Stories from the Steps

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 22: 40

    40: One year ago, exactly one week shy of our 39th anniversary, Miss Julie & I attended a wedding in the same gorgeous cathedral where we stated our vows. As I sat with my sons & daughters-in-law behind me &… Continue reading

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 22: 40

  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 20

    THE EVENT, DAY 21 – WHY?Why. It’s a word that checks the box on five parts of speech in its definition of “ for what cause or purpose, or reason. It is a word I met twice this weekend in… Continue reading

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  • Vol.3, Chronicle 18

    THIS IS THE FACE OF AN UNEXPECTED MEDICAL EVENT: This Tuesday morning, today, I cried trying to put on a shirt. I got my arms & head through the right spots but it rolled up on my back & I… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 17

    VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 17, THE STORY STARTED IN 1975:Stress. Two years ago, July 3, 2024 when I posted the 3 section work that follows as Volume 1, Chronicle 28, I had no idea of the stresses that lay in wait… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 16

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS, VOLUME 3 CHRONICLE 16 – LISTEN TO YOUR DAD: Dear 3 year old standing by your dad, Last week we shared a birthday. On Father’s Day, I want to share something else. I believe this life… Continue reading

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 16

  • The Dementia Talks #22

    NOTHING:Monday, it was time to take my mom from a pedestrian bridge in our last talk to a church. It was a journey yielding nothing… Over the weekend while following like Jason & the Argonauts a YouTube golden fleece, I… Continue reading

    The Dementia Talks #22

  • VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 11, ARPEGGIO, THE BIRTHDAY EDITION: Music’s broken chord, the arpeggio, occurs when notes normally played simultaneously are played individually. Anyone with someone suffering a physical or mental ailment knows the difficulty of dealing with brokenness of what… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 10

    VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 10: 4 YEARS IN SUNDOWN, NOW & THEN. As I say good morning to another night, I’m struggling with do I need to say something or do I have something to say? John Steinbeck said, “I write… Continue reading

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 10

  • Vol 3. Chronicle 8, Redux

    A PERSONAL NOTE on changes & what you need to know from two years ago in what was known as Volume 1, Chronicle 14. CHANGES: 1)The day count is now 4,463, the years are at 13 & counting, & the… Continue reading

    Vol 3. Chronicle 8, Redux

  • DEAR DAD,     Today marks the 13th time I’ve celebrated your birthday without you. Before you left us in September 2013, we had taken advantage of time & said the things fathers & sons need to share.       The five years… Continue reading

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