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One More Off the Bucket List...
Well, I did it! I finally got a little drunk! I was actually just pleasantly buzzed but now I can knock that off the bucket list. Yeah, took me long enough. I don't like the taste of alcohol but I really wanted to see what kind of drunk am. I know, stupid but it is my bucket list so I have all kinds of stupid stuff I want to do.
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Writer's Block: Recipe for Success
Well, that depends on how one defines success. If one is talking about money and power, such as in corporate America, then one becomes successful by either inheriting it or by sheer luck. Either of those, combined with the ability and willingness to be ruthless and greedy, is a great recipe for success. If, however, one is talking about the ( Read more... ) -
Small stones #1
I watch my daughter from across the room and can see the beautiful young woman that she has become. She turns to look at me, and our eyes lock. She smiles that knowing smile, and I can now see the beauty of new life coming from within her. -
Writer's Block: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Happiness. -
Joy, Love and Laughter
My Friday evening starts with pain. The pain stretches on through Saturday. You are just being stubborn; doing things your own way. That should have been my first clue that you were going to be such an independent life force. The pain finally subsides on a Sunday in 1988 when you finally make your way into this world. You are such a beauty to ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Words to Live by
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up - Author Unknown -
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Happy birthday to zuben_eschamali, a wonderfully talented writer! Hope your day is everything you wish it to be! -
Writer's Block: Thank You Month
The evening of January 1, 2011 while talking to my husband. We were reviewing our year. One son graduated high school with honors and a scholarship, one son turned 21 and is also in college, and our daughter got married to a very nice young man who we both adore. For all of this, we said a big thank you. Everything else was either icing on the ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Don’t look back in anger
If I would have been asked that 10 or so years ago, I would have written a litany of regrets. Now, however, I think I am past that stage of regretting and on to the realization that forgiveness makes the heart so much lighter, whether it be forgiving someone else or forgiving myself. -
Writer's Block: Half full?
Just look up pessimist in any dictionary and you will see my picture :( I am really trying to change, though. I mean really trying to change, and I think I have made progress. The scary part is, I see that trait in two of my three children. See? Pessimism...give me any situation and I will immediately give you the worst case scenario! *sighs ( Read more... )