The Things We Carry

March 22, 2010

“Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can’t remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.” – Tim O’Brien, “The Things [...]

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A Little Bit of Everything

March 15, 2010

So take me as I am…
I’m a little bit of everything
All rolled into one.
Meredith Brooks, “Bitch”

“I’m not feeling well.”
Month after month, week after week, day after day, this would be the phrase that ran through my head and sprung from my lips.
“I’m so incredibly tired.”

It’s the excuse I would give when asked to go out [...]

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On A Carousel of Time

February 25, 2010

Yesterday a child came out to wander
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star…
Joni Mitchell, “The Circle Game”

We spent summer days playing capture the flag, weaving in and out of backyards, our Keds slapping the street pavement as our shouts lingered in the [...]

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It’s Just Another Step

February 23, 2010

Yeah you questioned this life
Sure you wondered about love
But you swear there’s always hope
Always hope from above…
It’s just another breath
It’s just another breath you say
It’s just another step
It’s just another step today…
Collective Soul, “Good Morning After All”

Centuries upon centuries ago, philosophers gazed up at the heavens and wondered how the world worked and what it [...]

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If I Could Change The World

February 21, 2010

If I could reach the stars
Pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart
So you could see the truth…
Eric Clapton, “If I Could (Change the World)”

My mind is crowded with ideas — thoughts marked by what-ifs, the huge philosophies that make you wonder at the complexities of life. So many thoughts have been tumbling around [...]

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