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The Wait

Posted on December 16, 2019 by thisihumblyspeak

It is the Advent season and in all stores, the rush of shoppers has formed long lines in front of cash registers. Everyone seems frazzled. I look over to the self-checkout stations originally designed to facilitate or eliminate the pains … Continue reading →

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Mending, Not Fixing

Posted on July 24, 2019 by thisihumblyspeak

A decorative button on my jacket was missing. It left a noticeable gap in its design as the buttons were unique to the jacket and could not be matched without altering all of them. I searched for my sewing box … Continue reading →

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From Zero to One, An Infinity

Posted on June 11, 2019 by thisihumblyspeak

Numbers fascinate my grandson. He tries to grasp the concept of infinity. “Can we count to infinity? What is infinity plus one? Does the sum of infinite numbers produce a finite number?” The questions are endless, or should I say … Continue reading →

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It’s Your Day, It’s My Day

Posted on March 8, 2019 by thisihumblyspeak

“Today is your day and mine, the only day that we have to play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole we may not understand, but we are here to play it, and now is our … Continue reading →

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Another Year

Posted on January 1, 2019 by thisihumblyspeak

Another year soon to pass. A year with a thousand happenings, pleasant and unpleasant, long and brief all at the same time filling up my days broken up into hours. Every hour can seem so short and endless all at … Continue reading →

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Unwrap the Love

Posted on December 24, 2018 by thisihumblyspeak

This Christmas, Unwrap the gift of Love nestled in your heart, And allow the winter winds to carry it as an offering, Delivering its wealth through the delicate hands of Hope Across neighborhoods and nations. Unwrap the Love. And in … Continue reading →

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Family, A Heritage of Stories

Posted on November 22, 2018 by thisihumblyspeak

There is no substitute for family. Family is those with whom I grew up and created a bond from my beginning years. Family is those whom I talk to or reminisce about in my adult years. It is those whom … Continue reading →

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Petrichor

Posted on October 13, 2018 by thisihumblyspeak

(The precise aroma of falling rain is known as petrichor. It was coined petrichor by Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Grenfeld Thomas, two Australian mineralogists who blended the Greek words petra, rock, and ichor, the essence that flowed through the veins of the gods … Continue reading →

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Duality

Posted on September 7, 2018 by thisihumblyspeak

I walked into an old church in Eastern Europe admiring the beauty of the gothic architecture. The woodwork, the gold intertwined with marble and extensive use of stained glass filled it with light and color. Carvings of stone that resembled … Continue reading →

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Measure of a Man

Posted on June 17, 2018 by thisihumblyspeak

To fathers who love, who pray, who shed a tear As they lay down their lives, in the big ways And sometimes the harder small ways, for our families At home, in our communities and across borders— I salute you. … Continue reading →

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