murphree8Jan 288 minThe Grief DilemmaOur society does not handle grief well. The way we deal with grief is often harmful. In many ways, what I am about to write in regards to...
murphree8Nov 29, 20233 minFour In The MorningThere have been mornings since my mother’s death, usually around four ‘clock, when the world seems darkest, and so do my thoughts. I have...
murphree8Nov 11, 20234 minA Dream Of My MotherShe 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...
murphree8Sep 17, 202310 minGrievingI woke up in tears, breathless, with my stomach feeling hollow and hurting from being tense with the shaking spasms of a broken son...
murphree8Feb 18, 20237 minI Am Home“What should each of us say to every trial we face? This is what I’ve trained for, for this is my discipline.” -Epictetus She was...
murphree8Dec 31, 20225 minKind Words Let’s see if I can do it. Can I write something positive about him, the man that took so much and gave so little? I sit at the keyboard...
murphree8Dec 9, 20226 minLesson: Thoughts On DeathThink about this for a moment. You are told that you are dying and there is no cure. Suddenly, death is sitting next to you, sighing in...