Tag: Humility

I Used to Be So Smart

Posted on July 28, 2018 by

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Know-it-all friends. Ever had one? Ever been one? My husband and I were friends with a couple who always had all the answers no matter the topic. They were like human encyclopedias but with a yellow post-it note on the page with the right… Continue Reading “I Used to Be So Smart”

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Unsaddled

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

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I am only now realizing how tiresome I must have been back in the days when I had to be the smartest person in the room or die trying. Correcting people’s facts, adding ‘clarification’ that no one asked for, and always, always wanting to… Continue Reading “Unsaddled”

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Morning at the Warming Room

Posted on January 26, 2018 by

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We had already folded and stacked most of the blankets and sleeping bags. A few people stayed sleeping on the floor, abandoned by their comrades who had already awakened, gathered their things, and moved to the other room where there was coffee and big… Continue Reading “Morning at the Warming Room”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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