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Living, Beyond Fear
I unlock and open the back deck door, Rocky, my cat, awaits to enter. A smile spreads across my face as he pauses looking at what he is leaving behind before he enters. His habit of going in and out … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, abusive husband, brave, brave women, domestic violence, fear, life after abuse, living in fear, living life, no longer hiding
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It’s Okay if You Hate Me
He sat on the floor, his back against the dark wood dresser in his bedroom. His legs drawn up to his chest, his eyes cast down, not that he could see me anyway. He had responded to my voice. “Daddy, … Continue reading
Posted in Writing For The Moment
Tagged abuse, children, Daddy, domestic violence, family, Police, writing
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Live Out Loud
My post yesterday has been running through my head. I am in the process of writing a memoir. Part of that process is reading other people’s memoirs and articles about memoirs. One interesting point that has stuck out to me in … Continue reading
Posted in Life After Cancer, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, family, Life afer cancer, living, mother, post cancer, soul searching, speak out, Truth, writing
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Do as I Do, Not as I Say
How often do we give an instruction to a child, our child or someone else’s child that we have influence over, that in actuality we do not follow ourselves? I was raised by two Christian parents. Married for over 35 … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing For The Moment
Tagged abuse, church, family, healing, lies, memoir, Memory Into Memoir, therapy, Truth
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Canadian Geese
The second writing prompt at Writing For The Moment today was a poem entitled Fisherman’s Warf. I got hung up on a particular line about Canadian Geese. I start this writing with that quote….. “Canadian Geese, majestic, long-necked cruisers”. … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, canadian geese, domestic violence, family, feelings, Life After Cancer, women, writing
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Writing For The Moment
Today I did something I have wanted to do for such a long time but have been afraid to do. It is yet another blessing to come out of cancer. I have longed to join a writer’s group. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Cancer, domestic violence, expression, family, feelings, freedom, home, Self Awareness, survivor, women, writing
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Once Upon A Time……
There was a time not that long ago that the story I would have written would have been about a person who had been victimized seemingly her entire life only recently finding happiness. And although happy, pain and hurt would … Continue reading
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