by PJColando | Jan 8, 2014 | Purpose
Micawber MEANING: noun: An eternal optimist. ETYMOLOGY: After Wilkins Micawber, an incurable optimist in the novel David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens. His schemes for making money never materialize, but he’s always hopeful that “something...
by PJColando | Jan 6, 2014 | Purpose
I hated to do it, but it needed to be done. I tossed out the final Christmas cookies, dipped pretzels, chex mix, and fudge. We had already eaten nearly all of the treats – and you can tell, because the pounds are all around me. Now, if I could only toss the...
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by PJColando | Dec 16, 2013 | Purpose
My mother’s knees predicted weather changes with an accuracy shared with her other aggregate wisdom: well above 90%. TV weathermen should have listened to her. As my father did. Scientists don’t understand all the mechanisms of weather-related pain, but...
by PJColando | Nov 25, 2013 | Purpose
It’s hard to be humble when you live in the Milky Way, part of a universe commanded into being. “Because I said so,” God would say if you asked, using every parent’s fallback refrain. It’s important to be humane as well as human in our...
by PJColando | Nov 20, 2013 | Purpose
It’s 5:34 a.m. when we spontaneously awaken, aware of each other as the covers rustle with movement. We’ve beaten the clock alarm. Again. Our dear friend had a chemo therapy session – his 5th one, staring down the barrel of wellness to hit a bulls...
by PJColando | Nov 4, 2013 | Blonde, Purpose
Persistent Ardent Thoughtful Risk-taking Integrity-true Content Interested and interesting Artful Loving Out-going Understanding Intelligent Singer of harmony Empathetic Justice-seeking Action-oriented Colorful Kind Sense of humor aloud (allowed)...
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