WoWs From Last Year
I revisit meaningful moments and experiences that shaped my past year.
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Three Missing Teeth
The old man stared at the tools hanging on the rough-planked wall of his workshop. The two-person crosscut saw and…
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Popeye Is Dying
All four of my grandparents wrapped me in love as I grew from a skinny mountain boy into a young…
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Last Breath
In 2014, my wife and I boarded a plane and flew to London, England, to spend a week touring the…
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My Favorite Word
The Words We Choose Did you know the average English-speaking adult wields a vocabulary of 20,000 to 35,000 words? Yet…
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Loss and Consequences
Throughout our lives, each of us encounters loss. Sometimes it’s a fleeting setback; other times it reshapes the landscape of…
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Talent Show
The Chesapeake’s Got Talent: Finding the Spark That Never Fades Life at The Chesapeake — our lively retirement community of…
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Trippin’ With a Friend
Recently, my wife and I needed to make a trip to a small town about four hours away. A childhood…
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My Favorite Photograph
There is a photograph I hold almost like a charm—one that outshines even my wife’s whimsical portrait surrounded by plush…
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Work or Play? Reflections on a Life Well Spent
Mark Twain once mused that he “never did a day’s work in all [his] life. ” For him, genuine work…
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My Loaf of Bread
In the quiet hours of night, when the world softens and the mind drifts inward, I imagine my life as…
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When You’re Really Poor
When you grow up poor—truly poor—everything in your world seems just out of reach. For me, as a boy in…
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My Favorite Song
Music has always been the heartbeat of my life, a gentle companion through both joys and sorrows. Growing up in…
