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Post #67 – A Cherished Childhood Memory – Happier Times

By Nancy on January 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

An adventurous little girl, a scattering of red clay hills on a construction site, climbed to the top of her favorite mound of rosy mud, raised her hands to the sky and imagined flying like angels fly. A delicious aroma of Play Doh and musky wood mingled with […]

Stardust

By Nancy on January 24, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Originally posted on Sarah Doughty:
Twinkling nights combined with the soft blue light of the moon is nothing short of beautiful. Look upon the skies on those clear, crisp autumn nights. Smell the wood smoke combined with the leaves turning in the air. And you’ll see it too.…

Post #66 – We Sing Through Our Poetry, Prose, Photography, and Pain

By Nancy on January 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

I have been “writing” ever since I was a child, but I never thought of myself as a writer. It is just a way of expressing myself in words. However, I’ve been told that I am a storyteller and I have plenty of stories to tell, as do […]

Post #65 – PTSD – Triggers Topple Like Dominoes – So I Created a Trigger Log to Recapture My Joy

By Nancy on January 20, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

It baffles me how quickly joy can turn into sorrow, but once again, I find myself drowning in a pit of despair because of one well-intentioned but misspoken word, at least to me, when actually it was simply an innocent remark. Trigger: hypersensitivity to certain words toss me into […]

Post #63 – Nightfall – A Haiku

By Nancy on January 15, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Post #60 – Writing – Oxygen for the Soul

By Nancy on January 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By Nancy on January 10, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Post #57 – Take a Trip with Me – A Nutshell of My Life through Photos

By Nancy on January 3, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

A few photos I took during an outing on my way to a doctor appointment. First, I have to get out of bed. Here is my granddaughter demonstrating how my ceiling lift lowers me into my wheelchair. 🙂 On the road. lovely sunny day. I adore clouds. I take dozens […]

Post #56 – The Power of the Tongue

By Nancy on January 2, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Repetition makes no sense. Most who follow my blog already know my situation, paralyzed, confined to bed. However, if I did not believe that there was not a purpose for my years of suffering – If I stop believing in some grand master plan – then I might as […]

Post #55 – New Year – A Poem

By Nancy on January 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

A fading year melts into nostalgia, breeze in a new page of the journey. New memories, surprises, joys and sadness, and an oasis in the midst of the storms. A comforter, a friend, reliable and true; one who carries us through troubled waters who never deserts us – […]