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Happy Birthday, Levi!

November 27, 2015

Other than the Thanksgiving card yesterday, this is my first post here since wishing my and my husband’s eldest son, …

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Happy Birthday, Joshua Ryals Calhoun!

August 10, 2015

Today is a sweet and special day remembered for your life of 38 years; as of 7:31 a.m. EDT, I confess …

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A Way Home

April 12, 2015

It has been so long since I have been home– Truly home, that is. The walls, and the chairs, the …

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Forty Years Ago Today. . .

March 1, 2015

. . .Ashley and I went on our first date! It boggles my mind to think that 14,610 days ago …

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An Elderly Friend Lost

November 3, 2014

Many, many years ago, on the property on which our house sits there was a Christmas  tree farm. Our farmhouse, …

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Tangled and Entwined

November 1, 2014

On the very bottom of my blog’s “front page,” if you scroll all the way down, you will find my …

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A New Page

September 3, 2014

This poem reflects what is for me one of my experiences of what is known by many as “the mystery …

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354 Riverville Road

August 14, 2014

    “Poor dear,” she said, and I felt the cup of her hand caress my cheek. I was certain …

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Joshua Ryals Calhoun

August 10, 2014

  (When Sonya’s Internet connection is fixed, a present-day photo of Josh will replace the one above!  Sorry, Josh!) Our …

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Still Miraculously Our Own

July 22, 2014

  There is a lovely, sentimental poem about adoption, written most likely by a loving mother to explain to her …

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Gentle White Noise

July 21, 2014

 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2014/7/20/a-bakers-dozen-170/ The gentlest of passions gives no warning, no storming, as a jump from some forest creature less agile often …

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For Abby

April 25, 2014

My niece, Abigail Rachel Tohline, is getting married tomorrow, in Indianapolis, to Keaton Wooden. Sadly for me,  I will be …

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March 1, 1975 – redux, again

March 1, 2014

I just can’t resist posting this one again.  Such a happy memory! When I was growing up (and hopefully I …

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A Poem of Thanksgiving to Hubs

November 8, 2013

    I am writing this because I failed to make a public declaration of my love for Ashley on our …

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Dream Land

September 27, 2013

Dream Land Capricious, precocious, dancing one no cradle can hold you for long. My steadfast gaze cannot slow down your race …

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Living at the Draftville Hotel!

Every poem or story or essay I post here is a draft, and usually a very early draft. I'm still learning how to look at my writing objectively, and when it comes to fixing what's broken or just non-functioning, ...whew. I don't ask for formal critique--that's a lot of work. But if you notice anything you think might help a poem (including, but not limited to spelling and punctuation!), please don't hesitate to mention it. In the comments, that's fine, or drop me a note: ptohlinecalhoun@gmail.com.

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"Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God."

~~I Peter 1:18-21, The Message

"The greatest and most difficult lesson, at times,, is learning to trust God."

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I love life, and treasure it each day, because I have come so very close to losing it, more times than I can count! That's not to say that I don't get grumpy, so I've chosen this photo of me with "Andi" nibbling on my ear. Andi belongs to our son Josh, the eldest of our three sons - the others being Matt and Adam.
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