Tag Archives: Memories

Five Minute Friday — Offer

Posted on April 5, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Friday! It’s Five Minute Friday time! It doesn’t take much to excite me, I guess, but to actually get the time on a Friday to post with this amazing group, well, it’s priceless. You know the drill. We receive … Continue reading →

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The Downs Have Been Few But …

Posted on April 4, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

I’m usually an upbeat guy, a glass half full guy. Lately, however, I just haven’t cared if there was a glass at all. It’s been a long winter. Many of my goals have not been realized. I’ve been questioning everything … Continue reading →

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Why Do I Write?

Posted on April 2, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

I was asked recently a loaded question — why do I write? It’s a good question, but it’s loaded because there are a lot of reasons why I write, many decided because of my particular station in life. If I’m … Continue reading →

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Losing Laurel, Finding Myself

Posted on March 10, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

A Sunday reflection from Vayle Isom, a Mormon wife and mother. My eight-year-old daughter died in my arms the day she was diagnosed with cancer. Our fun, energetic Laurel, a third grader and budding gymnast, never missed an opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Productive Anger

Posted on February 11, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

It’s time to share this week’s Words for the Week. This comes from a 1993 pro basketball game. Many years ago during a Knicks-Bullets playoff game, one of the Bullets came up from behind the great Walt Frazier and punched … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Build

Posted on February 8, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word provided by our fearless leader Kate Motaung. The initiative helps soften the guilt we writers often … Continue reading →

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Readin’, Ritin’ & Rithmetic

Posted on January 1, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

On this New Year’s day, I thought I would tackle two issues. First, as I tweak the blog, I’ve added a new category called ‘Readin’ & Ritin’. Here, all thing related to reading, writing and {just to keep the rhyme} … Continue reading →

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Pity the writer

Posted on December 26, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

Mama, don’t let your children grow up to be writers. Okay, you can’t prevent them from expressing themselves — nor would you want to — but season their enthusiasm with a dose of reality. As visions of Stephen King, James … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Prayer — 2018

Posted on December 25, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

As a Christmas gift to myself, I again vowed to take Christmas off. No writing. No work. But I did want to share a Christmas message. What to do? Well, as I’ve doing for the past few years, I “borrowed” … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — With

Posted on December 21, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

Time for Five Minute Friday … on Friday! If you haven’t been following FMF in 2018, make it a new year’s resolution to follow — and join us — in 2019. It’s really a fun way to see how your … Continue reading →

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