Sights and Sounds of Papa…

One of my early visions of papa is of him carrying my school bag to put beside my seat when I was in elementary. I believe he’s the only father doing that until middle grades.

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Worship in the Ashes

Question… is it easier to sing when you are happy or sad? Happy of course! When I’m sad, or when I’m worried, there’s a lump that’s stuck in my throat. How could I sing when

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Cause for Pain

Once there was a writing workshop entitled ‘Writing out of your Pain.’ I did not attend the event but I imagined a bit what the theme of the event implies. I remember a friend once

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Dancing Lessons in the Pandemic

I wrote this piece 8 years ago today. But its lessons apply today more than ever – even we can no longer dance together physically because of Covid. I learn anew what it means to

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Grit by Grace

In the movie, Fantastic Four, there is a super-hero character, Reed also known as Mister Fantastic. His super-hero power is being able to stretch, bend, and curl into all shapes he desires as each situation

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Nitty Gritty Resilience

Resilience: the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. This brings to mind the scenes of Tom and Jerry stretching and compressing and returning back to their original shapes after

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