Category Archives: Depression

Looking for Life After Loss-Chapter Seven

Posted on November 7, 2025 by richrockwood

The next day was Friday, the day of the luau. Ray, by then had some idea of what to expect, but hoped it would be more than dinner and a show. He and Wes had talked about women and Ray … Continue reading →

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Looking For Life After Loss-Chapter Three

Posted on October 10, 2025 by richrockwood

The next day was another rainy one. His windshield wipers had to be on the fastest setting. He parked in the four story structure a block away. Grabbing his umbrella he quickly made his way to a travel agency named … Continue reading →

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Looking For Life After a Loss-Chapter Two

Posted on October 3, 2025 by richrockwood

The loss of his wife, came back especially strong in certain rooms. When he went into the laundry room, he saw piles of dirty clothes. Sometimes there were damp clothes in the washer waiting to be moved to the dryer. … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Fable

Posted on December 4, 2024 by richrockwood

I just Might Believe in Santa Claus Again. Something happened to me this year that may cause me to believe in Santa Claus again. It all started one afternoon this month.  I was walking into my pharmacy when I saw … Continue reading →

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The Shepherd

Posted on May 17, 2023 by richrockwood

In the movie “Rome Adventure” the character played by Troy Donahue explains to the character played by Suzanne Pleshette, that the reason churches used art in the past was that most people could not read. Art was a a means … Continue reading →

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The Loss of His Wife

Posted on August 29, 2019 by richrockwood

The Bible is filled with many stories of ordinary people struggling with the challenges of life.  Sometimes they are manageable and people get through using their wits and abilities.  Other times, the challenges are like arrows that stab, exhaust and … Continue reading →

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Happy? New Year

Posted on December 27, 2016 by richrockwood

We’re here again-on the verge of another new year.  The typical greeting (or is it a wish?) we give each other is “happy new year.” Is that what we all really want?  To be happy, according to the Apple Dictionary … Continue reading →

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A Second Look

Posted on December 5, 2016 by richrockwood

While I traveled through The back pages of my mind In search of something meaningful To calm my awareness of failure, I realized under layers of Forgotten dreams That my heart had been disappointed To the Point of Despair   … Continue reading →

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I Am Never Alone

Posted on November 28, 2016 by richrockwood

Regardless of how I feel, I am connected.  I am connected visually to those who see me at any given moment in time.  I am connected by line of sight to everything I can see outside my windows.  I am … Continue reading →

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Not Made by Human Hands

Posted on May 8, 2013 by richrockwood

With so much gorgeous color all around in Spring it is natural to stop and notice it.  In fact men and women have so admired flowers and other parts of nature they have made duplicates of them.  I remember seeing … Continue reading →

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