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Lisa's avatar

Oh my. Awful early in the morning for so many glimpses of my life but I’m thankful you wrote them.

Sharon Kelly Hake's avatar

What a beautiful essay, Robert. It’s truly a work of art—moving, relevant, and deeply felt. Thank you for so generously sharing it with us, your grateful readers. And friends.

Robert M. Ford's avatar

While this is fiction, it does contain a few glimpses of my own lived experiences. What I took away from writing it is how doing nothing is a choice, and that inaction comes with just as many consequences as action.

Robert M. Ford's avatar

Thanks, Sharon. I'm gald that you enjoyed it,

I wrote it as I returned home from Australia yesterday (28 hours of door-to-door travel). Instead of writing about actions having consequences, I thought about how inactions can have just as much impact, and how doing nothing really is a choice.