Tag: making amends

The Long Process of Making Amends

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

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I think the trick to dealing with terrible stuff in your past is to own it. Virginia Governor Northam wouldn’t be in the fix he’s in if he had Xeroxed the page from his yearbook, kept it in his wallet, and pulled it out… Continue Reading “The Long Process of Making Amends”

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Sorry a Year Later

Posted on December 13, 2013 by

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Like many nights, I was having a tough time getting a start on this blog post. I’d started a piece about apology, wishing that a person I know who I think ought to apologize to a lot of people probably never will and wondering… Continue Reading “Sorry a Year Later”

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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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