Here there be monsters!

When I was little, I loved horror movies. Creature Double Feature on Sundays was my favorite. The opening title showed grizzled, dead hand moved over the show’s logo, and I waited with anticipation to know which classic horror movie was playing that day: Abbott and...

You have all you need

I can’t say I had a bad childhood. It was actually pretty great. The ‘going to school and getting bullied’ part was bad, but even that made me grow up to be the spicy, straightforward person I am today. Mostly, I don’t care what people think. But it didn’t always used...

Nightfall and Sonrise

I never wanted to have any part of working in a restaurant. I am bad at remembering orders and I don’t like when people yell at me (which happens in restaurants sometimes). But when I stood behind the steam table serving pasta, salad, meat, bread and dessert for 6-8...

The Call [Part 2 of 3, September 11]

The Call At Wednesday night service the night after September 11, it was standing room only. The ten-foot distance between the pulpit and the front row was packed with people. Our pastor delivered a timely message, also saying that the numbers of people here tonight...

That Tuesday [Part 1 of 3, September 11]

9-11 That Tuesday – Part 1 of 3 I had just come out of the gym shower at Broward Sheriff’s Office when a coworker told me a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Having visited WTC a handful of times, I felt bad for the pilot and whoever else was aboard, and...

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