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When the Universe Calls
Coincidence. What exactly is it? How often should it be dismissed? What is the determining factor that allows us to magnify specific occurrences during the random happenings of our lives? More...
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Capture Your Grief 2014 Day 1
SUNRISE. SOUTH TEXAS. 10.01.2014 Capture Your Grief Day 1 The Sunrise cuts both ways for me. It is a constant reminder that a new day, new beginning and new sheet of paper has been handed to me....
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Capture Your Grief 2014 Day 2
Capture Your Grief. Day 2. Heart. Where to begin? My heart has not been the same since March 5th 2011. I knew something was very different the moment that I realized my heart had begun to ache in a way...
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Capture Your Grief 2014 Day 5
Capture your grief. Day 5: Journal I have written so many articles, blogs and poems when it comes to Bella. Adding each of these pieces to my ongoing journal has been a direct cause of the healing...
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Capture Your Grief 2014 Day 6
At the risk of self-promotion, I need to speak on two books that have come into my life as a direct result of our loss. With Three Minus One, I was able to get Bella’s story published and added to this...
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Capture Your Grief 2014 Day 7
Capture your grief. Day 7: Sacred Place I don’t know if I have a sacred place. By default I would say Bella is always with me, in my heart. On most days, she can make wherever I happen to be a sacred...
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Capture Your Grief 2014 Day 9
Capture Your Grief Day 9: In Memory This tattoo of a self-portrait of my little girl has been a constant reminder of how beautiful she is, how much I miss her and how much I love her. It has allowed my...
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Capture Your Grief 2014 Day 10
Capture Your Grief Day 10: Support For the first several weeks and months after losing Bella, I spent most of my time focused on who wasn’t there. This may be one of my biggest regrets as I look back...
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Capture Your Grief Day 11
Capture Your Grief Day 11: Altar We have several items that strike a memory or have a special meaning to us. They are mostly collecting on one shelf in our home. I often walk by, catch a glimpse of one...
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Capture Your Grief Day 12
Capture Your Grief Day 12: Music What an impossible feat. How do I even begin to pinpoint what song, lyric or earth-shattering moment that music has brought to me along this journey. As soon as I...
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Into the Fog
I woke up to fog that didn’t allow visibility beyond 30 yards. The car ride to work became far more interesting. For some reason, my mind immediately presented the vision of a cemetery. One too many...
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Captured Pt. 2
Read Part One here. And now the nominees for scariest moment of Paul’s life…Late night prank phone call that ended with his mom staying awake all night in the living room as she clutched onto a...
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Phase Two: A Secret Awake. Again.
When Superman is dead, what can you possibly trust in enough to understand that things will be alright? “God!” I can hear the shout in unison as the audience of all of those who were in my life from...
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A Secret to Die For
A reset for this series is necessary at this point. In the previous couple of blogs I have indicated and incriminated the guilt-driven teachings of the church (not the church) I grew up in and...
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A Secret in the Dark
Phase One: A Secret Worth Telling Phase Two: A Secret Awake. Again. Phase Three: A Secret to Die For Phase Four: A Secret in the Dark The purpose behind this series is to reach others in their darkest...
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A Secret From the Past
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Five: A Secret From the Past I approached her the next day about the strange conversation regarding my dad. She had no memory of the question. She laughed off the...
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A Secret Wrapped in Deception
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Six: A Secret Wrapped in Deception I backed out of the driveway slowly. I couldn’t make myself look directly in my mom’s direction. Fear of what was...
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The Bitter Taste of Panic (4)
Part 4 The velocity of whatever was used to blow out the glass divided by square panels was done with such force that pieces were shot far in all directions. As my wife swept, I moved the couches, both...
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