, It has been a long time since I wrote. Forgive me. Sunday, the day I usually write my column, seemed to come and go and come and go and each time I thought about writing I just couldn’t. …

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Oct 24

These Have Been Some “Pinch Me” Times

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I could not imagine what it would feel like, look like, be like to have my movie, Mr. Church, finally released for the world to see.  To see billboards, to do press junkets, to wake up on a Sunday morning and find …

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Jul 18

Where Are You Now, Pop?

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I find myself asking that question over and over. Sometimes in my head, more often a loud… Where are you now, pop? It’s a cruel trick, I say, if this is all there is. If we live, die, the end. Blackout. …

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Jun 06

She’s Graduating

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Wasn’t it yesterday I was carrying you around? Rocking you to sleep? Tying your shoes? Reading to you? Leaving money under your pillow for lost teeth? Wasn’t it yesterday…? My daughter graduates middle school this week. She graduates with honors …

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Apr 15

Making of Mr. Church (aka Cook)

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Apr 11

My Daughter’s First School Dance

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Did I ever have a school dance? I remember vaguely a prom but that’s about it. I mean, there must have been school dances, right? How come I don’t remember going to any? Was I really that distracted? That removed? …

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