Tag: parenthood

Parenting Then and Now

Posted on April 10, 2024 by

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They don’t tell you when you have children that you will have them for the duration, meaning until you, yourself, pass from the earth, or they do, heaven forbid, instead they, the powers that be, make you think that if you get your child… Continue Reading “Parenting Then and Now”

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Finding the Words, the Beautiful Words

Posted on June 10, 2015 by

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This morning I wanted to remember Kahlil Gibran’s writing about children because I have been feeling lately like a life raft where all the people who were hanging on have swum away but they don’t want me to pull up anchor yet because they… Continue Reading “Finding the Words, the Beautiful Words”

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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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