Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life

Category: Writing

March 22, 2015

White and Female

I used to think I only had to deal with being born female; being white was just an accident. I wrote this piece in the mid 1990s. I’ve grown since then, yet the issues named here are alive and well where I live. I’ve reformatted and edited it lightly so it’s easy to read.

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My family is white. Read the rest of this entry »

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March 21, 2015

What’s coming next?

Dear Readers,
Yay! I’m still basking in the joy of having completed the write-up of our Courtship and Engagement! Here’s what I’ll be posting this coming week.

White and Female
Tomorrow, Sunday, I’m posting a piece I wrote several years ago about myself as a white woman. Issues of race and gender Read the rest of this entry »

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March 21, 2015

Writing about Our Relationship

Writing about our courtship and engagement has been great fun. Nonetheless, my relationship with D over the years has sometimes been like a roller coaster ride. Fun going up the hills, and downright terrifying coming down. Courtship and engagement were definitely on the fun side.

Our relationship hasn’t always been fun. Read the rest of this entry »

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March 20, 2015

Courtship and Engagement | Part 6 of 6

This post is about the greatest gift I received when I got married. Yes, we’re almost there!

With a few notable exceptions, Christmas 1964 was a repeat of Christmas 1963. D and I hadn’t seen each other for the last 12 months. This time, D chose to take the Greyhound bus all the way. No car. His luggage arrived with him, Read the rest of this entry »

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March 19, 2015

Courtship and Engagement | Part 5

Fall 1963. I have only one vision of D. It’s sitting on my dresser. D is smiling, looking directly into my eyes, dressed in an immaculately clean shirt, with tie and blazer. He couldn’t look better.

I’m so grateful for this photo. Can’t you see it in his eyes? He’s promising me Read the rest of this entry »

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March 18, 2015

Fallen Threads

Do you ever second-guess your writing? I do. Take a look at this George MacDonald sonnet about writing. My comments follow. Read the rest of this entry »

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March 17, 2015

Courtship and Engagement | Part 4

Are we almost there? I think so.

Starvation Rations
That’s what I call the connections between D and me during our long, seemingly endless engagement. We had tons of hope, love and trust. They go a long way. But I really missed Read the rest of this entry »

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March 16, 2015

Courtship and Engagement | Part 3

January 1963. My friends think I’m coming back from Christmas break engaged. Instead, I come back more than a little self-conscious. There’s nothing worse than Read the rest of this entry »

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March 14, 2015

Courtship and Engagement | Part 2

It’s the early 1960s. I’m at a conservative Bible college in the Deep South. I now have a serious boyfriend, David (D). Along with other single students, we live according to the rules. Bible college rules, and the unwritten social rules of the Deep South.

We don’t talk about sexuality directly; Read the rest of this entry »

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March 13, 2015

Some things I don’t miss, some I do| Dear Diane

Dear Diane,
 I’m going first today! As far as I know, I don’t have any more of your written pieces for family and friends. I know the last three were slightly out of order. But not by much. I’m grateful you gave me permission to make them all public.

This piece from you seems a fitting place to draw a line. Your life with ALS didn’t end until February 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

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