Creative challenge: Restless
My mind, unchallenged, decides to run amok. Thoughts spin fast - so fast they're gone before I can grab them. At least hamsters will stop for a snack and a snooze, How do you get a mind under
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Creative Challenge #176: Paint by Numbers Isn't All it's Cracked Up to Be
I don't remember why I got it. Birthday? Christmas? I thought it an odd subject for a girl who liked horses, Barnabas Collins, and Mr. Spock. It wasn't an easy thing to attempt, the numbers were...
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A little angel needs a lot of prayers
Bethany came into the world at 28 weeks, a whopping 2 pounds and gigantic 14 inches long. She fought hard, and at five months was able to come home from the hospital. We were thrilled - her brother...
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The night before Christmas Eve day, Bethany was transferred to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital by helicopter. Being so small and on a ventilator, they didn't want to take the risk of getting caught in...
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New year, new parts
Surgery went well, and everyone (including me) was surprised at how different the outcome was from the first leg. Less swelling, able to more around easier...New rehab facility, single room, ensuite...
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Bethany has had a new valve implanted in her heart to help correct the murmur. If all goes well, she will be coming home in about 10 days. When she comes home, they will be able to get the same...
View ArticleFinally home!
Just heard from the son today - Bethany is finally home from the hospital! She's come home with a g/j feeding tube (still tends to throw up when eating, and that is energy she can ill afford to lose)...
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Body lessons: Or, Don't ask the centipede!
There's an old story of a centipede who managed to walk perfectly well until a curious frog asked, "How DO you do so well with a hundred legs when I struggle with four?"I'm learning how the centipede...
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Writer's Block Challenge 109: I don't want to grow old with you
I don't want to grow old with you - Growing old is a defeat.I want to mature with you...Like a fine wine.Our joys and sorrows, frustrations and explorations, experiences All being distilled into a cup...
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Creative Challenge #194: Blue Sky
Up to the sky he fliesDown to earth he swoopsSafe in Daddy's arms,He's home.
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Creative Challenge #196: Beneath the Stairs
Deep within my subconsciousAt the bottom of the stairs,In a dark and cobwebbed cornerAll the hatreds and the fears,Self-loathing hisses acid kissesAnd all the nightmare creaturesThreaten to climb the...
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Creative Challenge #197: Anticipation (a haiku)
Don't move, don't breathe hard.Eyes almost cross... Concentrate!Reward comes. Good dog!(picture online)
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Creative Challenge #199: Burst
I didn’t have that many playmates growing up. Maybe it was because I was more interested in reading… or, once branded ‘Teacher’s Pet’ you don’t get to hang out with the other girls. At first, I was...
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On Monday, I went to the mall. Found a parking spot not too far from the entrance nearest the shops I needed to visit, and used my cane just to ensure balance. Went to Payless, Macys, Hallmark, and...
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Creative Challenge #203: Junk Food
Words can fill our secret desires.Words can nourish hopes, allowing dreams to grow.Instead?I’ve been force-fed a diet spooned out ofHalf promises, half-truths, bitter bits of stale knowledge.Curdled...
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Creative Challenge 205: Empathy
Odd to see a sandpiper in the middle of the city...There's cattails in a culvert not too far away,But surf, seagulls, crab eggs, where were they?He seemed a bit confused,Poking around a construction...
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Creative Challenge 205: Empathy (Revisited)
I admit it, I have a problem watching some things on television. Not violence per se, not things that are *bleeping*. What makes my skin crawl is cruelty.I have not been able to watch ANY Charlie...
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Progress sneaks up on one
We bought this property to build our retirement home on. 5 acres of untouched woods out in the country. With my bad knees and subsequent adventures into body parts replacement, I have never walked...
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Creative Challenge #209 Completely Strange
My boyfriend and I were riding the DOT bus home from school. The day had been sweltering; summer was arriving before we were even out of May. The bus was crowded, but we managed to find a seat...
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Creative Challenge 213: Aqua
I’m slowly risingOut of the darkest of Midnight’s blue-black depths,Past navy, edging upwardApproaching aqua on the way to sky blue.
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Releasing Carmen
When I first got Carmen, this fish was barely two inches long. Named Carmen Dragon for the way it (she?) looked zipping through the water like a Chinese dragon. I had got Carmen as companion for Mr....
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