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The cold wind blew outside and I curled up in bed and watched it dance in the fall leaves grasping with their last strength to the tree. I felt like those leaves. I felt like I was grasping with my last bit of strength. Nothing had been working out the way I wanted and it…
I received a lot of valuable information these last couple of days. I sat in the “I Tweet therefor I am” panel discussion with See Jane Write. I listened to Tony Marino on The Strategist Blogtalk Radio program. I made notes from posts around the internet. I have a lot of information. The other day,…
The morning started the same as any morning. The first thing I did online was launch my analytics. I needed to know how many people had been to the site. I needed to have that boost – of ego or visits, I am still not sure. While the program loaded, I scanned the news stories…
I live in a bright world filled with rainbows and lollipops (and kittens for my friend Mandy). The overwhelming negativity in the news, on social media and most every place I have turned has made staying in my happy space a bit difficult as of late. This morning, I realized the problem. Like most things…
My husband grew up in a home where his mother cleaned every day. She did the cooking. She did the laundry. She was the master of all the “womanly things” that had to be done around the house. My husband married a women who did not get the “womanly things” memo growing up. I cleaned…
My father in law hears what he wants to hear. It can make life very interesting and often difficult. I put the phenomena off to his being an old man (or maybe just a man . . . cause you KNOW how they can be). He has his way and I guessed that he felt…
Working full time as a writer doing freelance work and work of my own can be a juggling act on the best days and a tightrope act on some of the worst. I have to find a way to balance the work for pay with the writing for passion (which is also starting to…
It took a moment for me to realize there was a problem. The quiet alerted me. Anytime the seven year old gets quiet, I get concerned. My worries were compounded when his door was locked. He was doing something that he knew he should not be doing or he would not have locked the door….
I drove back from an event with my best friend. Being a young driver (I had just turned sixteen), I watched the road with diligence . . . or not. My friend and I were free and made the most of it. We turned up the music and followed the road. An hour into the…
“Get up already.” My children had been listening to me call them for over an hour and I had yet to hear them stir. My frustration showed. I grunted and slammed down the pot I had been cleaning. “Mom, you do not have to be so dramatic. I got up.” My oldest son had chosen…