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Tag Archives: mortality
faith takes us – January 17
1.17.2015 faith takes us to places we didn’t expect and leaves us open to more than we hoped. saying goodbye will only be a step on the road to meeting again. ————- when our bodies fail it … Continue reading
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Tagged beyond, connection, death, enduring, faith, God, limits, mortality, openness, soul mates, souls, unexpected
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pathway – December 30
12.30.2014 snow spreads back into the trees a deer swath broadening through afternoon gray sun spilling dull bare whisper shadows the pond beyond marking a boundary that only the heart knows. ————————
procedure – December 27
12.27.2014 the tube goes in down the throat via the nostrils and the body rebels at the violation. looked upon now in older age one wonders will it be me. —————————
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Tagged aging, anxiety, bodies, identification, medical, Medicine, mortality, observation, perception, physicality
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fatigue hits – November 22
11.22.2014 fatigue hits suddenly. crash out of time built up till the penny drops and then you do too. —————
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Tagged bodies, fatigue, limits, mortality, overwork, physicality, stress, surprise
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us older guys – November 8
11.2.2014 us older guys are just young guys inside checking it out wondering what’s going on not really trusting that it ever really comes to an end. —————————
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Tagged aging, continuation, eternal life, growth, inner life, learning, life, mortality, perception, time, wisdom, youth
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sitting by evening fire – October 27
10.27.2014 sitting by evening fire winds of autumn starting to chill the night air outside my eyes see a newer self in the hall mirror older, more lines, weariness askance, matching the soreness of muscles that now hurt … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, autumn, changes, faith, God, hope, life journey, mortality, reflection, seasons, soul, stages
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a tug on the leash – July 29
7.29.2014 the dog stops more often on our walks now to sniff, to lift a leg, to squat or perhaps to fake one of these so that he can take a breath as he ages. I tug at … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, aging, bodies, body awareness, compassion, dog, grace, mortality, nature, walks
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when the curtain comes down – July 28
7.28.2014 when the curtain comes down and it was all make believe the screws come out of the wood and windows, doors, walls, castles falling back into flats hardware stripped out for storage away for perhaps some use … Continue reading
wear and tear – June 1
6.1.2014 forty years ago on a rain slicked night a car in front turned sideways at fifty miles per hour and five years later the back gave out, like the twisted metal of the driver’s seat, on a drive … Continue reading
chirping neighbors – May 28
5.28.2014 chirping neighbors fill the night with sound searching for mates food, friends, foes singing their song of existence. we are here. we are here. searching neighbors sing a song of worry scared, anxious, afraid, insecure … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, existence, grace, joy, mortality, nature, resolution, wonder
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