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When it hits home

The pocket neighborhood on the Northwest side of Chicago where I grew up and forged bonds that I will have the rest of my life has defined me. Me and my counterparts affectionately refer to the neighborhood as the “Square” and it is where my heart and some of my greatest affinities lie. The peopleContinue reading “When it hits home”

Harboring no illusions

I don’t point the finger of accusatory indignation at those who tread a different path than I. Fortunately, I don’t hold myself in that high of an esteem – to graduate to a pedestal – truth be told I’m a “hot mess”. I’ve come to acknowledge my foibles, shortcomings, contradictions and the like as aContinue reading “Harboring no illusions”

My letter to God – Is it blasphemy to place you in a box?

God… Lord… Master of all I survey and then some… You have many names and yet you respond to all of them, don’t you? I’ve wrestled with these feelings for some time now and as you know it came to a head this afternoon. I was in church. I was in your house, I wasContinue reading “My letter to God – Is it blasphemy to place you in a box?”