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Tunnel Vision

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 11 comments

The image in his mind was illusion

His narrow view was from his tunnel vision

His bits and pieces of information

Persuasive some way in the conversation

He could entertain strangers for a brief moment

When speaking with the same person

He couldn’t keep track of his previous statements

His thoughts were scattered with no connection

He believed only his own hallucination

He would attack when I said something different

Imagine being attacked cringed every day for ten years

Marriage dissolved due to impossible reconciliation

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Daily Prompt: Illusion

Daily Prompt: Cringe

About me

Miriam Hurdle grew up in Hong Kong where she went to college and worked for five years before coming to the United States. While in Hong Kong, she taught Chinese as a Second Language at Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for three years. She was also the Director of the Children’s Department at the Asian Outreach where she published four Chinese Children’s books. Miriam Hurdle came to the United States for her graduate studies. She received her master’s degrees in Christian Ministry from Portland Seminary, Counseling from Seattle Pacific University, and Education Administration from California State University, Los Angeles. After teaching in a California public school for fifteen years, she was promoted to a school district administrative position. She went on to do the postgraduate studies and earned her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from La Verne University in California. Dr. Hurdle continued in her administrative position for ten years before her retirement. In her retired life, Dr. Hurdle enjoys doing volunteer counseling, reading, writing, blogging, singing, drawing, watercolor painting, gardening, photographing, and traveling. Dr. Hurdle is married to Lynton Hurdle and has one married daughter and one granddaughter.