by Leanne Kinney | Jul 19, 2017 | extraordinary people
Thank you for all the prayers and love for my family (especially my father) this week. I think Aunt Faye would have smiled on us today. Her children did her proud, as did her grandchildren. My Uncle Jack is, of course, heartbroken. He was devoted to her, and they...
by Leanne Kinney | Jun 21, 2015 | extraordinary people, Uncategorized
Where have all the good men gone And where are all the gods? Where’s the street-wise Hercules To fight the rising odds? Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Some people say that Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were created by...
by Leanne Kinney | Jul 5, 2013 | extraordinary people, Learning from Life
I don’t like the time-space continuum. It is often inconvenient, and sometimes downright cruel. I learned early on that tardiness had consequences. (In fact, I am one of those annoying people who over-learned it, and now if I’m not aggravatingly early, I get...
by Leanne Kinney | May 12, 2013 | extraordinary people, Holiday
Everyone had a mother at one point. Some, like me, are very lucky–I still have my mother, and she is a great one. But lots of people still need mothers. Either they have lost them to death or estrangement, or their mothers just weren’t good mothers, or...
by Leanne Kinney | Feb 20, 2013 | Analogies for Experience, extraordinary people, General anecdotes
“In Zen Buddhism a master was once asked what was the most valuable thing in the world, and the master answered that a dead cat was, because no one could put a price on it.” Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters, J.D. Salinger This is a story about a cat funeral, but...
by Leanne Kinney | Feb 16, 2013 | extraordinary people
Today my family said goodbye to a wonderful man who was not only a good friend of our family but also someone who we were proud to be related to. Arnold Hulsey died Monday. I was leaving to go to the theater for a final dress rehearsal when my father called to tell...
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