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LEFT BEHIND
Posted on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Have I been left behind,
Or am I following too close?
Hard to say in this dark wood
Where the path seems lost. [...]
Meditations #4
Posted on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Meditations
Nel mezzo . . . del cammin . . . de nostra vita . . . I retrovai . . . per un oscure selva.
In the middle of the road of my life
I awoke in [...]
continue readingRule #4
Posted on Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
From soon-to-be published Rules For Engaging Grief: A Journey To Further Still the following is one of the thirty-nine rules, together with the reflection and exercise for your consideration.
Share your thoughts, if you are so [...]
In Memoriam
Posted on Thursday, October 19th, 2006
I wrote the following poem in West Virginia on the first anniversary of Donna’s death. Later in this volume I explain how time [...]
continue readingLeading from the Heart
Posted on Thursday, October 19th, 2006
Foreword
I lost Donna, my spouse of 39 years, when a car struck her as she walked across the street holding my son Christopher’s hand. They were on their way to his First Holy Reconciliation, a [...]

















