Tag: child
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Of Motorcyclists, Native American Sayings, and Words that Travel Across Time…
If you want to practice patience, try shooting butterflies. They are nothing, if not elusive. Beautiful and elusive. “If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.” On the way to school one morning this past week our youngest child noticed as a motorcycle moving past our truck and other cars then still and waiting…
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Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts…
Today, and with my youngest child, I visited The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, otherwise known as The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels in Belgium. Immediately upon entering the lower lobby she spied a life drawing class offered free to anyone who wanted to participate. A model stood posed on a stage…
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Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…
My daughter recently stated that she hopes that my husband and I live to a ripe old age and that we die together, much like Noah and Allie in the movie based on The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. My daughter had just finished reading Spark’s novel, now a movie, Dear John. That’s the great thing…
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Of Character Shifts, Balloon Boy and Well-Meaning Friends…
Entering the meat of a novel offers revelation after revelation. Personalities come forth, shift and recede into the murky lands from which they emerged. Characters shift positions in an effort to hold honor to, if not find their authentic identity. Perceptions change. The child of truth and wisdom forged by time and circumstance relays the…
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Persona, Compassion and Bravado…
I recently read an article on writing that suggested writers ask ourselves, “Why have I chosen to write this novel at this time in my life?” This novel at this time. An interesting question.