Four In The Morning
There have been mornings since my mother’s death, usually around four ‘clock, when the world seems darkest, and so do my thoughts. I have...
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murphree8
- Nov 24
- 4 min
The Deep Well
Watching death can feel like drowning. You feel helpless, as if the current is pulling you under water, and the harder you swim, the more...
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murphree8
- Nov 19
- 5 min
On Being An Author
I love writing and I love being an author. Once upon a time, when I was a young man in my twenties, I had romantic ideas of what being a...
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murphree8
- Nov 16
- 7 min
A Father’s Lessons
He was never meant to grow old. November 15th would have been my dad’s eighty-ninth birthday, but he only made it to sixty-one. I...
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murphree8
- Nov 11
- 4 min
A Dream Of My Mother
She came to me in a dream and told me everything would be okay. In my dream she was about forty and I was eight. Only a boy, full of...
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murphree8
- Nov 11
- 11 min
Panic Attack: A Few Thoughts
A week and a half ago, I found myself in front of students, teaching my lesson, and starting to lose my train of thought. I knew this...
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murphree8
- Nov 4
- 4 min
The Significance Of A Song
“...Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing She won't let you fly but she might let you sing Mama's gonna keep baby cozy and...
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murphree8
- Oct 28
- 10 min
Stages Of Grieving And Earning My Place Among The Mortals
I have been well read on the stages of grieving since my mid-twenties when my father died. With his death, I waited for the stage of...
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murphree8
- Oct 25
- 9 min
The Problem With Grieving
The problem with grieving is that it makes people uncomfortable. As you go through the process of trying to figure out how to live a life...
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murphree8
- Oct 15
- 3 min
My Hero
You hold me in the crease of my elbow and we walk slowly and I feel your warmth run over my skin. I lean a little to the left to feel...
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murphree8
- Sep 30
- 7 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Twenty-Two
Dear Mom, It seems as if I cannot stop writing to you. Today is one month since you died. I sit and wonder some days how much sorrow can...
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murphree8
- Sep 9
- 8 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Twenty-One
Dear Mom, “This is going to hurt,” you told me in our last conversation. You were preparing me for what was to come. It does! Oh mom, it...
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murphree8
- Aug 31
- 4 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Twenty
Dear Mom, “Where are my babies?” You said today through a raspy, gargled throat. “We’re all okay,” I said with confidence because I...
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murphree8
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Nineteen
Dear Mom, The death rattle is here with you. It has been all day. Anyone who has been around the dying knows this sound. It is haunting,...
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murphree8
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Eighteen
Dear Mom, I know who I am, so help me, I do. For better or worse, I have always been true to myself. I am a three year old boy, sitting...
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murphree8
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Seventeen
Dear Mom, This morning, it is silence you seek. You said that to me after we were alone. You are in need of quiet and a calm space in...
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murphree8
- Aug 28
- 5 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Sixteen
Dear Mom, The watch is slicing time. There is a dancing click to the seconds, a tap dance more than a ballet, and the anticipation of...
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murphree8
- Aug 25
- 5 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Fifteen
Dear Mom, Well, I am sitting here next to you lady, watching you sleep. It looks like you’ve taken a turn for the worse and ended up here...
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murphree8
- Aug 22
- 4 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Fourteen
Dear Mom, I woke up this morning, not a man but a frightened child, startled by a dream about you. It was strange as I laid there...
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