non-fiction – Page 6 – Nancy Jean Walker

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Post #94 – Eagles – Life’s Prolific Scholars

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

The Mighty Eagle Eagles have no fear and never avoid storms. They use the currents to soar to greater heights. Life’s challenges can be overwhelming, frightening, and depressing. The eagle never gives up. Their eyes remained focused on their goal, teaching us to embrace our storms. Spread […]

Post #93 – Blizzards, Transitions, Clever Son – Memoir

By Nancy on April 10, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

November 1992 – Transitions – two months after a life-changing diagnosis:

Post #245 – Amoré- A Sweetheart’s Sonnet

By Nancy on April 5, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

I promise I will always be there, when your eyes are shedding tears I will be the one to kiss them away, and remind you that I am near When you feel you can’t get through your darkest and lonely days Hold on to this promise I will […]

Post #90 – The Taboo of Human Trafficking and . . . A Poem

By Nancy on March 27, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By Nancy on March 19, 2016 • ( 4 Comments )

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 #88 – 6 a.m. Another Painful Sleepless Night and a Raw, Unedited Poem

By Nancy on March 16, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Please correct writing errors in your head. Exhaustion wrote this entry. I just went along for the ride. As I watch my computer clock race towards 6 a.m., I have an unsettling awareness of my heartbeat. I feel it tapping against my skin. My whole body hurts; my bed chokes […]

Post #87 – Death Is But A Doorway – A True Short Story and Two Poems

By Nancy on March 13, 2016 • ( 10 Comments )

It must be so, lest all our sufferings be in vain, making life nothing more than futility. After experiencing nine near-death encounters, I believe in my heart that something beautiful awaits us. I will share two of them, the first and the last. In 1995, my leg spasms were so […]

Post #82 – Chapter 25 – One Way Out – Excerpt from My Memoir

By Nancy on February 29, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 #79 – Delightfully Unfettered – A Poem

By Nancy on February 24, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

The confines of my paralyzed condition hinder not my senses or imagination Unfettered A chariot of feathery clouds escort me to ethereal wildflower fields Overflowing with dancers just like me running free Whilst on earth A leafy ballet romances my eyes as a balmy breeze caresses The graceful […]

Post #77 – An Effervescent Fountain, Blossoming Jewels, An Unparalleled Adventure – Humor & My Life

By Nancy on February 20, 2016 • ( 9 Comments )

I defied doctors’ orders, threw caution to the wind, the natural-born rebel that I am. Not! I had always strived to be the obedient child but Thursday after an early morning medical appointment, instead of going home and back into bed as told, I wandered into a Michael’s Crafts […]