: About Me

I am 48 years old and enjoy writing as well as reading the work of others. I work on my blog which is a tribute to my dog Sundance, and the gifts his life gave me.

S Chapman

My passion is ...

Expressive art, such as writing, music, drawing, public speaking, color as therapy and always athletics

I know too much about ...

self rejection and low self worth

My parents always told me ...

Someday the hard times of growing up as we did would benefit me.I feel it has from the standpoint of understanding and empathizing with the struggles of others and the joy that comes from helping others just as I have been helped.

My childhood ambition ...

Joe Namath, Joe Namath and Joe Namath, followed by little else

My favorite memory ...

Playing Huck Finn in class opereta Tom Sawyer and another one, Finians Rainbow

Why I write ...

Freedom and clarity. It quiets the static when my thoughts, feelings and actions collide

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Situation Room! and King of the Hill!, reading Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy and My American Journey by Colin Powell

My first job ...

Painters Helper during summer of age 14

My best moment ...

Understanding the difference between quitting and surrendering

My inspiration ...

The future, and opportunities to share lessons from an often self created "Hells Highway", and motivated to reach out by all the times I came home to a house full of young people, even when my son wasn't home, and being told by my wife they were hanging out there because of me, and they knew I heard and valued them, I want to make a difference

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Pets & heaven

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Prior to January 7th, 2009, I could not hear it. But on that day, witnessing Sundance lose his young life, the pain both broke and opened my heart in a way I have never known and I will never be the same again. In the days since, as I have turned full face and on my face, to our God, I have learned there is a God given sound which is perfect. It is the sound of creations symphony, in which every creature and every life is essential, and plays the instrument given by our creator. As I began to hear it after losing Sundance, I also struggled to deal with other sounds, like those of heartache...

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