Tag: writing
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Happiness in June
Happiness today is a sense of accomplishmentreflecting on how the last year has went,but also taking a breakto see what will awakefor more successin feeling more, not less. Happiness today is setting aside time for meand letting the mind and body just befocused on with a massagewithout a worry or concern about my visage. Happiness…
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Happiness in May
Happiness is the waking of the dawnwhen the birds sing their songto catch their bugs and worms, when the air is fresh and there are no termswhen it’s quiet before human activity beginsto overwhelm and override their sins. Happiness is that feeling of familiarityseeing the world with comfortable clarity,knowing what’s around the bendand hoping the…
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Hello There, It’s Me!
Below is a piece that I wrote in a short three-week “Adoption Writing Experience” class that I have been taking. Today is sadly the last of the series, but it has made me fall in love with writing again. So, thank you, 🙏🏽AP! 💞 “Within two days on my own, I feel as if I’ve…
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Days of Drifting
You know those days when it seems that no matter what you do, or how perfectly set up you are, you are just not going to get any work done? Today was one of those days. Nothing has gone wrong, but two trips to the car rental agency to try to trade to an automatic…
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OSH the Writer
In 2016, I decided to quit my job because I was at a breaking point and I was under the naive impression that being newly married meant that my husband would take care of me. Without going into too much detail, that delusion was more of a nightmare of grandeur. Thankfully, my stubborn character did…
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Developing Routines
So, it’s been a few days since my last post. It was intentional to be honest. When someone posts all the time or when something becomes too available, the tendency is for complacency and over saturation to occur. Therefore, as I consider how to build readership, but also make sure I have enough content, I…
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Skillz
My current position in my job allows me to stay out of the classroom for the most part. I still teach a few regular private lessons for our clients, but most of the time I pass on classroom teaching gigs. One of the reasons is that teaching to our clients can require us/me to travel…
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Maintaining the habit…
Work has been busy this week, and so the evenings, when I usually write something here from my phone, have been more about relaxing or doing things other than writing. However, I do not want to get out of the habit of posting, so today I shall ramble a bit rather than write with focus.…
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Whispers
I’m sitting waiting on a stranger’s back deck listening to the beautiful sounds of nature. The birds are singing to one another and the trees are whispering their secrets spreading from one leaf to another like ripples that turn into waves that crash up on the beach. I’m reminded of this book I read late…
