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Sad-DADD: Storytelling
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Thursday, December 6, 2012. 8220;There was another life I might have had, but I am having this one.”. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go. I recently heard a radio broadcast of a Jewish mother who had lost her son to a Palestinian sniper. She said that those who manage to survive the loss of a child must choose to live. Is that what happened? Did I choose to survive? It would be an exaggeration, though, to say that Jill and I ha...
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Sad-DADD: August 2011
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. I must be feeling better. I’ve been listening to Prefab Sprout. Headed by singer-songwriter, Paddy McAloon, the group has been around since the ‘80s. They make winsome music, the kind that makes you appreciate the miracle of life. In fact, that is the title of one of their songs: “Life’s A Miracle”. Tell someone you love them, there's always a way. To you and me, don't waste another day. We called he...
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Sad-DADD: "How Could You?"
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Sunday, April 22, 2012. I was not actively thinking, or praying, but as I lay there listening these words formed in my mind: “How could you? 8221; Of course, I was addressing God. It was an honest question as much as a reproach. As distressing as such an utterance may be to many devout, I know that God encourages honesty more than false decorum. I did not recant. Can imagine God should be, what kind of God do I claim? 8220;Bl...
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Sad-DADD: June 2011
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Wednesday, June 29, 2011. God On Our Side*. The courtroom is a strange congregation. I am reminded of nothing so much as a wedding, where the attendants are seated according to their relationship with either the bride or the groom. Only this isn’t a wedding. We avoid eye contact across the aisle. It is rather a somber assembly -. more somber, perhaps, even than a funeral. Not that it has been easy to sit quietly while the fac...
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Sad-DADD: December 2012
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Thursday, December 6, 2012. 8220;There was another life I might have had, but I am having this one.”. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go. I recently heard a radio broadcast of a Jewish mother who had lost her son to a Palestinian sniper. She said that those who manage to survive the loss of a child must choose to live. Is that what happened? Did I choose to survive? It would be an exaggeration, though, to say that Jill and I ha...
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Sad-DADD: February 2012
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Sunday, February 26, 2012. I’ve had this feeling my whole life but increasingly lately: Claustrophobia. My best dreams are flying dreams. I still think it is big mistake that human beings were not made to fly. I know we can, with machines. But I mean really fly. I am haunted by the line from T.S.Eliot’s poem, The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock:. I should have been a pair of ragged claws. Has grown so weary that it cannot hold.
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Sad-DADD: Sand Sculptures
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Saturday, May 4, 2013. Jill and I spoke at a recent Every 15 Minutes program for Biggs High School. Well, really, Jill spoke, and I sat and tried to hold myself together. The kids who participated in the program are the good kids. Good kids aren’t the problem. It was obvious we were preaching to the choir. Rachel was one of the good kids. She wouldn’t drink and drive, and she wouldn’t let her friends. Help, Thanks, Wow. 8220;...
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Sad-DADD: May 2013
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Saturday, May 4, 2013. Jill and I spoke at a recent Every 15 Minutes program for Biggs High School. Well, really, Jill spoke, and I sat and tried to hold myself together. The kids who participated in the program are the good kids. Good kids aren’t the problem. It was obvious we were preaching to the choir. Rachel was one of the good kids. She wouldn’t drink and drive, and she wouldn’t let her friends. Help, Thanks, Wow. 8220;...
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Sad-DADD: ACTS OF LOVE
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A father deals with the death of his daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. I must be feeling better. I’ve been listening to Prefab Sprout. Headed by singer-songwriter, Paddy McAloon, the group has been around since the ‘80s. They make winsome music, the kind that makes you appreciate the miracle of life. In fact, that is the title of one of their songs: “Life’s A Miracle”. Tell someone you love them, there's always a way. To you and me, don't waste another day. We called he...
