Born to Wander
/Although I have visited large…
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Once a year, we visited the business district in the big city.
We saw expensive goods not the dirty and gritty.
Our parents sheltered us from the intense…
By Debby Hackbarth
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Lives Changed
/Generational trauma can be …
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My life lacked peace, just tumult.
A life filled with fear was the result.
My mom’s reassurance was …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreCreated to Survive and Thrive
/In the 1950s, preemie babies …
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She was a preemie but created to survive,
She was as tiny as a mustard seed but ready …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreWatching and Waiting
/Our son's school science project…
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For the next three days, it was my job to watch.
Our family had been waiting for weeks.
When would these chickens finally…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreDoorway of Doom
/Exploring your environment…
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On the way to school, we walked past “the home of decay.”
Wanda wanted to enter through the burned-out hatch.
Sam sought to go in using the back …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreLife: A Marvelous Mixture
/Sometimes life is quite difficult filled…
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Bullies gave me grief in grade school.
Siblings soaked me with sorrow with solidarity.
Teeth twisting torture produced…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreTorture and Woe
/As we age, we attempt to …
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Every day I wake up hurting.
It was not this bad a year ago.
Past accidents did cause …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreAn Unexpected Call
/Sometimes a love story …
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They did not expect their love to bloom.
It all started as a guarded blind date.
Letters back and forth did not…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreSpectacular Spring
/Spring is indeed a magical time…
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Unfortunately, the earliest greenery to sprout are the weeds.
Still bundled up, we yank at the weeds for all our worth.
The snowdrops share their white …
By Debby Hackbarth
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