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Bill Fortenberry
Nov 22, 20233 min read
oh deer, what do i do now?
It’s been a couple of seasons since we’ve seen Loretta. I suppose her absence is one of those difficult realities of life. A lame deer in...
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Bill Fortenberry
Dec 17, 20224 min read
Thinking About Christmas - Three Stories
Christmas isn't easy for everyone. Sometimes, it can be hard to muster joy, sing a carol or laugh at a party. There may be a temptation...
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Bill Fortenberry
Oct 4, 20223 min read
clay mcCollum ruined my life: four things my therapist taught me
OCT. 4, 2022 - Clay McCollum ruined my life. It all started with taking out the garbage last March. I’d walked the same path a thousand...
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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 26, 20225 min read
if tomorrow never comes
JUNE 2022 - Tomorrow is Father's Day. It is one of the hardest days of the year for me. Here's why: In June of 1998, I was a busy...
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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 26, 20223 min read
life with loretta
JUNE 2022 - My wife and I were watching Coal Miner’s Daughter when Autumn, our daughter, called to us. “She came back!” she said. “Come...
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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 26, 20226 min read
lessons from a maple seed
MARCH 2021 - Sitting in my backyard, the March morning is chilly, meriting that second cup of coffee to keep my hands warm. I lean my...
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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 14, 20223 min read
beware the scatterer
APRIL 2018 - The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.- Nahum...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 13, 20221 min read
first things first
JANUARY 2016 - Seek you first the Kingdom of Heaven and His Righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. This is my life...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 13, 20223 min read
autumn's wise words
AUGUST 2015 - It's been a long, teary, quiet week since we dropped our boy at college. The herd of boys, young men really, who have...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 11, 20222 min read
the missionary live
JUNE 2014 - My boy is coming home Tuesday. He has spent the last 3 weeks working as a missionary in Busan (or Pusan), South Korea with...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 11, 20223 min read
operation mobilization
MAY 2014 - My boy is going to Korea. By himself. On an airplane. Over the ocean. Alone. Yeah, I know. I said that already. His contact...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 5, 20223 min read
let's hear it for the next man
OCTOBER 2013 - I did not grow up with football. Nobody in my family played, watched, or even knew the object of the game. My high school...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 4, 20223 min read
the calendar says ice cream
AUGUST 2013 - The calendar says ice cream, but the weather says soup. Me and the boy. So, soup it is, on this mid-summer August day....
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 3, 20222 min read
a beautiful testimony
MARCH 2013 - NOTE: It's been a while since I've posted anything here. Life has been crazy through a long, twisting and turning journey...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 3, 20222 min read
dust off my what?
OCTOBER 2012 - I don't know for sure what caused the raspy, crackly, unable-to-hit-the-high-notes break in my voice last week, but...
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