Fellowship, belonging, friends… things that are no longer mine and it would seem never were. Mere distortion reflected by funny house mirror, brutal lie.
Life’s trickery: nothing new to me. But illusion of care, concern, companionship caught me unexpected, conquered hope too fragile to survive the blow.
In dreams I wander hallways long and always narrowing into squeezed, mirrored quarters where it is a clown-faced you who points in mockery, laughs at me.
Rosetta was born in 1909 as the youngest of ten children. The family had more laughter than money and neighbors would knock on their door to ask, "Can we come in and laugh, too?"
This book is an autobiographical account of the lessons I learned about life and how I was able to apply them to inspire, motivate and empower others in my own work as a firefighter, as well in my daily life as a husband, a father and a man. When I w
On February 20, 2003, pyrotechnics at a rock club in West Warwick, RI set off a devastating fire that roared through the crowded club, killing 100 people and injuring hundreds more. Gina Russo was one of the survivors, and she retells her harrowing e
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so-called friends. thus the saying "with friends
like these who needs enemies"! Excellent write!