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A Few Words for Mom, by @jackaurquhart
©2013 by Jack Andrew Urquhart 1124 words On the afternoon of December 7, 2013, I received the telephone call that most of us think (and hope) will never come our way: the call that informs us that a … Continue reading
Three ‘Free Verses’ (as well they should be!) by @jackaurquhart
Unforgivable ©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart Three squirrels feed On the meager seed I scatter Familial, skittish They chatter and chide Tattered tails Unfurled like ship sails Their backsides From every angle Guilelessly exposed While just there— Amidst the heather— … Continue reading
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A very strange man, by @jackaurquhart
©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart 988 words Once long ago in another lifetime, I was Vice-President of a multi-million-dollar financial institution. Until, on a spring afternoon, suddenly I wasn’t. It was mid May, I believe, when the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Urquhart, being fired, change of heart, difficult boss, going through the motions, good advice, inappropriate employment, Jack A. Urquhart, Jack Andrew Urquhart, job loss, life changes, life lessons, nervous tics, oddballs, personal examination, selling out, uncouth boss, uncouth people
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As real as ever, by @jackaurquhart
In Memoriam, Dillon Tyler Urquhart, 3.08.1979 – 8.02.2013 ©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart 370 words Dear Dillon, Dear Son, You are much on my mind today. It has been 72 days now. You’d think that would be long enough, wouldn’t … Continue reading
Indie Authors: Yakkers, Tweeters, Braggers? Is that all there is to us? by @JackAUrquhart
©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart 2177 words “To me, it seems disrespectful … that a ‘wannabe’ assumes it’s all so easy s/he can put out a ‘published novel’ without bothering to read, study, or do the research … Self-publishing is … Continue reading
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A Rocky Mountain Lullaby (For Dillon), by @jackaurquhart
©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart (1115 words) September 17, 2013 Dear Dillon, Dear Son, I have been thinking about your early years, trying to remember some of the salient moments of your childhood, events that seem conspicuous in terms of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Urquhart, Boulder, Colorado, death of a child, Dillon Tyler Urquhart, Dillon Urquhart, Every Man Jack, Father's grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Jack A. Urquhart, Jack Andrew Urquhart, parental grief, Rocky Mountain High, Rocky Mountains, son's memorial, toddlers
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One Month, by @jackaurquhart
©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart, 680 words September 2, 2013 Dear Dillon, Dear Son, It is one month today since you left us, since you died in a Seattle hospital with your mother and I standing at your bedside. Oh … Continue reading
Word Wishes for Dillon, Wherever He May Be … by @jackaurquhart
©2013 390 words “Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Urquhart, bi-polarity, child death, death of a loved one, Dillon Tyler Urquhart, Dillon Urquhart, drug addiction, grief, grieving for a child, grieving processes, homelessness, Jack A. Urquhart, Jack Andrew Urquhart, mental illness, parental grief, parental guilt, schizophrenia, Seattle, street life, street persons
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Lost or Found, Relative or Fake: My brush with Indigence, by @JackAUrquhart
©2013 980 words There has never been a time when I didn’t worry about money. I write that sentence understanding full well that I know nothing of abject poverty. Indeed, pecuniary anxieties, when they’ve come my way, have been the … Continue reading
A Letter to 5 Cowardly U.S. Senators, by @JackAUrquhart
April 18, 2013 Honorable Max Baucus (D-Montana) Honorable Mark Begich (D-Alaska) Honorable Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota) Honorable Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) Honorable Marco Rubio (R-Florida) United States Senate, Washington, DC Senators, I am writing to express my disappointment, indeed, my sorrow, … Continue reading
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