Sitting on the edge of the abyss, tossing in pebbles... listening for any sound below. Nothing. This abyss is pretty deep.  It sucks in all ...

This... This happens to OTHER people. This happens in OTHER places, not here. We should not be sitting in a meeting with a grief couns...

I used to be able to calculate my future as easily as looking down a path on a clear day... the possibilities, some inevitabilities.  It was...

Over the past several years, I've lived my life almost exclusively for others.  6 Years ago, I started helping take care of my grandp...

No one ever knows for certain What another day will bring So dim the lights and raise the curtain,  The cast is waiting in the wi...

Photo Credit: Simon Bray,  http://www.simonbray.co.uk/ I watch the clouds go by today in this beautiful area I live in... sunlight in s...

Image Credit: iStock Last week, I attended the funeral of a woman who was like a grandmother to me.  I knew her throughout my teen ye...

There is an older couple that lives around the corner from us.  My wife visits with them once or twice a month, usually taking our rambunct...

I just finished watching The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies tonight.  I love that with books and movies, there are always gems to fi...

Did you ever think, as the hearse rolls by, that you might be the next to die? They put you in a big black box, and cover you up with...

So you're in the middle of the ocean, and some foul turn of fortune damages your ship... what now? You do what you can. You put o...

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Saturday night, as I arrived at the theater for my night shift, the power went out.  And stayed out.  After we emptied a dozen theaters...

The last of the mooring lines released And all of my memories owning My ship glides forward o'er waters of peace Second star t...

This is a repost... and it should be shared and reposted as much as possible.   My daughter nearly took her own life a few months ba...

Sam:  "Dad, can you duct-tape me to the floor?" Me:  "Er... what?" Everyone needs a Sam.  Sam is my youngest...

I've loved this song for years... and while the video is slightly weird, the lyrics have a good message... for everyone, young girl o...

And yet more meme questions from tumblr... (I've deleted the ones I already answered in the previous post.) ·          1: Name  MyIn...