Author: Doni M. Wilson
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Remembering the Challenger Seven
Originally posted on Reflection and Choice: The essay also appears in The Federalist. It is 63 degrees in Houston in January, and we head to Challenger Seven Memorial Park for my son’s orienteering event, part of his seventh grade leadership development course. We are in Webster, not far from NASA. The sun is bright, and…
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“Downton Abbey”: The Delicious Addiction
Originally posted on Reflection and Choice: Admitting the problem is the first step. Except here is the thing: I don’t want to get over this. I just want the PBS miniseries “Downton Abbey” to go on and on forever. I don’t want to recover. I don’t want them to stop writing scripts. Prequel, sequel, I…
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Every Day is January First
Originally posted on Reflection and Choice: All week I have been looking forward to January first, my favorite day of the year. One of my most beloved authors famously said that “There are no second acts in American lives,” but no one really believes that. If that were true, the minute you made a train…
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Graduation Day; Or, Onward and Upward
A version of this piece also appeared in The Houston Chronicle in the Gray Matters section on 15 December 2014. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/December-graduation-and-the-things-I-want-to-5957963.php?t=dd6b3c43f279b87a02&cmpid=twitter-desktop It’s 63 degrees in December, and I am flying down the highway to Houston Baptist University. I have left early, but I am still running late because I didn’t count on all the closed…