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The woman with no left hand
She was standing two feet away from me. As the escalator was going up, I turned my head to the right and noticed. The lady, around 50-ish, does not have a left hand. All she had was a smooth stump tha… more →
Thinking out loud
The woman with no left hand
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Beng wrote 3 weeks ago: She was standing two feet away from me. As the escalator was going up, I turned my head to the right … more →
House Renovation
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Beng wrote 1 month ago: He has been standing behind a stone of meanness, hoping that it will keep him safe inside the cold, … more →
Cathartic cleaning
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Beng wrote 2 months ago: After spending more than 12 hours cleaning, sorting through clothes, books, CDs, cosmetics (to keep, … more →
Care for some honey?
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Beng wrote 3 months ago: “Your attitude of kindness and generosity, especially to your lola, is remarkable.” … more →
On bad hair days and knowing thyself
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Beng wrote 4 months ago: It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself … more →
Notes from the desert
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Beng wrote 5 months ago: A blogger I met in person for the first time just recently commented that most of my blog content is … more →
SMS to a friend
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Beng wrote 6 months ago: This—sadness or pain or whatever you call it—tells you that you are capable of caring fo … more →
Adrift at sea after six
Beng wrote 8 months ago: She’s slowly drowning in a sea of duties, with people asking for what she can’t deliver, expecting t … more →
Babette's Feast: A Feast for the Soul
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Beng wrote 8 months ago: We have all of us been told that grace is to be found in the universe. But in our human foolishness … more →
Love: Then and Now
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Beng wrote 9 months ago: Of the 365 days in a year, this is the only day I am giving myself permission to be mushy. So please … more →
When life offers no guarantees
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Beng wrote 10 months ago: It was the biggest shock of the day, if not the week, for me. While in the car on the way back to th … more →
Musings on a Saturday morning
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Beng wrote 10 months ago: Like a shot of espresso to a tired, lethargic body, that’s what hope does to us. Find a man wh … more →
Grace and love
Beng wrote 10 months ago: I am starting the year with an attitude of gratitude. With eyes that will always strain to see the b … more →
One day at a time
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Beng wrote 1 year ago: Rarely, if ever I do, make notes on my scheduler. I have a now-ancient Tungsten E PDA, an Ipod touch … more →
No cookie cutter stories
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Beng wrote 1 year ago: Oh the incredible, amazing power of stories. And how their retelling through the weaving of words ca … more →
11:59
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Beng wrote 1 year ago: What if the clock got stuck at 11:59 and the next minute to midnight never did tick? What if Cindere … more →
Faith knocking
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Beng wrote 1 year ago: When can a Christian like me finally say, “Ha! I have God all figured out. This is how He work … more →
Borrowing lines from CS Lewis
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Beng wrote 1 year ago: True love makes a man want, not a woman, but one particular woman—the beloved herself, not the pleas … more →
Surprised
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Beng wrote 1 year ago: When I was yet a new blogger, one of my earlier posts was about my conspiring to surprise Gladys, a … more →
