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SERVING BITTER TRUTH ON SPECIAL WITH A SIDE OF MOVE ALONG

April 25, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

What’s worse than seeing a big strong man taken down by bitter truth and forced to accept responsibility for their actions? They say what they need to say, then say it again when more details come out. And there’s always more details. I’m left asking why this happens so often? It’s disturbing, disruptive, and ultimately […]

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GROWING UP NEVER STOPS

March 30, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Remember the promise about growing up? “You’ll understand when you grow up.” “Things will be different when you grow up.” Now that you’re all grown up, how’s it going?

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PROMISES MADE IS ONE THING, THEN WHAT

February 23, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Make a promise, keep it, and you’ve got promises made. It’s that easy, and that hard. It’s a badge of honor, but not a permanent one. Screw up, break your word, and you sink back into the muck with the rest of us losers trying our best to remember what we said we’d do. So […]

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MARRIAGE PROMISES: WHAT THEY MEAN IN REAL TIME

January 27, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Marriage promises are different than marriage vows? If you don’t know the answer right away, this is the blog post for you. See, everybody takes wedding vows, makes wedding vows, shares a kiss, and calls it good. That’s when the promising starts, if it hasn’t been going on up until then.

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GOOD TIMES GOING FORWARD

November 7, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The good times ahead aren’t for everybody. They may not be for the people who voted for the good timing man. Getting on toward seventy this year, I expect to hear all about it. What’s it going to sound like going forward? You’ve heard it before:

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THESE DAYS, BALANCE EACH ONE

April 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

These Days was a Jackson Browne song from years gone by. It’s a downer from a self-proclaimed loser with a CW beat. All these years later it still hits just right:

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DEATH WISH? IT’S JUST A STAGE

February 7, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Death wish yourself into being a better person? “If I can’t be who I think I am I’d rather die.” Is that a wish, or a condition? I don’t know, but what I do know is ‘the end’ is the end. Most of the time.

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THE MARRIAGE TRIP LOSER: DON’T DO THAT

October 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A marriage trip can go any number of ways, including off the tracks. My wife once got a phone call from an old flame recently divorced saying they were passing through and wanted to catch up. Seems innocent enough? One thing led to another until I went negative full-jerk. Why? Because I know things about […]

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KID PROMISES MADE, KID PROMISES KEPT

August 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Kid promises are what expecting parents make, what new parents make. Then baby shows up and everyone makes new promises. If you are a parent, what kind of promises did you make to yourself. Were they the same ones you told your parenting partner?

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GOOD MEDICINE FOR HARD TIMES

November 10, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Good medicine comes in many flavors. When it works the way it’s supposed to, the struggle to deliver is worthwhile. However, the struggle to deliver is never ends. Everyone has feelings about good medicine, starting with, “Is it good enough?”

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