Category: Personal Reflection
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Where Do You Love to Write?- SOLC Day 10
I smiled as I walked into my room to write. As I sat down to compose this, I started thinking about my favorite places to write. Inside: My favorite place to write indoors is curled up in my velvet lilac chair with my fuzzy cream blanket wrapped around me. I light a candle on the…
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My swag arrived- Oh the Joy!-SOLC Day 9
Opening my mailbox to see a large white envelope… what could it be? I don’t remember ordering anything. I take the large white envelope into my kitchen and rip across the perforated line. Reaching in- I pull out a winter hat, a sticker, a magnet and a postcard. YEAH- my swag has arrived! A smile…
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Who Would You Invite to Dinner?-SOLC Day 7
So who’s coming to dinner? A class of 2nd graders at my school after completing a biography unit posted in the hall a guest they would like to invite to dinner and the reasons why. The invitee could be living or deceased. As I read their work in the hall today, it made me ponder…
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My Hair Stylist’s Magic Touch- SOLC Day 6
Oh, your hands are magic wands snipping, coloring and styling my wild locks into a face-framing masterpiece- Swaggering out the door feeling beautiful (until I have to style it tomorrow) After visiting my hair stylist today, I realized the gratitude I have for her and her talents. I decide to write an ode to her.…
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A Journey of Expression: My Thoughts on Screen-SOLC Day 5
My brain across the screen through letters, colors and images revealed to all the world. Will it be bullets, paragraphs or poetry? Today which form best captures my brain across the screen. My inner world turns physical inviting readers to try on my reality through letters, colors and images. Anxiety swirls with exhilaration — pressing…
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Finding Joy Amidst the Gray- Day 2 SOLC
This morning I left early on a drive to my hometown for a Celebration of Life. The gray blanket of sky was a reflection of my mood- sad, tired, blah and a bit moody. I was staring at varying shades of gray for about 45 minutes and it was draining me, pulling me lower than…
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Embracing Grace: My Guide to the Slice of Life Challenge- Day 1 SOLC
I am very uncertain about committing to the Slice of Life Challenge this year. Between school and evening commitments, I am not sure how I will fit in writing each and every day for the month. Honestly, sometimes I come home and just collapse on the couch. But my love of writing and reading other…
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Finding Joy in Presence: A Poetic Reflection
Let me be lulled by the melody of your voice- the rises and falls, the acceleration, repetition and easing. Let me be infected with the joy of your smile and laughter so each cell of my body retains this energy once you depart. Let me be awed by the ideas, creativity and humor developed in…
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Navigating Christmas Emotions: From Sadness to Joy
“Deck the halls”…with tearful smiles “Just like the ones I used to know”…. bittersweet memories of Christmases past “I’ll be home for Christmas”… oh Dad how I wish you could be “My lights on the tree, I wish you could see”… hanging ornaments from my mom “Through the years we’ll be together, if the fates…
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A Table Teaches What It Means to Be Human
Each evening. exactly at 5:00 the family of 6 encircled a table- bumping elbows, knocking knees. horseplaying, laughing until the moment the food made by loving hands filled the table. Colored bowls filled with passed down recipes only known in the cook’s mind scattered across the surface, nearly fitting in the diameter. Squeezed in, around,…
Doodads and Doodles 