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Karen Spears Zacharias

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September 2012

September 24, 2012

A History Lesson: Chipley

I wasn't all that surprised to learn that the Hunger Games sequel is being filmed...

September 20, 2012

America: White-Trash Nation

There are days when I think I might have been so much better off if...

September 18, 2012

The Shoe on the Other Foot

What if - Obama was overheard saying: "If my dad had been born white, I'd...

September 18, 2012

Lessons from Lucy

A troubling dream woke Mama. "I was going into the hospital for something but I...

September 16, 2012

Celebrity-Craven-Culture

“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez:...

September 13, 2012

Stumbling Along

I lost the car keys. I should have remembered all this from my days mothering...

September 12, 2012

Death’s Long-Shadow

Irony is the long-shadow of death. It is early morning yet. I have just administered...

September 11, 2012

Q & A with author Michael Morris

So who does Pat Conroy read when he’s in the mood for a...

September 09, 2012

Rebuking the Powers of Cancer

We were sitting outside a drugstore. My sister-in-law was inside, picking up a couple of...

September 07, 2012

Solidarity with the Grandchildren

When his sister got married a couple of years ago, Stephan walked his Hero Mama...

September 05, 2012

The Problem with Talk Radio

Not that I'm a genius or anything close to it but I have stumbled...

September 04, 2012

In Search of Restoration

I arrived home from Seattle on Saturday. It had been an eventful last week of...

September 03, 2012

A Humble Man

When Neil Armstrong died much was made of that awe-inspiring walk he took on the...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Git it Over With, Pleeeasseee…

Students have come to expect it from me, and I will not disappoint. Yes,...

August 30, 2012

The Veterans & the Nurse

It's the veterans she served as a nurse that Mama remembers best. Bruce. Homer. Mike....

August 29, 2012

A Sermon of Silence

Mama was engaged to a man after Daddy died. He was a nice enough...

August 28, 2012

Perhaps you can relate?

Mama likes to talk. This is a random and new thing for her. Unlike my...

August 28, 2012

The Taste of God

These words kick-started my day: "I hold the heady doctrine that no pleasures are so...

August 27, 2012

Reluctant Consumers

Have you ever noticed that the dying are far more discerning about how they spend...

August 24, 2012

Harry’s Tinky-Winky Sparks Public Debate

We can all agree that Prince Harry is a wild card. A good boy with...

August 23, 2012

J-Lo & George W. Bush Weirdness

I got nothing. Nothing to add to the debate about Rep. Todd Akin and "legitimate...

August 22, 2012

Briefly

Taking Care of Mama 8.22.12 You buy the plane ticket To come see me You...

August 20, 2012

Feeling Insignificant

Mama took the doctors best prognosis in typical Mama fashion. She looked straight at them...

August 18, 2012

Root Little Pig

The blinds drawn, lights off, I leaned over Mama's hospital bed and rubbed her...

August 16, 2012

Facing the Haint of Death

“This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year,...

August 15, 2012

The Healing of the Dying

A watercolor of Scottish man in a kilt playing the fiddle took the Judge's Choice...

August 14, 2012

How does your tumor grow?

A friend once told me how difficult it was for her to adjust to the...

August 13, 2012

Wonders of the Brokenhearted

The argument over health care is politically-charged and I have nothing much to add...

August 12, 2012

A Biscuit & Black Coffee Run

Mama is sitting at the edge of her bed eating a biscuit with jam and...

August 11, 2012

As women gather

A week ago I was in a hospital in Spokane, Washington celebrating the birth of...

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