Tag Archives: suffering

41 Years Ago Today

Posted on August 18, 2016 by mitchteemley

By the time the war ended, 58,220 American soldiers had died in Vietnam. And, in a strange irony, 50,000 of the people they’d gone to save had been evacuated to the United States. It was the largest airlift in U.S. … Continue reading →

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Nothing is Wasted

Posted on July 7, 2016 by mitchteemley

Book Review Note: I’m a writer, which means I read constantly (I know just one writer who doesn’t, and thereby hangs a tale). So I’ve decided to begin posting brief occasional book reviews. Sanguine, but far from naïve, Nothing is Wasted … Continue reading →

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Dear God

Posted on June 20, 2016 by mitchteemley
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The Wishing Map 17

Posted on June 15, 2016 by mitchteemley

Have you ever faced a trial you knew you must go through, yet hoped to find a way around?

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The Wishing Map 96

Posted on October 3, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty: Tea for One (Continued) Previously: Zack was unconsolable after his storytelling “game” caused suffering and death among the childlike naims. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Dust … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 95

Posted on September 30, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty: Tea for One Previously: Gina managed (by posing as the mysterious Rhema) to halt the civil war launched by her brother Zack. ⇔ ⇔ … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 94

Posted on September 26, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack was stunned to discover that the terrifying apparition who’d halted the naims’ civil war was his sister Gina. … Continue reading →

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