A Grocery Store –
A place for food. Ready to eat with little or no cooking. Chocolate ice cream. Potato chips. etc.
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a shopping spree
a middle name
A Father’s Name –
A significant person. Our Father who art in heaven. Be a father on earth. And be there.
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a last thing learned
A Need For Help –
A need to ask. A need for mercy. Be not afraid. Fear only the Lord. That is all you need to know.
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a question I hate to be asked
A Question I Hate To Be Asked –
A question: Why don’t I get a hearing aid? Cost. They don’t work well. I don’t like what I hear. Why are you shouting? Why don’t I get a smartphone? Why don’t I get my heart valve replaced? Because.
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a failure that led to success
A Run For Congress –
A futile attempt. To dream the impossible dream. Later on I got a regular job, got married, and had a couple kids like everyone else. There would be challenges unlike everyone else that I successfully dealt with.
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a beginning of my autobiography
A Life Worth Living –
A gift to be appreciated. The good fight. The race to finish. The faith to keep. A job to do.
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a three objects I couldn’t live without
A Religion –
A faith in God. A life without children. Grandchildren. A life partner. Purpose. Meaning. Reason. Why stop at three? I have lived without a smartphone, a hearing aid, a hernia operation, and a heart operation. Over 80.
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a life experience that helped me grow
A Military Service –
A chance to sign up or be drafted. It was a safe job but I learned to appreciate those who were not so lucky. Those who were put in harm’s way.
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a belief in fate/destiny?
A Life Or Death Choice –
A faith in the future. Eternal life is possible and can be chosen. A second death is real. The death of your soul if you don’t choose eternal life.
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a phase in life difficult to leave
A Youth –
A real job and marriage came late in my life. I don’t recommend it. I was able to avoid a war few wanted. Few had the choices I had. Few were able to make the normal choices. It was an abnormal time. What happened to normal?
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Daily writing prompt
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.
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