I love this quote from C.S. Lewis: “Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!” Friendships are commonly built on being able to relate to each other. My friendships involve encouragement, laughter, commiserating together on difficult days, and bouncing ideas off…
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What Stephen King taught me about writing and life
Confession: I am terrified of scary movies. I won’t watch them. Same goes for books of this genre. As a result, I don’t read Stephen King novels. I tried, but I couldn’t sleep for days after reading his stuff. I am a sissy-pants in many ways. Life is terrifying enough as it is, and so…
You may ask yourself, well, “How did I get here?” and “How do I get to a place called Anywhere but Here?”
You keep your head down and you hustle and hustle, and you wake up one day and wonder: How did I get here? ~Queen Latifah We hustle and hustle…but sometimes we get lost in it and we wake up one day wondering, “How did I get here?” Or, we may ask ourselves, “How did 30+…
How (and why) I ditched the toxicity in my life (and how you can, too)!
I’d like to share a piece that I wrote today during the Twin Compass Writer’s Workshop. We were prompted to write about something we’ve ditched. Here’s mine: I Ditched the Toxicity Toxicity snuck up on me, each and every time. Once it had its grip, it was hard to shake it off and expel it…
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Combat PTSD from the eyes and heart of the wounded's wife
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