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The New Abnormal
Ever since a close friend visited me in the hospital, and mentioned to my wife that we will now have to adjust to “the new normal” (post heart attack), we have batted that expression around and discussed the variety of … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged acceptance, cardiac rehab, change in plans, dashed dreams, December 7, disabled, ejection fraction, emotional lens, fantasy world, heart attack, Landon Saunders, Life, life threatening, myocardial infarction, new abnormal, new normal, perspective, psyche, psychotic, ramifications, reevaluate, refocus, surrender, unexpected tragedy, use your wounds as tools
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Hiroshima Revisited: Out of the Ashes
Eight years, three months, and six days before I was prematurely born, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later another was dropped on Nagasaki, and the Second World War was essentially over. All … Continue reading →
Posted in Stories, Uncategorized, World War II
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Tagged atomic bomb, Austria, Britain, change, Civil War, colonization, concentration camp, emotions, feelings, German work camp, Germany, guilt, Hal Holbrook, Hiroshima, Japan, Jews, Mauthausen, Nagasaki, out of the ashes, perspective, pride, reason, shameful, Stone Mountain Park, thinking, truth, U.S.A. America, world war II, wrong
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The Lost Story 