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Tag Archives: anger
audition – November 22
11.17.2016 he was angry the first time he came with his small son and a big chip on his shoulder. an angry dad, mid divorce, ticked at the women who might turn him away. and his son got … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, brokenness, divorce, fathers and sons, Gift, hurt, male/female, pain, parenting, resolution, theater, wonder
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day-after paroxysms – November 9
11.9.2016 blinding numb paroxysms of disbelief, slow motion car wreck still to happen coming, coming down a road all too obvious and we chose it. rage, loss of control visit these things upon us, fantasies of payback, blind … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, choices, consequences, deliverance, despair, election, frustration, hope, Jesus, loss, pain, Prayer, rage
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first grade – October 21
10.21.2016 in first grade teacher asked what we wanted for Christmas. a machine-gun, I stared, ——————-
before and after – July 24
7.24.2016 we have tried anger and rage before a short term response of pain long term of evil. only changed hearts change the world. ——————-
flat affect – March 22
3.22.2016 a hard face across the table unresponding flat affect as if offended by all then pushing agenda out of need or pain. —————-
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Tagged anger, conflict, distance, emptiness, isolation, negotiation, pain, withholding
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an anger observed – February 17
2.17.2016 (9) my dad washed dishes bent over the sink banging away with tongue at side of his lip striking angrily. he was doing it for mom whose raw cracked hands bled as she tore at them and cried. … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, compassion, family, fathers and sons, frustration, hurt, isolation, rage
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non-original sins – January 22
1.22.2016 dead bodies in the streets wounded pleading faces, our enemies at the mercy of our whim seeing our fantasies play out in real life is not always pretty or ennobling. what evil lurks in the hearts of … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, bitterness, blindness, evil, fantasy, hatred, original sin, politics, repression, self, self righteousness, self-indulgence, sin
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has-been feelings – March 16
3.16.2015 has-been feelings spread so easily they left my name off they didn’t answer my email, phone, yell for notice don’t they know, yes they don’t and so what, so who is to care but … Continue reading
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Tagged abandonment, anger, care, disappointment, fear, feelings, God, grace, impotence, perspective, sadness, serenity
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the deep end – February 6
2.6.2015 I was born into a world where fathers threw their sons into the deep end to teach them how to swim. it is a terrible cruel world and I can’t always be there. you need to learn to … Continue reading
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