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Michael Hollifield
Michael Hollifield

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About Me — Michael Hollifield

I am a simple person with a complicated psyche. — I grew up in a middle-class, conservative, Christian home in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. My negative memories from childhood encompass: …the loneliness that sometimes accompanies being an only child …sexual abuse on two different occasions …being bullied in elementary and middle school It was through…

About Me

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About Me — Michael Hollifield
About Me — Michael Hollifield
About Me

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Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated

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Confessions of a Recovering School Bus Driver

Four reasons why I never want to drive a school bus again. — I heard a scream from the back of the bus! Little Eddy comes running up the aisle screaming, “Junior did it! Junior did it! Junior did it!” It was my first day driving a school bus for the county where I lived. …

This Happened To Me

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Confessions of a Recovering School Bus Driver
Confessions of a Recovering School Bus Driver
This Happened To Me

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Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated

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Confessions of a Recovering Racist

Alex Haley introduced me to racism. — There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it. — Albert Einstein Albert shared these words during his commencement speech at…

Personal Growth

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Confessions of a Recovering Racist
Confessions of a Recovering Racist
Personal Growth

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Published in Better Advice

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What I Learned From My Midlife Crisis

The view from the other side can help you too. — The idea of the midlife crisis did not begin until 1957 when Canadian, Elliott Jaques, read one of his papers to the British Psycho-Analytical Society. It declared that the catalyst for this event was when people came to grips with their mortality and that their lives were half over. This…

Self Improvement

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What I Learned From My Midlife Crisis
What I Learned From My Midlife Crisis
Self Improvement

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Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated

·20 hours ago

The Toughest Parenting Exercise I Have Ever Experienced

Three takeaways from a game-changing simulation. — I’ve made many mistakes and have many parental regrets. With 27 years of parenting under my belt, I wasn’t sure I was ready to take on the challenge the instructor gave us that afternoon in the small Arkansas town. Fifteen young men stood on one side of the spacious recreational…

Parenting

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The Toughest Parenting Exercise I Have Ever Experienced
The Toughest Parenting Exercise I Have Ever Experienced
Parenting

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Published in The Brain is a Noodle

·Jan 14

If I Kill it Today…

To kill it or not to kill it; that is the question. — “Killing it” is a slang expression that means someone is doing well. If I am using it to describe my actions, I take it to mean putting forth a reasonable effort (working hard and efficiently on daily tasks). …

Poetry

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If I Kill it Today…
If I Kill it Today…
Poetry

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 9

Confessions Of A Recovering Route Salesman

A true tale at Sonic Drive-In regarding Bunny Bread and armed robbery. — To say many route salespeople get up early is like saying the sun is hot. I had just ended a job I’d had for fourteen years and needed something to provide for my family while I mentally regrouped and decided my subsequent vocational trajectory. A friend of mine managed a…

This Happened To Me

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Confessions Of A Recovering Route Salesman
Confessions Of A Recovering Route Salesman
This Happened To Me

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Published in Open Letters To

·Jan 6

An Open Letter to Some of the Girls I’ve Loved Before, and a Few I Didn’t

I’m sorry. — I ain’t much on Casanova, me and Romeo ain’t never been friends. — Reggie Calloway Kindergarten Dear first girlfriend in kindergarten, I’m sorry our relationship was one-sided. You constantly initiated our romance by always making the first move. You grabbed my hand and held it under the table during meals. You…

Open Letter

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An Open Letter to Some of the Girls I’ve Loved Before, and a Few I Didn’t
An Open Letter to Some of the Girls I’ve Loved Before, and a Few I Didn’t
Open Letter

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Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Jan 3

Confessions of a Recovering Christian Nationalist (Part 2)

The United States flag is not sacred to all individuals in our country. — “You don’t need food. Go back to your country and eat the food there.” An older white man said to Kathy Kang and her sons as he barged in front of them in the food line and began giving the man behind the counter his order. …

Racism

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Confessions of a Recovering Christian Nationalist (Part 2)
Confessions of a Recovering Christian Nationalist (Part 2)
Racism

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Published in The Brain is a Noodle

·Dec 19, 2022

Be Kind, Then Rewind

A kind word is like a spring day… —

Poetry

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Be Kind, Then Rewind
Be Kind, Then Rewind
Poetry

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This is a picture with a blue back ground with white emoji-type figures in the foreground. All but one are white with frowns on their faces. There is a hand holding a magnifying glass over one of the figures. This figure is bright yellow and it has a smile on its face.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

Be Kind, Then Rewind

A kind word is like a spring day…

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Michael Hollifield

Michael Hollifield

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Blogger, speaker, passionate about encouraging humanity through personal experience.

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