tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80213782024-03-12T17:33:30.655-07:00Blogging Through The BrokennessIrregular blogging from a man, husband, father, friend, who sometimes stumbles down life's road<br><br>
If your heart is broken, you'll find GOD right there;
if you're kicked in the gut, he'll help you catch your breath. Psalm 34:18Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-58728784637203141872015-07-14T14:34:00.000-07:002015-07-14T14:40:10.523-07:00A Little LostI feel like so much has gone on lately.<br />
Kicked in the gut<br />
Run over by a truck<br />
surprised by the actions<br />
of some<br />
Caught off guard,<br />
I feel unmoored,<br />
unhinged<br />
floored <br />
Punched in the face<br />
and knocked on the ground<br />
floundering<br />
flailing<br />
<br />
I feel broken.<br />
<br />
I feel a little lost<br />
<br />
can't steady myself<br />
<br />
What else?<br />
<br />
There is hope,<br />
even if I feel hopeless<br />
Jesus, Help me<br />
Throw me a rope,<br />
give me a life raft<br />
Save me from my fears. <br />
<br />Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-25340727965869871362011-11-09T22:05:00.000-08:002011-11-09T22:05:43.561-08:00Kicking the tires...It has been a long time since I've posted....Blogger is new looking and I have to get familiar with it again. Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-53641803535026605702010-04-27T09:04:00.000-07:002010-04-27T09:04:38.719-07:00NaPoWriMo # 27: Outside the Delirium<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Outside the Delirium<o:p></o:p></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Orchestral movements, diorama dreams</div><div class="MsoNormal">Canines and felines swim slowly upstream</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tiny violins are playing for the complainers.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Overrun with roaches, my </div><div class="MsoNormal">Back scratcher has become a weapon.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Execution or eviction, either one</div><div class="MsoNormal">Reverse direction !</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">April 27, 2010</div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-75978065462024657772010-04-24T23:50:00.000-07:002010-04-25T00:09:20.039-07:00NaPoWriMo # 24: REX Surveys the Damage<span style="font-weight: bold;">REX Surveys the Damage</span><br /><br />There aren’t any plastic eggs<br />after four rains soaked<br />& overwhelmed his planet.<br />REX had hard words<br />for the weather bureau,<br />all were caught off guard<br />Clean up started,<br />all dogs of the planet<br />had trouble locating<br />missing bones & balls.<br /><br />REX decided it was time<br />to visit his local Barkbucks,<br />get a double espresso,<br />ricochet some thoughts<br />& banter with the baristas.<br />He need to kills some time<br />till life got back to<br />the normal rhythm<br />and Dogopolis dried out.<br /><br />Puddles everywhere,<br />papers & leaves still<br />floated like butterflies in migration.<br />When he’d get home<br />LULU would be glad to know<br />Barkbucks had cleaned up,<br />enough to be brewing again.<br />Soon the Bullet Tube<br />would be running again,<br />& working from home<br />would end.<br /><br />April 24, 2010<br /><br />Rex has also made appearances in <a href="http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2009/04/napowrimo-11.html">2009</a> and <a href="http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2008/04/napowrimo-13.html">2008</a>.Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-46030819732853217312010-04-22T23:31:00.001-07:002010-04-23T08:24:57.053-07:00NaPoWriMo # 22: Old Enemies<b>Old Enemies</b><br /><br />The day started as abruptly<br />as a bomb reverberating<br />outside the cold war shelter,<br />the shelter that was never use for<br />the bomb that never dropped.<br /><br />The doors of the shelter were<br />covered in rust,<br />flowers filled the fears<br />of tomorrows predicted to<br />be replaced by mushroom clouds<br />instead of flinching, crouching under desks<br />we are all dizzy from the Wall<br />crumbling in 1989.<br /><br />While we walked<br />the emporium of cold war relics,<br />a squall was building,<br />a fierce psychosis of false security,<br />as the loan bombers,<br />replaced the normal old enemies,<br />that once could always be<br />reachable<br />by a red phone.<br /><br /><br />April 22, 2010<br /><br />This poem was based off a prompt at <a href="http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/22/napowrimo-prompt-22-a-wordle/">Read Write Poem</a> that showed a Wordle.<br />Here is a Wordle made from <a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1940661/Old_Enemies">my poem</a>. You can make a Wordle to by going to <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">http://www.wordle.net/</a>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-75574802679197663282010-04-21T23:28:00.001-07:002010-04-21T23:28:17.617-07:00NaPoWriMo # 21: My Sister's News<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>My Sister’s News<o:p></o:p></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I know I should have been happy for you,<br />
but I was so sad for me.<br />
Colorado seems so far away.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I know it’s just a phone call,<br />
just an email, <br />
I know we live 100 miles apart now,<br />
but Colorado seems so far away,<br />
you’ll seem so far away.</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s been a while <br />
since we live so far apart.<br />
We used to live 1000s and 1000s miles away,<br />
you in California,<br />
me in Massachusetts,<br />
Then me in Florida,<br />
you in California,<br />
but it’s been so long.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I know I should be happy for you,<br />
Colorado seems so far away.<br />
but I’m so sad for me, <br />
today.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">April 21, 2010</div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-6945295204741218482010-04-20T22:06:00.000-07:002010-04-21T12:02:04.512-07:00NaPoWriMo # 20: April is Hard<b>April Is Hard</b><br /><br />Poems have been ruling over me.<br />Quantity over quality has weighed,<br />like a bag of bricks on my shoulders.<br />April is the cruelest month,<br />so said a great poet.<br />He must have participated in <br />NaPoWriMo 1930 something.<br /><br />Pushing yourself can be good,<br />can be tiring,<br />can be surprising.<br />Worth the effort?<br />Of coarse it is!<br />When it’s run the course,<br />I may be hoarse <br />in my mind.<br />April has worn me <br />down, pushed me hard,<br />and stretched my writing muscles.<br />Will I do it again,<br />next year?<br />You bet!<br /><br />April 20, 2010Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-80531593395255262292010-04-18T23:44:00.001-07:002010-04-21T12:01:17.960-07:00NaPoWriMo # 18: Cat and Dogs<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b> Cats and Dogs</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Cats are self-centered, <br />
doing what and when they want.<br />
Loyalty does not seem to be there.</div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">Dogs are another story.<br />
You don’t hear of any Old Yeller cat books<br />
Dogs aim to please, sometimes<br />
almost worshiping the ground,<br />
their owners walk on.<br />
The cat could care less.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">April 18, 2010</div> <span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"></span> Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-69764516703421824682010-04-16T22:50:00.000-07:002010-04-16T22:50:31.037-07:00NaPoWriMo #16: Running From Myself<b>Running From Myself</b><br />
<br />
my heart is bursting<br />
off my sleeves<br />
I’m broken<br />
the pieces feel <br />
like they’ll never<br />
come back together.<br />
I tried to pick them up<br />
but kicked them<br />
across the floor<br />
under the refrigerator<br />
I could cry all day<br />
weeping through the night<br />
the fog hangs over me<br />
I tried to climb<br />
out of the depressed clouds<br />
but I keep slipping<br />
keep falling<br />
back to the mess of me<br />
can’t quite catch my breath<br />
I’m drowning in pain.<br />
composure’s hard to keep<br />
aching heart bleeds<br />
trying to fake it<br />
barely can contain it<br />
scared to face me<br />
I keep hiding<br />
keep running<br />
but myself <br />
catches up to me<br />
and must run again,<br />
must flee on the treadmill<br />
<br />
April 14, 2010Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-5612739032947998952010-04-16T00:14:00.000-07:002010-04-16T00:14:05.474-07:00NaPoWriMo #15: Flying Past Saturn<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;">Flying Past Saturn<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;">The planet Saturn had me in<br />
awe when I was in 6<sup>th</sup> grade.<br />
I clipped newspaper articles<br />
from the Providence Journal <br />
when I lived with my grandparents,<br />
and still went by Jamie, instead do James. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;">I couldn’t get enough, <br />
day after day, in the paper,<br />
in National Geographic Magazine,<br />
that my Nana shared with me.<br />
Wondrous pictures taken by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1">Voyager I</a><br />
Big dreams, vast dreams I had.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;">My big Christmas presents that year,<br />
the <a href="http://www.microforever.com/microheritage_micronauts.htm">Micronauts</a>, little translucent spacemen<br />
that went through tubes; <br />
I played with them for hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;">When did I stop dreaming about space?<br />
When did I stop clipping articles?<br />
Maybe the mess of nuclear family explosions,<br />
blew up my love of outer space,<br />
Saturn then Jupiter<br />
Kaboom!<br />
Kaboom <br />
The wonder went <br />
up in a mushroom cloud.<br />
Those dreams floated<br />
out into to space,<br />
on the back of the Voyager.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h3 style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">A bit of wonder,</span><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">pieces of dreams<br />
crept back upon me,<br />
when my two boys,<br />
asked for a telescope,<br />
after watching Nova:<br />
<a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1456686369/">Hunting the Edge of Space</a>.<br />
Magnificent pictures captured <br />
all of our imaginations.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">“Jamie” may catch a spaceship<br />
flying to his dreams again<o:p></o:p></span></h3><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Chalkboard;">April 15, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-42438406046931644272010-04-14T21:59:00.000-07:002010-04-21T12:00:39.769-07:00NaPoWriMo #14: Poem Line<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Poem Line<o:p></o:p></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><s><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br />
</span></o:p></s></div><div class="MsoNormal"><s>This poem line </s>has been removed to protect the writer.<br />
<s>This poem line </s>has been deleted to protect the innocent.<br />
<s>This poem line </s>has been stricken to protect the guilty.<br />
<s>This poem line </s>has been purged to preserve favorite conspiracy theories.<br />
<s>This poem line </s>has been expunged from the record to protect national security.<br />
<s>This poem line </s>has been rubbed<s> </s>out to protect the rubber eraser industry.<br />
<s>This poem line </s>has been recalled to preserve the Class Action Lawsuit industry.<br />
<s>This poem line </s> <meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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</style> <span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">has been blocked to exclude exclusive clubs</span> .<br />
<s>This poem line </s>has been blacked out to preserve the white out industry.<br />
<s>This poem line</s> has been blown up to protect the dynamite makers.<br />
<s>This poem line</s> has been bleeped out to protect television companies.<br />
<s>This poem line</s> has been cut up to preserve the scissor makers.<br />
<s>This poem line</s> has been sterilized to be ready for surgery.<br />
<s>This poem line</s> has been forgotten to protect the dreamers.<br />
<s>This poem line</s> has been crossed out to make the easily angered, mad.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">April 14, 2010</div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-10259302141138441022010-04-13T23:34:00.000-07:002010-04-14T09:13:57.592-07:00NaPoWriMo # 13: Paper Mache Monkeys<meta content="" name="Title"> <meta content="" name="Keywords"> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" equiv="Content-Type"> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"> <style><br /><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --><br /></style>
<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Paper Mache Monkeys</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The stories we tell
<br />ourselves, the ending often
<br />the same. Missing pieces,
<br />lost chances, sometimes regrets.
<br />Tigers in college changed
<br />for one of many
<br />manifestos, like changing shirts.
<br />It still haunts us.
<br />Yellowed papers float down,
<br />like confetti ghost parades
<br />trees batter our windows,
<br />wake up, shake loose.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Vigorously fight off yellow
<br />dogs, make war with
<br />goblins, scratching and scraping,
<br />tearing faded paper Mache
<br />monkeys off our backs
<br />choose a better story,
<br />white out all misgivings,
<br />writing on gilded paper.
<br />Ink spots smeared across,
<br />dress shirts crumpled on
<br />broken mirrored closet floors.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The looking glass never
<br />showed much after shattering.
<br />Pick up shattered shards;
<br />gather up broken dreams
<br />fashion together with sweat,
<br />heart pumping, passions yearning.</div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">April 13, 2010</div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-77872955832506655762010-04-13T01:03:00.000-07:002010-04-13T09:02:14.118-07:00NaPoWriMo #12: Hack Attack<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hack Attack</span><br /><br />Alabama gray warms hallways<br />Japan, backs away as<br />Canada’s land grab starts small.<br />Pray that Alaska stays away<br />Wax, wan<br />Rattan Cane lawn lacks banana<br />Bar chart all Asthma attacks<br />Abraham’s sarcasm starts at Atlanta<br /><br />Marshall Law starts alarm<br />Always alpha llamas swarm<br />Straws that crack clay<br />black claws astray<br />Macaw tall as salt grass,<br />Manx attacks<br />harass Bach’s halls<br />array carts and racks,<br />sand bass has mask.<br />Snaps back spasm and chasm ,<br />After Bahamas warm manta rays.<br />warns phantasm and mass class clash.<br /><br />Any day, ask Graham.<br />Aack, a cat!Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-13305596411613994652010-04-11T23:02:00.000-07:002010-04-11T23:03:15.563-07:00NaPoWriMo # 11: Click For Friends<span style="font-weight: bold;">Click For Friends</span><br /><br />Tick tock tick tock<br />The plains of Iowa have more ears of corn,<br />Than Facebook has users.<br />Tick tock tick tock<br />How many real faces are missed<br />Peering into all the virtual faces?<br />Click click click click<br />Tick tock tick tock<br />Loss of something?<br />We know more and more people,<br />Less and less.<br />Does the connecting me<br />Mean virtual ties,<br />Hold us together?<br />Will the bandwidth exceed<br />Our friendship bandwidth?<br />Click click click click<br /><br /><br />April 11, 2010Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-57081744453829765122010-04-10T15:52:00.000-07:002010-04-10T15:56:25.675-07:00NaPoWriMo # 10: Wedding Day<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wedding Day</span><br /><br />My wedding day, I remember,<br />the intimacy of just us and the pastor,<br />quietly taking communion together,<br />that part was private,<br />an imaginary curtain drawn<br />around us.<br /><br />My wedding day, I remember,<br />the reception at Nordahl hall,<br />All our friends and family were greeting<br />Us as our wedding party was eating<br />Mexican food first, passing in front of us<br />as if we were Royalty,<br />which we sort of were<br />for the day.<br /><br />My wedding day, I remember,<br />the first dance, a song by Latin singer,<br />Juan Luis Guerra, Burbujas de Amor.<br />It ended and went to the next song,<br />more quickly than I wanted.<br /><br />My wedding day, I remember,<br />dancing and dancing and dancing.<br />Then the cake,<br />we planned it out,<br />shove it in each other’s faces;<br />I think I shoved harder than<br />she expected,<br />everyone loved it.<br />I know I did!<br /><br />My wedding day, I remember,<br />the throwing of rice,<br />running through the crowd,<br />like we were contestants<br />on The Price is Right,<br />as we dove into the limo,<br />happy for the day, yet<br />happy to be alone.<br /><br />My wedding day, I remember,<br />But the memory fades a little, as that<br />was one of the many memories we’ve built<br />and are building over these 17 years.<br />The humor and joy is what I remember most,<br />As we celebrate each day and year together and<br />with our growing family, more adventure…<br /><br />I remember and smile.<br /><br />April 10, 2010<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://readwritepoem.org%E2%80%9D" mce_href="”http://readwritepoem.org”"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3335197907_d69141b8cc_o.jpg%E2%80%9D" mce_src="”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3335197907_d69141b8cc_o.jpg”" border="”0″" /></a>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-73188745434552162752010-04-09T23:43:00.001-07:002010-04-09T23:43:36.962-07:00NaPoWriMo # 9: ConnectednessFriendships important.<br />
Loneliness brings heart sickness;<br />
seek companionship.<br />
<br />
April 9, 2010Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-17370637984581613692010-04-08T23:29:00.003-07:002010-04-08T23:29:39.505-07:00NaPoWriMo #8: Step Into Your Life<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Step Into Your Life<o:p></o:p></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Each step directs,<br />
the last one<br />
leaves behind<br />
regrets<br />
what ifs.</div><div class="MsoNormal">When there’s no<br />
resolution<br />
When there’s no<br />
purpose<br />
When there’s no<br />
grand plan,<br />
heart’s crest fallen.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Falcon crest<br />
was a show in the 80s<br />
I’m a fan of crest tooth paste<br />
splitting hairs<br />
mincing words,<br />
tom foolery</div><div class="MsoNormal">Put behind<br />
child’s play<br />
Dream big<br />
go for broke<br />
burn the ships<br />
Make a leap of faith.<br />
Live larger<br />
Take the first step.</div><div class="MsoNormal">April 8, 2010</div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-86128269009098914582010-04-07T23:13:00.000-07:002010-04-07T23:15:09.023-07:00NaPoWriMo #7: He Comes QuietlyHe Comes Quietly<br /><br />The poem is slow in coming,<br />out run by his friend sleep,<br />who slips quietly in the back door,<br />unnoticed, but fast and hard.<br /><br />Can’t shake him, he’s after me<br /><br />Must out type him.<br /><br />Can’t get past.<br /><br />He comes<br /><br />without<br /><br />A word.<br /><br />April 7, 2010Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-79726005547056965022010-04-06T23:19:00.000-07:002010-04-06T23:19:36.818-07:00NaPoWriMo #6: Uncoiling<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Uncoiling<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">can’t get out the words <br />
spiraling inside.<br />
slow down.<br />
Breathe deeper<br />
Think clearly<br />
Write it out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Pull out the inside,<br />
from the core,<br />
can’t ignore.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Turn over <br />
Shake it out,<br />
bring emotion <br />
to the fore<br />
<br />
Subtlety<br />
beyond depravity.<br />
fight the gravity<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">That pulls down,<br />
curtains drawn <br />
to reveal the clown,<br />
and his tracks of tears.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Feelings hidden,<br />
white makeup hides<br />
expression<br />
fight the depression.<br />
turn on the fog lights,<br />
as you crawl through the mire.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Find the desire.<br />
Don’t quench the fire.<br />
inner thoughts,<br />
not a liar.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Uncoil<br />
uncoil.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">April 6, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-44354071224127182302010-04-05T23:30:00.000-07:002010-04-05T23:30:04.156-07:00NaPoWriMo #: BreatheBursting upon the morning.<br />
Moonbeams shine forth.<br />
Catch your breath,<br />
Breath deeply,<br />
The Napalm never smelled so fresh.<br />
Wake a smell the daisies.<br />
Something is rotten in Finland,<br />
Or was it Madagascar?<br />
Wake up and smell the coffee.<br />
Every breath you take<br />
Someone will be watching you.Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-73961395457111825222010-04-04T23:42:00.001-07:002010-04-04T23:42:26.458-07:00NaPoWriMo #4: Held Back<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Century;">Dams hold the water back,<br />
power restrained.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Century;">Emotions dammed up,<br />
spill out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Century;">Is it like a leaking dike,<br />
just plug it with your finger,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Century;">Or will water burst forth,<br />
flooding everyone?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Century;">Emotions are more powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-32981634382049685222010-04-04T00:07:00.000-07:002010-04-04T00:20:29.906-07:00Randomness: NaPoWriMo # 3What will I do with:<br />A ½ dog-eaten Patrick the Starfish ornament ,<br />a Soccer ball, one of the dozen my daughter has<br />Ibuprofen<br />Netflix envelopes that arrive almost daily in our mail<br />Tape measure,<br />fence that blew down two different times one winter<br />½ empty Starbucks cup, <br />one of my favorite addictions,<br />I mean places to go<br />Cinnamon Life Cereal can be good<br />sweet but not too sweet.<br />2 Grand Prix Derby Cars<br />will likely never be used.<br />Index cards to jot ideas,<br />I’ve jotted.<br />Can of Diet Coke,<br />sometimes a lifeline<br />Hand Sanitizer, germqphobia!<br />we will clean the world<br />Purple party streamers<br />from a party long ago<br />Gels pens bought to write out the Christmas cards<br />that we didn’t send<br />and didn’t write out<br /><br />What would an archeologist think of all our stuff<br />100 years from now?<br /><br />April 2, 2010Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-2383943110374629532010-04-03T00:04:00.001-07:002010-04-06T23:46:41.776-07:00In My Mind: NaPoWriMo #2In My Mind<br /><br />I climb the stairs to the attic<br />on my mind,<br />Pulling up the folding stairs<br />behind me<br /><br />Alone, muffled voices recede<br />the attic’s rooms expand<br />before me.<br />wandering through the corridors<br />I pass flat screens<br />Sometimes stopping,<br />I catch glimpses,<br />DVDs for the real me,<br />in High-Def.<br /><br />I visit the Hippocampus room<br />There goes the frontal cortex foyer.<br /><br />I’m lost in the grey matter<br /><br />April 2, 2010Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-81706184135442376482010-04-01T21:05:00.003-07:002010-04-01T21:05:40.869-07:00Falling Down: NaPoWriMo #1<meta content="" name="Title"></meta> <meta content="" name="Keywords"></meta> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"></meta> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"></meta> <link href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Falling Down <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Before going down,<br />
back to bedlam and chaos<br />
thoughts wander to better days,<br />
a heartfelt celebration, <br />
abundant joys.<br />
<br />
Hearts swelled,<br />
like a the Goodyear blimp,<br />
up to lofty heights.<br />
Jubilation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Now feels forgotten, <br />
like a tire <br />
in life’s dumps<br />
cast off<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Falling from graces,<br />
after the beautiful letdown,<br />
I’m left speechless—<br />
I know<br />
I’m spoken for.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">April 1, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Based on a poetry challenge at Read Write Poem: Shuffle Poem (http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/01/napowrimo-1-shuffle-a-poem/)Put your iPod on shuffle and write down the first 5 album titles and use the complete album titles in a poem. My album titles are Speechless (Steven Curtis Chapman) Back to Bedlam (James Blunt), The Beautiful Letdown (Switchfoot), A Heartfelt Celebration (Reggie Coates), and Spoken For (Mercy Me). <o:p></o:p></span></div>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021378.post-89544760654197477422010-01-08T14:59:00.000-08:002010-01-23T22:06:59.698-08:00Goal Formation for 2010<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family:times new roman;"> <span style="font-size:100%;">I need some big hairy audacious goals this year.....I want to go for broke....I want a better story filled with passion and zeal. I want to strive and reach further than my grasp can reach. I don't want to settle; I don't want to shirk; I want to live abundantly! </span></h3><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I want to have more of the 3 R's in my life this year: </span><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Reading, Running, & Writing!</span></h3><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I have started my goals. I have the different areas I want to cover, which include Family, Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, Writing, and Work.</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Here are the goals I have so far:</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Family</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >:</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I want to go out to breakfast with each of my kids on a separate Saturday of each month.</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I want to go out on a date once with my wife (Not including Anniversary and Birthdays).</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >While not a goal necessarily, Becky are attending 7 week parenting class to just brush up things and get some good perspectives on parenting.</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Physical Health:</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I want to run a Half Marathon this year. I will most likely be running in a </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.ushalf.com/">Half Marathon in San Francisco on November 7th of this year</a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >. I created a schedule on a spreadsheet, like I did when I trained for the </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2009/09/did-my-5k-and-still-going.html">5K I ran in September</a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >. I will be running about every other day, slowly increasing my time & distance; the schedule is made through March 31st. As part of my training & motivation I registered for a 5K on April 11th and a 10K on August 15th, both in San Francisco through </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.dserunners.com/">San Francisco Dolphin South End Runners Club</a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >. I will create a new schedule a couple weeks before that time based on my progress that has taken place. I will also start doing some cross-training and core exercises to improve my overall health and strength. Eating will be something I will look at as well; I think I have been too friendly with the donuts at work :-)</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Emotional/Mental Health:</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I want to go to counseling through my EAP program. </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/jestes/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>106</o:Words> <o:characters>608</o:Characters> <o:company>Apple</o:Company> <o:lines>5</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>746</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:130%;">I went to a counselor and talked about depression, stress and how I interact with people. I talked about how more or less I get swept up by other people’s stress at times. She said that sometimes people who have permissive parents have a hard time with “boundaries,” this can lead to reacting. Also, the counselor recommended that I get a book called, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SOS-Help-Emotions-Managing-Depression/dp/0935111522">SOS Help for Emotions</a>, which I ordered on Amazon but found the first chapter online as a PDF. I also want to explore the possible need for medication for depression instead of just St. John's Wort, but at the moment I will stay the course and continue on with</span>
<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">exercise, etc for depression. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><!--EndFragment--><span style="font-size:130%;"> I want to seek out new friendships and maintain/grow my existing friendships. I want to be content where I am and not always think that grass is greener somewhere else.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Spiritual Health:</span><span style="font-size:130%;">
<br />This one is still in formation but I want these elements. Music worship, Journaling, and God's word. I need more specifics for this and will think and pray on this area.
<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Writing:</span><span style="font-size:130%;">
<br />I will participate in National Poetry Writing Month in April, as I have the past two years. I want to possibly also commit to writing 100+ poems this year. I will write some longer piece of fiction, a short story or a childrens' book. As part of this, I am going to have a night, or day of the week where I take a break from online activities and do reading and writing. Currently I'm leaning towards doing this on Sunday or Sunday night.
<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Work:</span><span style="font-size:130%;">
<br />I'm not sure what I want to do in this area. Will have to do more think on this. I am attending a class later this month and that may help in pointing me in the right direction.
<br />I would like to take a lunch every day for an hour. Most days I don't take a lunch away from my desk. I also would like to implement more principals of <a href="http://inboxzero.com/">Inbox Zero</a> and take more control on how I spend my time, being more intentional in what I do as opposed to being reactive and obsessive. I'm not paid be good at moving emails around. There possibly needs to be more thought on this area.
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<br />In all of these goals I want to frame them in Better Stories. I read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785213066?ie=UTF8&tag=donmillerisco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0785213066">A Million Miles in a Thousand Years</a> by Donald Miller and want to implement a lot of the ideas he laid out in his book. The subtitle says a lot about it, </span><span id="bxgy_x_title" style="font-size:130%;">"What I Learned While Editing My Life."</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> He talks about Writing a better life and allowing the Author of Life, Jesus, to help you in doing that, editing your life into a better story.
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<br />I want to have more passion, more zeal, more "life" in living in 2010.</span></span>Jeremiah's Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794851177961398653noreply@blogger.com0