Tag: social commentary
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Seen / Unseen Greenville: What Is This Actually About?
The other day, I asked my mom about the Ideal Laundry explosion. I expected her to look confused. Instead, she looked at me like I was the crazy one. “Of course I’ve heard of that.” For anyone unfamiliar, the Ideal Laundry explosion happened in Greenville in 1946. A propane leak at the Ideal Laundry building…
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Seen / Unseen Greenville: Polished Surface, Divided Ground
Welcome Back to Seen / Unseen Greenville This blog will still go wherever life takes it—family, politics, recovery, culture, memory, and whatever else feels worth talking about. But I wanted to mark a direction I’m especially excited about. Seen / Unseen Greenville will be an ongoing series where I take a closer look at this…
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Tales of a Midlife Drifter
I watched a video recently where a guy described himself as a 35-year-old loser. His message was simple: don’t end up like me. Start now. Build skills. Take action. Stop wasting time. And I get it. There’s truth in that. Drifting too long, avoiding responsibility, never committing to anything—that catches up with you. Time does…
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Politics, God, and Grief in Greenville, SC
I I’ve always wanted a real relationship with God. Not just belief. Not just ritual. Something that actually holds up when things get difficult or unclear. Something that means something when the world doesn’t feel like it’s making sense. And living in Greenville, faith is everywhere. It’s part of the culture. Part of how people…
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Hope Is Not Passive
I’ve always wanted to have a relationship with God. Not just belief, and not just ritual. I want to understand the why behind things—the how. I want to know that there is something beyond myself I can turn to when my own mind runs out of answers. I spoke about doubt recently, and today I…
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