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January 18, 2019
I Broke It

I Broke It

It happened suddenly and unintentionally. Oooooopsie. A portion of a toy, broken & hmmmm. After looking it over a bit, yep, no biggie !! Tape, glue ? Sure !! it can be fixed.Easy. Peasy. What I found so delightfully refreshing and what stays in my mind even today, were the pure, simple words that tumbled …

January 16, 2019
Analytical Me

Analytical Me

You want to know the one thing that drives me absolutely over the top, all the time, every time coo coo ??Ok.I’ll tell you. It’s me.Analytical me. gaaaaaa. Especially when I’ve found a book or a show or a movie that I really, REALLY want to read, see or experience.“YaY!! This is going to be …

January 15, 2019
Above

Above

I’m a window seat kind of gal. Music in my ears, please don’t talk to me, I just need the shhhh, the hush and ahhhh, ♥ Clouds ♥ ohhhhh, how I adore those clouds. They hovered over me only minutes before with their overcast, wintertime ways. Offering up a gray, gloomy, mushy snow kind of …

January 13, 2019
Happy Windows

Happy Windows

When my children were in their growing up years, wintertime windows were forever filled with condensation drawings. Smiley Faces Footprints (insert name) was here Hearts Exclamation points Flowers … & waiting by the front door for the school bus to arrive was where the artisans would sketch their best work. At the time I would …

January 12, 2019
Amazing

Amazing

About eight or so years ago, my sisters and I went to a Psychic Fair. It was something we were curious about, had always wanted to experience and a gathering of metaphysical experts just happened to be in town on a day we were wandering about, so Sisters and I decided NOW is the time. …

January 11, 2019
With You For You And You

With You For You And You

Although I had quite the 2018 writing-wise, aka launching this brighter, blogging of my thoughts website, finding the amazing illustrator Toby Mikle and self-publishing my book, Smile I never got around to penning a new poem or children’s story & THAT, to me at least, was somewhat of a bummer because I’d been on quite …

January 8, 2019
Dear Cody

Dear Cody

As Sunday’s game ended with that absolutely impossible, wrong way goalpost bounce, my heart, quite literally, plummeted into my stomach. A Season Ticket Holder since 1999 and an extremely enthusiastic Chicago Bears fan is what I am and to see my beloved team exit the NFC Wildcard game in such a horrendous fashion was seriously …

January 6, 2019
Just Imagine

Just Imagine

October 25, 2018 was the day I spotted and snapped this beauty of a picture & truth be told ? at first glance, I wasn’t quite sure what the heck that odd shaped form was doing there. It’s grayness seemed so out of place amid the color of the leaves but, the WOW realization instantly …

January 5, 2019
Do. It.

Do. It.

Here I sit, in Saturday’s early hours, staring at a blank screen. Again. hmmmm. My words are sleepily stubborn this a.m. and the internet is playing games. On. Off. Back. Forth. Start. Stop & baaaaaa !! I should just go back to bed. A few more zzzzz’s sound rather delightful at this point and it …

December 25, 2018
Love

Love

I can hear them but, they can’t see me.They are asking “Where is Love? Has anybody seen Love?” I am Love I’m hiding. And soon …I will be running away. I just have to pack a few things and then I. Am. Leaving. My family  can look and look but they will never find me. …

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