Category: mental health
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NYC Midnight Microfiction 2019: My Results and Take-Away
This was my first time to compete in one of the NYC Midnight competitions. Spending money to write in a competition is not something I would normally do, but for $20 (after a $5 coupon for sharing on social media) I figured I would give it a try. I made it to the second round […]
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NYC Midnight Micro-Fiction: Round 2
Climbing aboard the bridge, Kasian peered into the vortex of his reality through massive windows like lenses of truth….
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Essay Throwback: Fashion
It was a pleasant surprise to uncover an old flash drive that had only one thing on it: an essay had written for sociology class 10 years ago. It was exciting, embarrassing, and enlightening to look back on my old writing styles and catch a million errors that had not previously been noticed–and what’s more, […]
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A Woman in the Christian World — Period Talk
My old basketball net is beside the storage room at my grandparent’s house. It was given to me by my great-grandpa for Christmas when I was 5 years old. I won’t ever forget that Christmas because I remembered looking around at my cousins who were opening their pile of presents and thinking, ”they all got […]
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Tiny Human Chronicles
Time Flies Just yesterday I met one of my aunt’s friends who asked how old my daughter was. I had to seriously think and do some math, then settled for “almost 2”. My mom-brain really stops me from doing simple math sometimes. But really, my tiny human is a tall and sassy 22-month-old who will […]
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Pruning of the Soul
As I prune the dead leaves off my fresh mint plant, I am reminded of how often God uses nature to make us reflect on our lives. The sweet smell surrounds me; the more I work, the stronger the scent. I can hear my daughter counting acorns on the ground, smiling all the while. The […]
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Persnickety Possibilities
“Where has the time gone?” Days, weeks, years. Time moves past us at a pace that we cannot keep up with. Our hopes and dreams all trickle like sand through the hour glass, and where am I? Sometimes I feel like I am watching from the sidelines as so much moves past me. Reaching out […]
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The Puppy Titus
I have a more serious post that I am working on to post this evening. However, I just spent the last ten minutes petting my puppy, Titus. We have had Titus from the time he was actually a puppy…six years ago. He dislikes a good amount of people but loves my mom, me, and my […]
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Pending Politically / Uber Thoughts / Puppy
I am working on a super long political post about the GOP debate. It will be up by Saturday night, however I have decided to take a break and get ready for bed…just for sanity. There are a lot of candidates. Some I have a more in depth opinion of and others it is just […]
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Prompt: Write about a phobia
Pores. I hate pores. They are vile and terrible. Some people are afraid of spiders, clowns, or falling; I am afraid of pores and other small clusters of holes. It is called Trypophobia. http://www.fearof.net/fear-of-holes-phobia-trypophobia/ Fearof.net describes it well and has a perfect example of a plant that makes me absolutely uneasy. There are many plants […]
Designing Lorri 