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YOU’LL BE A MAN OF GOD SOME DAY, part two

His little sister was my granddaughter who shared visitation time with her daddy at my house.  So I would see Matt occasionally after he became a teenager.  We sat in the car talking one time.  He had a daughter by … Continue reading

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YOU’LL BE A MAN OF GOD SOME DAY, part one

I knew him; I loved him  He first came to me via of a marriage.  We celebrated his third birthday with him. That was a few months after I first saw him.  His mother rented a room from us.  I … Continue reading

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THE GUY WHO JUST RAN THROUGH

The guys or girls who run through our lives but live in the shadows that we understand little of.  We do know they don’t like sunshine; they don’t like accountability; they don’t like submitting to authority at any level. They … Continue reading

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NO DECISIONS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO WORK-AROUND-THE-CLOCK

  Her destination was Anywhere Else, USA.  Truthfully if she could she would leave this good ole USA.   Leave behind the responsibilities, the decisions, the work-around-the-clock world.  Head held high with eyes blurred by tears un-shed, she stumbled and skinned … Continue reading

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