There’s a gun in a case near Garth’s side of the bed. It looks mean. I’m afraid to touch it let alone pick it up. I thought I’d use the excuse of this prompt to face my fear, hold the gun, learn how to load it, even go to a shooting range and learn to…
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Suprise Me
Catch-22
Prompted By Guns Then and Now
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There’s a gun in a case near Garth’s side of the bed. It looks mean. I’m afraid to touch it let alone pick it up. I thought I’d use the excuse of this prompt to face my fear, hold the gun, learn how to load it, even go to a shooting range and learn to…
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Can’t Find My Way Home
Prompted By Trauma
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It was probably the most traumatic event of my life, and certainly the most traumatic event of Molly's.
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Launching my firstborn
Prompted By First Day of School
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Instead of a heart-to-heart talk, we sang along with a "classic rock" station at the top of our lungs.
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Enough
Prompted By Guns Then and Now
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My grandkids live in a very different world, characterized by mass shootings, increasing gun ownership, and everyday violence that claims so many lives in cities like Chicago near where I live.
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Rider on the Storm
Prompted By Planes and Trains
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Here Comes the Sun
Prompted By Inaugurations
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When Jon Bon Jovi kicked off the evening’s entertainment singing Here Comes the Sun as the Florida sun rose in the background, I felt the optimism that comes with a sunrise after a dark and stormy night.
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Health Fooders
Prompted By What We Ate
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My family had a rule: No comic books.
Worth a thousand words
“You don’t look Chinese!”