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About Wint

Pray, love, parent, play, give back... repeat.

If a Man Has Faith

This might be better read in context with an earlier article I wrote many years ago: https://leepylant.com/1998/01/01/i-dont-know-much-about-god-but-im-glad-he-knows-a-lot-about-me/ If, as a result of divine revelation, a man has faith, what be just punishment for behavior contrary to his faith? Some amongst … Continue reading

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Meeting My Daughter’s Mother

She sails in the room, in which I was present, Countenance demanding attention, eyes turning, including mine. As though unawares she nearly flies with grace and assurance, Like a damsel on a bowsprit, damn she looks fine!   Though it … Continue reading

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Residue

Where in the world do we go when we die? Can you really swallow it’s up in the sky? Maybe it’s hot if below we go. Does it really matter? Do we really need to know?   What will you … Continue reading

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You will be judged

You will be judged and you will pay penance. Not in this life you say? Lord knows what happens in an afterlife, literally! No, my friend, it is in this life penance is paid. When you look in the mirror … Continue reading

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One of the Bestest Days of the Many Best Days of My Life, a.k.a. "Just Another Day with Barb"

Some of you regular readers may know the esteem in which I hold my brother Barb. While you may have heard a disparaging word from me from time to time when referencing him in past stories, you know he is … Continue reading

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23 Years is a Pretty Long Time

23 years is a pretty long time, But if your sweetheart was like mine, You’d be in love til the end of time, That’s why she is my valentine.   Thinking back to those words “I do”, My soul is … Continue reading

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The Day of the Buckwheat Pancakes

Riding home from church with my family as a little boy we always passed a Pancake House. My plaintive pleas never moved my parents to stop. In hindsight it is plain to see it was not my parents desire to … Continue reading

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2015_01-29 – Visit with Mama

Mama was in fine form yesterday.  We had a long and pleasant visit.  Her only disappointment was the discovery that I was not “available”.  πŸ™‚ During my visits it seems someone from the staff always comes to her room for … Continue reading

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Allison 2014

On this day in 92, God brought forth an adorable you, To parents who love you like no other, A blessing you are to Father and Mother.   A woman now in full bloom, Loving a fella, a possible groom, … Continue reading

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9/11 – Please God, Let Me Never Forget

Two thousand eleven to two thousand fourteen, All days in between, Remembrances are often, Overtime they soften.   Widows and widowers, Fathers, mothers, sisters brothers, Innocents and saviors, Heroes and warriors.   Children … Oh God the Children! Please God … Continue reading

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