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Tag Archives: regrets
survivor guilt – February 26
2.26.2018 in wartime guns rattle, ied’s level the guys next to you, and some come home in pieces, while others in only guises and varieties of a whole. why me, why not me why them, and I’m still here … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, aging, complexity, conundrums, death, faith, fear, guilt, hope, life, mortality, questions, regrets, remorse, self-awareness, survival
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late in the day – October 20
10.20.2017 [late in the day] late into the day aches neck, shoulders heart. ============
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Tagged bodies, losses, loves, mortality, physicality, regrets, remembrances, souls
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the son’s voice – February 6
2.6.2017 the son’s voice speaks years to the old man moments of grace and joy between them that he had never known with his own. ———————
he’s washing the dishes – June 15
6.15 he’s washing the dishes. a man shouldn’t do that. it’s embarrassing. the other kid’s dad’s don’t. it’s women’s work. I hide my head. I stand at the sink now years later and see my mother’s hands raw, cracked, … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, dad, expectations, fathers, grace, growth, humility, power, regrets
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a stocky little body – September 1
9. 1 a stocky little body of a boy climbs into my lap touching places of memory. I still know how to ride a bike read the book and talk about Mr. Peppers and his cat who loves orangesickles. … Continue reading
reunion times – July 27
7.27 celebrations good and sad hanging in yet feeling bad hard to not let happy flow unexpired and say you know shopworn, shopworn yes and no still alive and more to go. ———————-
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Tagged aging, frailty, high school, joys, memory, old friends, regrets, reunion
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