Friday Musings

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Mondays bring forth a lot of stress and anxiety. Fridays? Not so much. In fact, I feel calm that the week has come to an official end. I'm looking forward to putting up a load of laundry, eating dinner, and eliminating an hour or two off my DVR. I spent a huge portion of my … Continue reading Friday Musings

Quantity Produces Quality

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No, You’re Not Innocent

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I try very hard not to fly off the handle with people I love/like/respect, but every once in a while someone says something and they take no responsibility for what a comment implies. It's perfectly okay to say "I don't have time to talk at the moment, can we talk later?", but it's not okay … Continue reading No, You’re Not Innocent

Thinking On Paper

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It’s Okay

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For an incredibly communicative person, I don't always want to talk. As a creative-type, I spend a lot of time inside my head. As a writer, it's my job to state the facts, and when writing fiction, it's my job to create a world that is relatable and draws you in. I feel blessed to … Continue reading It’s Okay

The Difficulty…

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Speaker Of Powerful Words

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"Speaker Of Powerful Words" was recently added to my professional bio. It makes me laugh because I don't always realize how much power I put into the words I use. If you heard how I say things in my everyday life, you'd quickly learn it's not any different from how I apply my voice to … Continue reading Speaker Of Powerful Words

The Unprotected Life

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Migraines: Part II

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As a follow-up to part one, many migraine sufferers know that we have to be careful of what we eat. Sometimes it plays a role in whether or not we are triggering a migraine, and many people experience cravings days in advance of an actual episode, so it's often hard to pinpoint the more difficult … Continue reading Migraines: Part II

Plagued

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I've been plagued by pain in so many ways over the last week and a half, that I really haven't been able to finish anything I've started to write. Work, at the moment, is that thing I should be doing, but can't because sitting here for 5-12 hours editing is excruciatingly painful. I won't lie; … Continue reading Plagued