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I'm a happily married mama of two young kids, toddler twins, a cat, and a couple of of chickens... Life is good! Motherhood is a full-contact sport; sometimes I win, sometimes I lose -- but I always have fun playing. I am funny, irreverent, and completely filled with love as I write the story of my family.

The Things that Make You Feel Better

Posted by on May 15, 2013 in Heartfelt | 24 comments

I have been researching lately.

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Fiction: Break Room

Posted by on May 14, 2013 in Fiction | 12 comments

It surprised me when she started to talk.  I think I jumped about a mile because I thought I was alone in the break room, but I wasn’t.

“I said, do you mind if I sit with you?”

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Poetry: Defiance

Posted by on May 13, 2013 in Poetry | 34 comments

DELIBERATE

  1. characterized by or resulting from careful and thorough consideration <a deliberate decision>
  2. characterized by awareness of the consequences <deliberate falsehood>
  3. slow, unhurried, and steady as though allowing time for decision on each individual action involved

 

hands tied

she walked toward her execution

deliberate steps

confident in their rightness

 

face masked

he polished the gleaming axe

practiced chops

compensatory in their existence

 

he and she met

on the platform

eyes locked, instant love

she extended her neck

 

This post is in response to the prompt given over at Trifecta. The rules state that you must use the third definition of the word in a piece 33 to 333 words long. This is a writing contest, so check out the other entries, too.

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