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Expectations of the Tween Kind
“It’s not as (fill in the blank here) as I thought it would be.” I can’t tell you how often my son says this, or how much it’s started to bother me. At first it seemed benign enough, almost like the...
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The Quiet Nights
I crave these nights. The quiet nights. I plan. I plot. I imagine. I trick myself into thinking the hours will stretch as long as I want them to. Jacked up thinking, in reality. Because the quiet...
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Currently
Linking up with Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop this week, and inspired by prompt 2: “Currently”. A simple list of things you’re currently feeling as seen at Sometimes Sweet. Currently… Reading. I wish I...
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Miles
It’s not the miles I mind. I70 and I have become old friends; the kind of friends that don’t care if one is tired and cranky as long as the other can be open and raw in some parts but totally shut down...
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August Moon 2013…Tears
I told myself I’d get to bed early. It’s been one of those days, filled with emotion and busyness and errands and work, and I’m just tired. I told myself that if I went to bed early enough tonight, I’d...
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Love, Sandwich Style
I just sat in on Heather King and Vikki Reich‘s TypeA Conference hands-on session about free writing. Love. It was what I imagine therapy should be; all about raw emotion, Anne Lamott and how to write...
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There wasn’t much in the old blue van. Boxes of clothes, a few shoes, books, pictures. A stereo and cassette tapes. Boy, did I think that stereo was cool. I knew that I’d pick posters after I got...
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Sean seriously made my week when she asked me to participate in the ‘How I Write’ blog hop. I’d seen a few posts here and there, and I’ve enjoyed reading them all (I think that I most resonated with...
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Tripping Down Memory Lane
It’s been quite some time since I’ve linked up with a writing prompt from Mama’s Losin’ It. But boy, am I thankful for her list today. Otherwise, I’d break my NaBloPoMo streak and not blog, because,...
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A Few of My Favorite Things
All hail the saving power of Mama Kat and her writing prompts, patron saint of wayward NaBloPoMo participants everywhere. Ahem. But really, truly I’m thankful because here it is, 10:20 p.m. and I’ve...
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