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18 days and then it is the perfect number
18 days and then it is the perfect number The number 18 has a certain amount of significance in American culture. We turn 18. We become adults. We go to college and get credit cards in our names. We...
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The Psychology of My Superpower: Do I Have a Fever?
My Superpower: Do I Have a Fever? I am quite proud of my sound judgment. I tend to make fair wise judgment calls. Do I make mistakes? Of course, I do and have. I seek second opinions on my much more...
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The look of love: You are my vintage bubbly champagne
The look of love: You are my vintage bubbly champagne “When your world is full of strange arrangements And gravity won’t pull you through” I turn to the look of love in your eyes You ventured out...
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Duck it! Here’s a a poem with no rhyme or reason
Silly morning lyric between a mom and her son inspired by Ginsberg’s quote: “Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness“. Today is such a day to be silly and mad and everything in between....
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Wide-eyed girl staring at the fire
Wide-eyed girl staring at the fire We got the call at 11:03pm. It was a simple-breeze kind of night. Cincinnati in the summer time has its own rhythms. Particularly back then. Its not easy being a...
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Just a cup of Java and a Side of Ginger
Just a cup of Java and a Side of Ginger Here I go again on the road, like a business woman drifter I was born to drink coffee. I just didn’t know for about the first 20 years of my life. As I...
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Finding Warmth in the Winter Wonderland of Berlin: It’s all in a Boy’s Eye
Finding Warmth in the Winter Wonderland of Berlin: It’s all in a Boy’s Eye I have a love of travel that I believe I have firmly instilled now in my six year old son. He loves “adventures.” Whenever...
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Today-the Feast of the Holy Innocents- is a day My Mom Would Have Loved
Today is a day My Mom Would Have Loved My mother loved, with ALL CAPS, loved April Fool’s Day. She looked forward to that day more than most other holidays. She had a bit of a prankster streak in her;...
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It is international woman’s day today: Although that is every day for me
It is international woman’s day today: Although that is every day for me Everyday is a cause for celebration. Yes, that sounds a bit new age. I am, however, referring to the fact that these days every...
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Strawberry Shortcake: Like Mother Like Son
Strawberry Shortcake: Like Mother Like Son As I walked past the tourists waiting to board a San Francisco Trolley, I saw many of them (despite the fogginess) holding onto their ice cream cones. I did...
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Haiku: Wishing my mommy lived still
Haiku: Wishing my mommy lived still Little pink bonnets Wishing my mommy lived still Above hunting eggs
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Thanks for the Tabasco sauce mom: I love biting my nails
Thanks for the Tabasco sauce mhttp://https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/journey/om: I love biting my nails I wear pink, high heels and ponytails. But I do not do manicures. No point to such an...
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Your ghost of a scent
Your ghost of a scent The cupboard remains bare But your scent is soaked into its wall Throw the doors open and out you come Befuddled, I was struck What are you trying to tell me? I filled the...
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He is all but a whim
He is everywhere Every room carries his spirit Blindly reaching through the air Fingering his signature There was life before him It existed but not readily remembered He is everything And I nothing,...
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We all have a big regret..mine is….
“Be wise today so you don’t cry tomorrow.” E.A. Bucchianeri Many people will note that they do not have any regrets. They purport to live life to the fullest and recognizing that you only live once....
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Seven years of love: Happy Birthday to my son
Seven years of love I lie here cradling my little boy who just had a nightmare. While I am sure it was momentarily scary for him, I get to be the mommy that embraces and comforts him. Being there to...
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My son finally found out I Am the boss
As I hung out with my son encouraging him to fall asleep, he asked me “will you be here in the morning when I get up?” I thought that was strange and assured him that of course I would be there. I...
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A growing boy and his hats
Hats, Hats I have never liked to wear hats. I don’t feel like they fit me right. I feel dorky in hats and I feel huge in hats. It’s weird, I know. the only hats I ever liked have been Easter bonnets,...
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White flowers just scream out to me like the lambs in Clarice’s dream
The month of January has not been too kind to me throughout the last six years. I am hoping that this January I can be a bit more settled. No snow. No cross-country moves. Just a bit of mourning...
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Fitting into his shoes: How can that be?
I have left several workplaces the last few years where I left an indelible mark. I have left nice, fancy hard-to-fill shoes behind for those that follow me. It is not that I am arrogant, I just...
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