Category Archives: Experience, Strength and Hope (God)

Our Clouds Silver Linings

Upon close inspection, within our clouds above, Silver linings made of parts from me and parts of you, Compassion, support, care and love, Parts that made also the words “I do”.   Tumultuous skies traversed as lovers, Shooing thunderhead as … Continue reading

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What Is Mama?

Child’s first word, Source of living things, Milk donor, Sustenance procurement specialist, Ruler of the galley, Icing prodigy, Medical practitioner extraordinaire, Splinter and ear wax excavator, Domestic goddess, Protector of scary things, Value assurance … (somebody loves me), Progenitor of … Continue reading

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I Cried Today

Overwhelmed by love I cried today, With a young woman who is not my wife, Green scrubs and the afflicted fill her day, Guiding succor to my mother and sustaining her life.   So I cried, and thereby blessed, A … Continue reading

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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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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”.  🙂 During my visits it seems someone from the staff always comes to her room for … Continue reading

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