Posted by Brad Osborne on April 18, 2021 · 14 Comments
Tears fall like liquid diamonds,
Into the palms of dirty hands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 7, 2020 · 20 Comments
I have more in common with a murderer than a minister,
As the red, white, and blue wraps around the sinister…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 22, 2019 · 11 Comments
Thrust upon us this horrid war
Lives cast in blood and sand
Can we ever hope something more
Salvation but prayer in weak hand
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 24, 2019 · 2 Comments
It may be hard to imagine that a person who writes a blog on their own philosophies, beliefs, and conclusions isn’t a bit narcissistic. And, you would be correct, as I likely am. But the one thing I have found the hardest to talk about, to almost anyone, is my time in military service.
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