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They Called It A Near Miss
I am taking a creative writing course. One of the assignments was to write a short piece using dialogue. This is not necessarily my favorite kind of writing, but since I am taking the course to stretch out of my comfort zone, I decided to give it a whirl. They called it a near miss, but Jethro called it something a bit different. The alarm buzzed, the off button smacked....
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Life’s a Dance
“Life’s a dance you learn as you go Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow Don’t worry about what you don’t know Life’s a dance you learn as you go” ~John Michael Montgomery Some fifteen or so years ago, my husband and I regularly took ballroom dance lessons. At the time, our sons were young and we really needed some time together away from...
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Silence Equals Acceptance
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that...
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Let’s Just Trample the First A...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or...
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Obama: Government, Privacy and Dream...
“As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that...
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Pro-life – The Only Choice
On this day, in 1973, abortion was made legal in the United States. Since...
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What Do They Mean By “Choice&#...
“If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we...
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That First Kiss Revisited
I originally wrote a version of the following piece in my journal following...
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Fun With Comcast
Calling Comcast about a bill increase is always fun. For me, it goes...
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Ladies Home Journal: Dispelling Myth...
But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with...