Author Archives: wisdomfromafather
Five Minute Friday — Ordinary
We call it Five Minute Friday. It’s where everyone writes for five, unedited minutes all on the same prompt. This week, that prompt is the challenge itself, the dare, the scary. This week’s prompt is ORDINARY. The initiative was started … Continue reading
Dreaming
Okay, here’s one for the dream analysts, psychotherapists and all my other friends in the blogosphere. I don’t generally get nightmares. In fact, I can’t remember ever having a true nightmare, even when I’m in a dark mood. I do, … Continue reading
Seashells
Just before Karen died, she had been reading a book she received as a gift from JoAnn by Rodale Press for Hallmark. It was actually for both of us, but Karen was the reader in the family. The book was … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — True
Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task at hand is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker who thought about writing and how often … Continue reading
In the Blink of an Eye
Five years. It has been five years to the minute of this post since I changed my status from married to widowed, from husband to widower. To be honest, some days it doesn’t seem like five years. The events unfold … Continue reading
Dishwasher Science
The grandkids have chores around the house. The older two, for example, take turns loading and unloading the dishwasher. The other day, my son reminded my grandson (10) it was his turn to unload the dishwasher. Immediately my granddaughter (13) … Continue reading
Lonely Cornstalk
We’ve all seen them. You know, the lone cornstalk growing in the middle of a soybean field … the tree stretching out from a wall of rock … the weed that miraculously appears in the only crack in the asphalt. … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — She
Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task at hand is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2013/09/five-minute-friday-she/) who thought about writing and how … Continue reading
The Light 