Tag Archives: war

Driven to Tears

Moments of solitude killed her. Slowly, over the two years of her confinement. One day speaking her mind, speaking her truth, spewing forth acid.   The acid burned and they took her.   In the night. (Women are always taken … Continue reading

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Memorial Day

In the quarter quell of the WWI draft, my grandfather voluntarily took the place of another man.  The man, barely known to my Faf, had a wife and young child.  Faf shipped off to the battlefields of Europe in his … Continue reading

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All We Are Saying…

My son writes in a journal each week as part of his homework.  The teacher gives the children prompts, much like the prompts used in my writing groups.  This week the eight through eleven-year-olds will tackle “What is peace?  What … Continue reading

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