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It’s the Meet and Greet weekend everyone!! Strap on your party shoes and join the fun! Ok so here are the rules: Leave a link to your page or post in the comments of this post. Reblog this post. It helps you, it helps me, it helps everyone! Edit your reblog post and add tags. Feel… Continue reading Meet and Greet: 2/4/17
Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award is an award that recognizes the unique voices of women across the world. Thank you to hiMe for nominating me. In her blog, A Refugee’s Journey – Vietnam to Australia she writes about her experiences in a way that takes your breath away. Her poetry invites the reader into her world and leaves powerful images in the mind that linger … Continue reading The Sisterhood of World Bloggers Award
Shrouded in mystery revealed to only one Seeking respite from burdens carried too long Cautiously shared relying on another Anointing power with faith taken for granted Received with respect pledging to uphold Accepting responsibility despite weakness in character flawed from inception Revealed via whispers rippling in waves Cascading betrayals across boundaries of friendship damaged beyond repair DAILY PROMPT Locked and Sealed Can … Continue reading Secrets Revealed
and then there were no more mirrors each carefully covered or turned the other way no more mirrors visions of self-doubt quieted if just for a day and then there were no more mirrors each delightfully decimated or reduced to exquisite shards no more mirrors feelings of dysphoria expunged if just for a day and then there were no more mirrors no … Continue reading No More Mirrors
Somewhere in the moments between July and August, there is a shift. It’s almost imperceptible, yet parents and children feel it. The laid-back vibe of summer becomes replaced with an anticipatory Back to School environment. It’s seasonal, cyclical, and unavoidable. “Back to School” sales explode in every medium like proverbial rabbits. Somewhere in the moments between August and September, school resumes, engaging entire populations in … Continue reading Back to School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRrT0Ak18Pc “I found a book that my mama kept Filled with secrets she hid And in a dusty old attic, one mornin’ I read About a woman I never met Who had dreams just like mine With every page that I turned, the words came alive” (Written by Liz Hengber, Deanna Bryant) My mother is not a writer, but she is a brilliant individual. … Continue reading More Than This
When I was 8 years old, I “adopted” a stray cat in the neighborhood. I decided the poor thing must be hungry, so I gathered money from my piggy bank and trekked down the road to a local K-Mart to purchase cat food. I was so focused on carrying out my mission, I neglected to tell anyone. My sister told my parents who were frantically … Continue reading For the Sake of Animals
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, “Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed.” My grandfather was diagnosed with dementia in 1995. At that time an official diagnosis of Alzheimer’s was suspected, but could not be confirmed without an autopsy. … Continue reading Still Alice
Suzie81 Speaks posted an invitation to answer the following questions. Can’t wait to see the outcome. Here are my responses. 1. How did you create the title for your blog? I tried several versions of what became the title of my blog. I wanted to convey the feeling of retracing my steps in life, and experiencing the next steps in a different way. 2. What’s … Continue reading Response to Questions, Questions, Questions: The WordPress Community Experiment
