Can I Ask You Something? We chat outside her front door. It’s a normal Monday afternoon. She smiles and we make small talk until it’s time for me to move…
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She says it aloud to no one in particular, “I need a ride home.” I ask her when she needs to leave. She says after she talks to Mrs F.…
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Here is the church Here is the steeple Open the door And see all the people It’s another Saturday morning. A cold one. A few years ago, the first Saturday…
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A Longer Wait? It’s an early Monday morning. I am sitting in the waiting room at my doctor’s office. I’m listening for my name to be called. Then a new…
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What Happened to Hank? Hank (not his real name) confused me. Week after week he wandered inside Manna House mumbling, sometimes singing. He’d carry boxes. He’d unload fruit. He’d return…
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Where Were You September 8? Where were you when you heard the news? Many will remember September 8. It’s the day she died. She was loved by her family. She…
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