Great piece and perspective Andrew. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on such a meaningful influence from your high school days. Coincidentally, yesterday I reached out to my favorite HS teacher for the first time in 16 years. Reading your piece today made me feel like my sentiments are in good company.
Sometimes it seems like one more stone in the avalanche that seems destined to engulf us. Then I read this, the account of a woman's life, and a man's loss of his mother. Thank you and amen.
No matter how one feels about the monarchy, most people appreciate Queen Elizabeth II for the way she carried out her duties - with dignity, kindness and grace in every situation. I mourn for her family and the people of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.
I love how you tied the importance of her passing to the tears of Graham Jackson and The Slaughterhouse Five. Well thought out and written, as always!
Beautifully said. All my mixed feelings about the new king are tempered by knowing how it feels to bury your mother, and your last parent. (off now to read more about Graham Jackson ...)
Great piece and perspective Andrew. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on such a meaningful influence from your high school days. Coincidentally, yesterday I reached out to my favorite HS teacher for the first time in 16 years. Reading your piece today made me feel like my sentiments are in good company.
Sometimes it seems like one more stone in the avalanche that seems destined to engulf us. Then I read this, the account of a woman's life, and a man's loss of his mother. Thank you and amen.
No matter how one feels about the monarchy, most people appreciate Queen Elizabeth II for the way she carried out her duties - with dignity, kindness and grace in every situation. I mourn for her family and the people of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.
I love how you tied the importance of her passing to the tears of Graham Jackson and The Slaughterhouse Five. Well thought out and written, as always!
Thank you
Beautifully said. All my mixed feelings about the new king are tempered by knowing how it feels to bury your mother, and your last parent. (off now to read more about Graham Jackson ...)