I had a profound – and profoundly disturbing – realization this morning as I spoke with my prayer partner. I was telling her about an upsetting conversation I’d had over the weekend and, as sometimes happens, I started to hear myself speaking as if I were sitting on my own shoulder. From that place, I …
Category Archive: Dad
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Nov 13
In memoriam
Robert Carey
Oct. 22, 1941 – Nov. 13, 2000
11 years today. It’s hard to believe that it’s been so long. There are times when it feels like the blink of an eye. There are others when it feels like an eternity.
This is the man who shaped me and molded …
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Aug 22
F*** you, I didn’t ask for this
I’ve felt this post coming for a few days and I’ve been pushing it away, not wanting to go there. But here it is, refusing to go away…
When I went back to my high school last week and interviewed Jack Cummings, it precipitated the opening of a huge well of grief that I didn’t …
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Jul 10
Declaration of Independence
This morning I went to one of my favorite spots in the world – it’s a nearby hiking trail that comes out at a swimming hole. It’s a place we frequented when I was a kid and it’s where my father’s ashes are scattered.
This morning I went up and sat for a long time …
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