Tag: encouragement
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Green Bananas and the Faith to Ripen
My blogger friend Betsy from At Water’s Edge recently shared the story of a cancer survivor who buys green bananas. It’s his way of showing faith in the future. Sitting at a round table discussion the other day with several other administrators, we talked about the rising and falling tides of public education. I told…
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Motion Activated
During a break at a leadership conference, I took a walk inside an attached gymnasium. It was dark, but there was ample sunlight coming in from some high windows. Walking the perimeter of the basketball court, I noticed a row of lights overhead. As I passed under an individual fixture, it turned on. It was…
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Stages of Grace
A vase with two carnations sat on the restaurant table where we ate lunch after singing at a nursing home. As you can see, one flower was a fresh bright pink, but the other one was dried up and shriveled. Both appeared to be the same type of flower, yet at different places in their…
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The Answer to a Forty Year Question
Bobby and I were good friends back in middle school. We were early morning running buddies and partners in teenage boy pranks. At some point, he suddenly moved away and I never saw him again. Fast forward forty-something years later, I attended his uncle’s funeral—a man who was a mentor to us both. Someone told…
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The True Vine
Our back and side flower beds are filled with a hardy vine we started several years ago from just a few sprigs. Here’s a photo of our side flower bed: Do you see the different type of vine in the front-center—weaving its way in? It’s something wild that planted itself there. We have to keep…
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More Feedback | Short Story
Ronald, a would-be writer, receives a scathing rejection letter from a magazine editor. His submission is riddled with bad grammar and there’s little to no narrative arc. It’s barely a story at all. The critic claims that a chimp with a piece of chalk could write better flash fiction. Tears sting the aspiring wordsmith’s eyes,…
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