Monthly Archives: February 2012

a handful of quarters

Posted on February 29, 2012 by 2b14u

Many people don’t notice pennies on the ground anymore. It seems pennies are not worth the energy to pick up and put in your pocket. Others do not notice quarters either. I do. When my income suddenly reduced to one … Continue reading →

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deep pits

Posted on February 27, 2012 by 2b14u

“No pit is so deep that God is not deeper still.” Those words came from a woman who knew the insides of life’s pit. She knew the pits of humiliation, starvation, beatings, bitterness, insanity, and death that could be found … Continue reading →

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birthday storms

Posted on February 17, 2012 by 2b14u

After my last two posts I want to post a funny blog. A blog that is filled with humorous memories of one day…March 1,1997. My youngest son turned four on March 1, 1997 and my oldest son was eight at … Continue reading →

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Jack-in-the-Box Moments

Posted on February 15, 2012 by 2b14u

People have been asking me for this story again.  I have combined the two posts so they can be read together. One Friday morning in 2009, my life was drastically changed. The week before had been filled with Jack-in-the Box … Continue reading →

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jack-in-the-box moments

Posted on February 13, 2012 by 2b14u

People have been asking me for this story again.  I have combined the two posts so they can be read together. One Friday morning in 2009, my life was drastically changed. The week before had been filled with Jack-in-the Box … Continue reading →

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control is such an uncontrolable thing

Posted on February 10, 2012 by 2b14u

As I sat in a state mental hospital office, the doctor in front of me looked at me and said, “You have to understand that there are some things you can’t control.” For some reason his words became a Goliath … Continue reading →

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Hanging on…………….

Posted on February 8, 2012 by 2b14u

When we tell someone who is depressed to “hang on” it seems trite and unhelpful and just plain cheesy, but at the same time they are the only words that really sums up what you have to do……you have to … Continue reading →

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