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a boxful of letters

I opened a box today. It was full of handwritten letters from war…not just one or two, but hundreds and hundreds…one written per day from Southeast Asia to Southeast Pennsylvania, from a man overseas to a wife and young son on the home front. My grandfather made sure to always write a letter to his beloved “bride” and their son, my Dad.  He was a man who laughed easily, loved well, and had wisdom and whit to share. Even inRead more
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Daily Prompt Challenge ~ Linger

to linger… To wait awhile longer To not move forward or backward, but to stay  for a bit because you don’t desire the moment to end. Sometimes endings are truly endings, changes that you know are coming, and in lingering a bit, we try to heed off the inevitable. I’ve had so many moments of ‘lingering’ in my lifetime.  There are moments that I’ve wanted to stretch out and make last, savoring every solitary instant. Some of the moments thatRead more