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RILEY – STAY YOUNG
Today, I got a text from your mom about how she was called to the school to come and get you. Not because you were the hellion spawn who unleashed terror on your classmates or because you were obnoxious to your teachers…
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RILEY – MY HOW YOU’VE GROWN
You turned 10 on Friday, May 8, 2009. It amazes me what a beautiful young girl you have become. When I saw you yesterday on Mother’s Day, it seemed like you had matured in 6 days. I saw not the girl but…
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To Taylor
You were born on May 5, 2009 @ 2:10 AM and you came out screaming! That’s a good thing. You wanted the world to know you were here and we wanted you here. Today while @ work you reminded me that it’s…
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Animal Bags
It started as a typical rainstorm. There was a slight breeze that carried the scent of the upcoming rain and the distant sound of thunder. What I didn’t expect was that mixed in with the rain were the cat and the dogs.…
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Encouragement
I am sitting and staring at a wall. Not a physical wall, but an imaginary one that is only there in fear. It’s the fear of failing or the fear of succeeding in a dream. I am so close to finishing The…
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Which Stings Worse: Rejection or Laughter?
Just finished a 2000 word short story to submit for a contest. At first, I was scared to write only 2000 words and then I realized it was going to be hard to edit to 2000 words. A lot of “he said,…
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Pesky Little Distractions but Productive
My goal of late 2008 was to focus on ONE project and finish it vs. focusing on 4 and barely attaining finishing. Today, as I sat, stared, and thought about my current cast of characters of the story I am letting unfold,…
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Discourage…
dis-cour-age (verb) 1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit. That’s how I am feeling right now. Discouraged. I often find myself comparing myself to friends who are also writing. One has completely finished writing in six months and one…
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Daily Goal Has Been Reached…
I wasn’t going to start the writing process until the 5th. Mostly because I have been so sick that sitting in front of a monitor or tv hasn’t seemed like something I’d like to do. I would have been more than content…
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Realistic Goals
It’s 4 days into 2009 and though I have written various blog/journal entries, I have yet to write in The Dumbing Down of Love. And as I lay here in bed with a nasty cough, runny nose, a dog that wants to…
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Risk Is Noble, Unless a Woman Takes It
When Lindsey Vonn crashed during the Olympics, the reaction was…
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Fuck You
Fuck you
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Wo-without-Man
I can’t scream or I’ll wake the neighbours
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Thoughts on Laundry
The low hum of the dryers out weighed the sound…
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Where Are You?
Where are you? Where are you? Where are you?
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On Writing: Caffeine Fueled Chaos
The Instagram post at the bottom of this post came…
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AI Doesn’t Move Me to Tears
AI is simultaneously feared and celebrated. It’ll bring death…it’ll bring…
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ON THE FOLD: Timing is Everything
Seems like March is the time I buy sewing machines.…
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ON THE FOLD: Learning As I Go
This is the debut of On the Fold, where I…
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