I grew up in a home where words were valued. My father, for almost my entire life, was a newspaper man. He worked for Gannett from the time I was five until his death last year. That is 43 years at the same job, some company. He was a reporter so constantly let me know… Continue reading Words Matter Week – Day 1
The letter below is inspired by the women at Momalom.com. They come up with some of the best ideas for blog posts. This blog challenge is to write a love letter to a person, to a thing, to the world and share it on your own blog or on their blog if you need to.… Continue reading A Love Letter
I have been reading a lot of blogs lately where the entries are based around what the writer wants from life. Most of these have to do with relationships and they have all got me thinking. What do I want from life? This is not a new question to me. My life has changed and… Continue reading What Do You Want in Life?
When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life,… Continue reading Quotable
I sat here on this slightly dreary Saturday morning with a mug of steaming coffee and these words below came out of me. and that scares me i miss you when i don’t see you and that scares me i want you more than i think i should and that scares me though i… Continue reading A New Poem
While reading a good friend’s blog this morning, I was drawn to think back to past relationships of mine. Why had some of these relationships blossomed and then died, like a flower does when cut and brought inside? Was it change in my life or his? Was it timing? The one common part of… Continue reading Do You Always ‘Fess Up?
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