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Telling My Story Part 2
After I went buck wild at the age of 19 for a solid year, I actually settled down. I worked as if my life depended on it. I always strived to get out of my current job to get promoted into another one and make more money and I always wrestled with the idea that I should be doing something else...
A flavor of Miz Angelou
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing
Telling My Story
As early as age 10, I knew that I wanted to be a writer. My mom had taken me to see Maya Angelou. I listened to Maya Angelou’s voice as she read some of her poetry and I fell in love with what I knew in my heart I could do. I loved writing poems and short stories...
A Chair To Remember...
Excerpt: I cleaned out our spare bedroom, which was to be the baby's room. It was becoming a storage room and I couldn't stand it. I wanted to sit in my grandmother's rocking chair and imagine the room fully furnished.
Let's get together and feel all right...
I didn't realize how badly we needed a vacation until Papa Bear and I were in the middle of the ocean giving one another salt water kisses. One Love is the theme song for the vacation we just had...
10 Things Fish Tank Owners Wish They Knew Earlier
Behind the scenes of what looks beautiful but isn't very pretty. If I had known just five things, I wouldn't have said "yes" to being the mom of a fish tank and you'd never know my story...
Back door blogging...
The Best Film I've Ever Seen (in one year)...
For the first time in my life, I have seen all the Oscar Best Picture nominations BEFORE the show goes live. I know right? I've always wanted to do that and print off the list and ballot online to mark down who I think will win. So yeah, I can't wait to sit down and watch the show.
A Story of Compassion...
This post today is very special because 1000+ people from all around the world will be sharing their voices about compassion. Today I am 1 in 1000 who signed up to share what compassion means to me. Today I am part of a movement.
Don't feed OCD, phobias or ticks...
There's a television show that I used to watch called Monk. That show was the inspiration behind my original blog name "Here's the thing...". If you've been reading me a long time, you'll remember me using it as a tagline. Anyway, the character Monk was a crime detective who had OCD, and multiple phobias which made the show very funny.
Christopher has Monk tendencies.
Where to start...
This time last year I took the whole month of December off from blogging. I did this advent thing that was more trouble than it was worth.
I actually thought about doing it again this year, but remembered how hard it was to get back into writing at the first of the year. I also feel like I really never got my mojo back.
So I'm just treating this post like it's double dutch and jumping right in.
Facebook always has the backstory...
I stewed about what I could write today just to get my feet wet in blogging again but I came up with nothing. Then something happened to put the icing on the backstory cake.
Stacked and Undefeated!
We had an awesome season, with awesome coaches and therefore awesome players. We were beating a team for the third time. We were stronger, better and faster. I made an agreement with myself that I was going to be a good sport (football mom) and stop wishing all these weeks away, just so I could get to the next thing and get that over with. I had my eye on the October 26th prize. But as we started winning and winning and winning and winning, I said, "Ut oh, what does this mean?"...
I just want to be with my writing...
10 Quotes to Love...
Linking up with Tuesday Ten, where the prompt was to link up quotes that you like, that make you laugh, or that inspire you. I've done all three.
Tuesday Ten is a weekly link-up hosted by Lisa of The Golden Spoons and Rabia of The Liebers.
Slice of Life
Breadcrumbs to 10 Random Stories...
I am linking up with Tuesday Ten where the prompt is to pick ten numbers between 1-100, then go here and answer the questions that correspond with the numbers you chose or, just choose 10 questions from the list to answer.
How to Get Away with Murder...
Once upon a time in the marriage of my youth, I tried to kill my husband.
One day I was buying groceries and I said to myself, "I can't do this anymore." Enough is enough right?
Scandal is Date Night
