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Inspired by The Daily Post’s Weekly Writing Challenge: This week, we’re asking you to write a memoir. The way in which you choose to share your memoir — be it a story, poem, flash non-fiction, or a song — is entirely…
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The early morning sunlight streamed through the apertures of the window blinds casting hazy shadows on the walls. The bedside clock ticked rhythmically towards its appointed hour, where it sounded an alarm at 7:00 o’clock. Glenn uncovered his head from under…
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Mario hated the first day of the school year. At just nine years old, he was starting his fourth school. Teachers at his previous school would use big words to describe him, like “disruptive” and “impulsive”. No one explained to him…
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❈ A Random Act of Kindness (WW Challenge) At one time in my life I was a military wife. That meant spending quite of bit of time without my husband, the military member, as he tended to travel frequently away from home. Where…
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She’d stroll across the office in the most outlandish high heels I had ever seen. Saucer-sized hoop earrings bounced off her ear lobes with every step. A short, tight skirt revealed shapely hips and calves and when she sashayed past you, cigarette…
Being raised without the presence of my father at home made me into the kind of person who didn’t believe that there was any additional bonus in having a father. […]
I love the idea of a day off! Not just any old day — not a bank holiday, nor a public holiday — but a day when everyone else is […]
I always find it a curious thing when anyone tells me that they don’t know how to cook. “So how do you eat?” I’ll ask. “I eat out a lot,” […]
At a particular time of the morning, the sunlight hits this pond and everything sparkles. I enjoy the view here as a place to get away and just be lost […]
This is my week of lists, prompted by Monday’s Weekly Writing Challenge: Lists. Now that I’m in my 40’s, there are issues I used to agonize over in my 20’s […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful moms out there! Some of you have never given birth to children, yet, you may have raised one or many children in your […]
This post was inspired by this week’s Daily Post: Weekly Writing Challenge: “Student, Teacher.“ Anyone who knew me growing up knows I don’t put up with a lot of nonsense […]
Late~Night Ruminations 