by TheLoveofMyLife | Oct 3, 2021 | I Have Been Provoked
On January 7, 2015 when I posted it, it wasn’t titled Part One. I didn’t change its title until January 29, 2015 when I posted Part Two. Both Part One and Part Two were written three months after my beloved bride, Maureen, took her last breath on 10.21.2014 due to...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Nov 26, 2019 | I Have Been Provoked
It sailed high and quickly. Lifting off his bat. Lifting all in Fenway Park out of their seats. Magic. A shared pulse. Hopeful. It was the 12th inning. Game six. The World Series. Carlton Fisk’s hit was heading towards the Green Monster. Careening off the left...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jul 31, 2017 | I Have Been Provoked
14 Years. Except for the year of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf in 2010 and Hurricane Ivan in 2004, we’ve been to Ft. Morgan, Alabama each and every year. We started going to this beach in 2003, the year of my bride, Maureen’s, mom and...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jan 1, 2017 | I Have Been Provoked
“I am stronger than lymphoma.” Those few simple words on a friend’s Facebook page over the holidays said it all. Just a few short weeks ago, that same friend and I were having lunch at Cured in San Antonio during the San Antonio Breast Cancer...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Sep 28, 2016 | I Have Been Provoked
It is a cool and beautiful morning in Austin, Texas. I am sitting at my favorite coffee shop, Teo’s. As I drove into town with my youngest daughter, the light was crisp. It had the orange hues of the approaching fall. As the sun came up, you could see the hints of...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jan 11, 2016 | I Have Been Provoked
1983. September. Freshman year at Northwestern. Although I joined a residential college at Northwestern University, rather than a fraternity, I still remember heading to the rush parties. My dorm room was in the fraternity quad, so the music was going to keep me awake...
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