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that meant a new post on writing by me and the others in the group on the first Wednesday of the month. (Click the photo for my posts; click here for the group website).
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Category Archives: childhood
GNU Pat Conroy
On Friday, the world lost another great voice with the death of author Pat Conroy, who passed away of pancreatic cancer at age 70, just four weeks after his diagnosis. When I read the news about the cancer, I knew … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, age, author, books, childhood, depression, dreams, family, fear, fiction, history, making a difference, memory, mental illness, shining a light, the dark places
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#FictionFriday: In Another Era
In another era, I died at this age. When I died, I was an old woman – my hair lank and heavy, my face seamed and lined from sun and wind and from squinting into both, my joints swollen and … Continue reading
Posted in #FictionFriday, childhood, community, family, fiction, hard work, history, writing
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Diving deep into mental illness
Hi. My name is dSavannah and I suffer from mental illness. Specifically, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD tendencies. I’ve talked about my issues before, but I felt compelled to address them again in a specific blog post, because I just … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, age, childhood, community, depression, dreams, family, fear, giving to others, health, hell, illness, insomnia, making a difference, mental illness, perseverance, shining a light, the dark places
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Some life-affirming projects
I am blessed enough to be involved with a group of people in Canada (small world!) who are doing some really great things, and I wanted to share the info with my faithful readers. Supporting these projects with shares and … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, author, books, childhood, depression, dreams, giving to others, hard work, inspiration, joy, making a difference, opportunity, perseverance, shining a light
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Reconstruction
I can imagine that turning into a butterfly hurts. Not so much the cocooning – the wrapping yourself up in a warm dark place – But waking, blinking and disoriented, in a different state – every fundamental thing about you … Continue reading
Posted in art, childhood, depression, dreams, fear, hard work, health, illness, insomnia, inspiration, making a difference, mental illness, nature, perseverance, photography, shining a light
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V is for…
…Vision My dear Brandi suggested “Vision” for my “V” word (along with “Value. Vibrance. Vagabond. Vivid.”; “Volcano” and “Vengeance” were also suggested, but I forget by who. Sorry, dear readers!). And vision just seemed perfect, because, well, I’ve had vision … Continue reading
Posted in #AtoZchallenge2015, age, childhood, learning, memory
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U is for…
…Ugly “Ugly” If you’re ugly, I am ugly too In your eyes the sky’s a different blue If you could see yourself like others do You’d wish you were as beautiful as you And I wish I was a camera … Continue reading
Posted in #AtoZchallenge2015, childhood, depression, inspiration, music, the dark places, writing
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