Good evening. It is 9:47 p.m. Very tired tonight, but I just had to share with you that I visited my best friend’s Dad tonight, and he looked great (see above). I talked about him in my last post, and I was so fortunate to see him looking so good. Have a wonderful night everybody.…

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Good morning. It is 5:51 a.m. (remembering my dear friend, Donnon, on this day of his passing 8 years ago. Not Fade Away, my friend. We will always love you) My best friend is really going through some challenging times. We’ve been through every big event together in our lives, and this one is no…

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copyright 2010. Photo by Rus VanWestervelt, taken in Ocean City, MD, July 2009. Howdy, folks. It’s 5:49 8:46 p.m. I think I’m done. My period of introspection is, I believe, over. It is time for me to begin living the results of this journey. I will keep writing here, and I will stay Facebook-free for…

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Good evening. It is 8:05 p.m. I took this picture (above) today with my phone while my son and I were out running a few errands. We walked by this patch of grass, and pushing through was this little flower. So much hope and faith in such a tiny thing. We endured four feet of…

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Evening. It is 9:38 p.m. He sits alone in his room, frustrated and sad–a misunderstood 11-year-old tired of trying to express his need to overcome the loss, to fill the void left by his father’s sudden death. His mother finds her ways: a boyfriend’s consoling kisses, a demanding job. His sister is always surrounded by…

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Namaste. It is 9:25 p.m. Please allow me a moment to set aside the philosophic and deeper analysis of my life. Just for a moment, if you please. When The Phantom of the Opera first came out in 1986, I was a little more than obsessed with both the show and the soundtrack. I saw…

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Good evening…it is 6:37 9:11 10:02 p.m. Tough day, but I’m getting through. I wanted to spend a few minutes “thinking out loud” in tonight’s entry. I’ve been struggling with my writing direction, as you know. So….here we go. Just going to put this out there. Here’s the deal. I love writing. I love my…

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Good evening. It is 8:11 p.m. The fact that I did not write in my blog yesterday would have been devastating 22 days ago. I would have seen this as a failure to complete anything, and it would have derailed me to, perhaps, abandon this journey. But this is not 22 days ago. Instead, I…

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Wonderful evening. It is 9:53 p.m. There’s a good chance that I won’t be writing in the morning, as I need to be at school early for a publication upload. I’ll be around later in the day, though. Just a few quick things about the day, and then it’s off to bed. First, I can…

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Good morning. It is 5:24 a.m. Halfway point is here. But does that even mean anything anymore? When I started this journey 20 days ago, it was all about getting to day 40. In fact, I’ve been asked recently by several people about how challenging it might be to hold on for the final 20…

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