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  <a href="/patrons/blog/5852149/counting-the-days">Counting the Days</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p>Lately I've dwelt on the subject of mortality: seeking a neutral reflection, I find such musings must drift toward the personal. A nagging sense of death’s hidden omnipresence haunts me. I cannot avoid its touching my realm someday, but God has been merciful in keeping it relatively absent. Yet barring greater tragedy, my faithful (if stupid) dog, Sunny will die, forcing my children to witness death before they reach adulthood. Left unscathed in my youth, I fear I am ill-equipped to lead them through that…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/patrons/blog/5852149/counting-the-days">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2019-02-02T08:00:00-05:00" title="February 02, 2019 08:00">02/02/2019</span></p>

  <p class="post-info">in <a href="/patron-s-blog/blog/blog_categories/36765">Essays</a></p>
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<p>A sweaty, crumpled handful of bills tumbled to the counter. The cashier stared at the filth-covered wad, shuddering from the unwashed man’s pungent odor. He stretched the money flat with his fingertips, laboring to avoid touching it. Three coins rolled into a gray dish below the register. The man retrieved his change and dropped it into a small plastic bin labeled, "employee college fund." Had he noticed the beggar’s gesture, he might have thanked him; instead, he rushed to locate the nearest…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/patrons/blog/5852148/ashes">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2019-01-05T08:00:00-05:00" title="January 05, 2019 08:00">01/05/2019</span></p>

  <p class="post-info">in <a href="/patron-s-blog/blog/blog_categories/36766">Short Stories</a>, <a href="/patron-s-blog/blog/blog_categories/36767">The Junction</a></p>
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