All these 35 years, my mother has been my rock. She has put a roof over my head, put food in my belly and bailed me out when I have gotten in trouble. It has felt like she made me the priority of her life all these years, and this sacrifice is something I...
Thomas Burnside
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Discussing existential issues with my father over birthday dinner
The wooden furnishings of the steakhouse were bathed in warm, ambient light. I guided the heavy steak knife through a $75 medium rare rib-eye steak, dipped it generously in blue-cheese sauce and felt it melt in my mouth. Dad was communicating more openly than usual,...
Is love a universal principle that is always appropriate?
I crunched into one of the big, green grapes that Gran gave me. It tasted like the perfect combination of superior genetics, good agriculture and optimal ripeness. Gran had had a rough year - her brother, all her old friends and even her pet cat had died. "We went to...