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When God Happens, by @jackaurquhart
© 2014 by Jack A. Urquhart 562 words I have been thinking a lot about God and religion lately or, perhaps more aptly, about the place that notions of Deity figure in my life. Which is not typically a … Continue reading
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Moving Home, by @jackaurquhart
©2014 by Jack A. Urquhart 939 words I own a house. I have owned it for several years. It is the house I grew up in from early adolescence, although until recently, I had not lived in it for over … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Urquhart, facing change, gay mid-life, Grief Loss and Bereavement, grief management, home-making, Jack A. Urquhart, Jack Andrew Urquhart, loss of a parent, making a home, managing change, mid-life-changes, moving, moving home, period of adjustment, relocating
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Mom’s Christmas Tree, by @jackaurquhart
©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart 631 words This is my Mom’s Christmas tree. Her last Christmas tree. A balsam fir, I think it is. Ray and I bought it for her on December 5th. A Thursday. We brought it over … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Urquhart, Christmas memoir, Christmas story, Christmas tree story, Death at Christmas, Family loss, Final Christmas, Jack A. Urquhart, Jack Andrew Urquhart, last Christmas tree, losing a parent, loss of a mother, loss of a parent, Mom memory, Mom's last Christmas, Mom's legacy, Thelma I. Urquhart, Thelma Urquhart
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Sleigh Bells Ring, a Christmas Memory, by @jackaurquhart
©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart 937 words It was 1960, I think. I would’ve been almost twelve that year—too old to believe in Santa Claus. My tendency to engage in pre-Christmas snooping had seen to that. By then, it had … Continue reading
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
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
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