Post #93 – Blizzards, Transitions, Clever Son – Memoir
November 1992 – Transitions – two months after a life-changing diagnosis:
Post #91 – An Orphan, Lost Love, Her Favorite Song – Memoir
Background Snippet: We were Catholic, and confirmation classes had begun the October before Aunt Loretta broke my heart. Oblivious to my ongoing depression, Mom wouldn’t let me quit. It bothered me. Mom said I should be grateful to have the privilege of Confirmation at age twelve. It implied […]
Post #90 – The Taboo of Human Trafficking and . . . A Poem
Angels whisked her away to her childhood ethereal wildflower fields Ripples of gentle waves dancing upon crystalline waters Reflected her lithe frame waltzing in the midst But then She woke up bleeding and freezing in an empty bathroom balled up in the corner on an icy rocklike floor […]
Post #89 – Good Girl and Devil Boy – An Excerpt from My Memoir
Captive in the Mirror by Nancy J. Walker with Peter Lundell We were Catholic, and confirmation classes had begun the October just before Aunt Loretta broke my heart. Oblivious to my ongoing depression, Mom wouldn’t let me quit. I was neither interested in the teaching, nor did I […]
Post #82 – Chapter 25 – One Way Out – Excerpt from My Memoir
CAPTIVE IN THE MIRROR Courtesy of God’s Emerald Photos Before I boarded, I stopped in the ladies’ room. As I washed my hands, I glanced into a mirror. Another mirror that refused to lie. Puffy, blackened eyes, sunken cheeks, cigarette-stained teeth. The pathetic girl looking back […]
Post #76 – An Orphan, a Fire, a World-Renowned Singer, a Mobster, and Crushed Dreams
Me at the age of twenty-two – a true disco queen I taught ballroom dancing during my late twenties, performed with a partner in Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles and danced like they do on Dancing with the Stars. (Truth) While in Johns Hopkins in 1992, my neurologist told […]
Post #74 – Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Affects Under 2% of the World – I Am One of Them – Memoir
Courtesy of God’s Emerald An Excerpt from My Memoir – Captive in the Mirror Shane’s Revenge – August 1992 (Shane, the leader of the ruthless gang of mob-controlled sex traffickers, held me captive in New York City for three years) The sundrenched Sunday morning of August 30, 1992, foretold a […]
Post #62 – Where Is That Place We Go To When We Dream
Where is that lovely place we go when we dream? I don’t know where it is, but I can walk, and it’s just lovely. Not one night passes by that I don’t dream or have a recurring nightmare. I walk or dance in each one. Sometimes I wake […]
Post #60 – Writing – Oxygen for the Soul
I breathe via my writing. At sixty-four years old, confined to a bed, paralyzed, yet living with debilitating pain, it gives me reason to stay alive, along with a sense of self-worth. Writing released all that had been bottled up inside and torturing me for decades. It has […]
Post #59 – My Mother, The Orphan – Her Handwritten Legacy and a Few of My Memoir Excerpts
My mother had always asked me to write a book and share her story. Even though we had our differences, I know she loved me. And I love her and miss her terribly. In honor of my mother’s request I am sharing some passages that I found in […]
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