Category: People Profiles
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Two For Tuesday: Africa
“This is the story of how we begin to remember” -Paul Simon, Under African Skies I can often become overwhelmed with the news and all the harshness this world is suffering through right now. And, I don’t mean the challenges of climate change or natural disasters. I mean the tragedy of a serious lack of…
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The Struggle The Scars And The Silver Lining Part 1
Have you ever seen the movie Field Of Dreams? It’s a great story about redemption, forgiveness, regret, and hope. But it also speaks to just how connected we truly are. At least I think so. Well, it has a part in this story. But let me start with an event that occurred a couple of…
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#TBT Feb 10 A Day Late And A Dollar Short
#TBT from February 10, 2018. This Uber trip popped up in the FB memory machine today. I know I am a day late and a dollar short, as usual. Speaking of dollars… My passenger, David, demonstrated a powerful tool for purposeful kindness. Besides being a brave soul, working in open space on the top of…
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StreetLights People Profiles: Mary
StreetLights original post August 9, 2018 I like to repost this one for Memorial day. #Peopleprofiles Mary Yesterday, I had the honor of providing a ride to an incredible woman named Mary. Mary is 92 years old and by her own words “feels great!” She only has a flip phone so she utilizes a service…
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Heart Of Gold
On this often difficult and sometimes painful journey of life, we all find ourselves searching for a heart of gold. I think what those lyrics mean for me is an internal quest. Perhaps that is what Young meant. Of my attempts and my own failings, I am constantly looking for that heart of gold within…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: The Longest Trip Part 2 of 2.
March 4, 2019 StreetLights on a Saturday Night The Longest Trip part 2 of 2. As I made my way back up I35 from Waco, I received a request in Midlothian. The pickup location was 30 minutes from my current position, just north of Czech Stop. I accepted the trip. If not, I wasn’t going…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: The Longest Trip Part 1 of 2
I wrote this post below on March 4, 2019, not long after I had a heart attack and received 2 stents. I got a third a few months later. Now, as I write this update to the story, my father is in the hospital in Carson City. He and his wife live in Reno, but…
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The Airport Queue
StreetLights from July 5th, 2018 10:48 pm I pulled into the terminal A parking lot, the designated staging/waiting area for Uber and Lyft drivers. Both apps running. The queues for Uber and Lyft were 253 cars and 151 cars respectively. But it was Thursday night, the heaviest night of the week for business travelers coming…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Phoenix
From his Daily Meditation, April 4, 2021, Easter Sunday… Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which allows faithful Christians to trust that, indeed, all will be well. I like to think of the resurrection as God’s way of telling us that God can take the worst thing in the world—the killing of the…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Oscar
StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Rerun from 2019. The Uber Machine is still garaged due to Covid19. #Peopleprofiles Oscar When Oscar was 11 years old, he suffered a traumatic accident. Oscar was leaning on a shotgun when it suddenly went off, destroying his left arm below the elbow. He lost his left hand and part…
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