Tag: Family
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God is so good
My mom needed knee replacement surgery. She found out last year, but it was sometime before she was prepared for it. It happened about a week ago. I took her to the hospital, stayed with her and waited for her, and took her home. Not a big deal. But I have to give God the…
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My new book
Sorry to be absent for a while. I have been working on other writing tasks when not focused on the in-between times of life’s ups and downs.
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Brothers and Sisters!
An adventure in Berkeley where things went wrong but Father God showed up and demonstrated his power and watch-care
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Word to the Father(s)
I grew up without a dad, but I got a stepdad when I was eight years old. I missed something when I was younger, and my stepdad was a true and good father to me, but I’ve still got a bit of a missing piece.
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I’m submitting for publication
Thanks for traveling with me for thirty-one weeks as I published sample chapters of my new book on Kidney Disease, Timestamp: A CKD Memoir…
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Songs of the Week
This week it’s two by Phil Keaggy, the “Paul McCartney” of Christendom…
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Hunan Juan
(Hunan Yuan) Today, my family took me out to lunch to my favorite Chinese restaurant in California, Hunan Yuan of Redwood Road, Oakland. Szechuan Palace is my other favorite, but I’m not sure if it’s still there. In Park Slope, Brooklyn, in the late 1980s, they served the best sesame chicken on the planet. I…
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Check out my new book…
White Fences Black Stars A historical fiction on the Negro Baseball Leagues of old. Three Black men in the early twentieth century struggle against racism and Jim Crow as they participate, to the best of their ability, in the sport they love. Join Negro League baseball players, Heath, Gooch and Wilkinson, as they triumph over…
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A sad day
It is a sad day when a friend or family member passes away. Even if you did not know them well or they were a distant friend or someone who grew up with your family member. It is a sad day, and if they did not know the Lord, then it is a tragic day.…
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At the Wedding
So, we were invited to celebrate with family as they renewed their vows. It was an intimate gathering. I didn’t know all the guests but there were many familiar faces. There was food and drink and fellowship, and the atmosphere was friendly and calm. It was a blessing, though I don’t prefer large gatherings. Afterwards,…
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