abandonment | abandonment
May.02.2013
Story Four of the 2013 One series is now available.
You Are a Million $ Babyby Sudè KhanianMy friend Sudè returns to the One series with a touching story of how we define ourselves and how we view others in our life. What we get is a tapestry of ideas flowing together with...
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Apr.29.2013
April 29
Would You Rather a Lamp?
I am a girl filled with expectations. Like a ginger jar filled, stuffed caulker block full, though the filling is the part which is unpredictable; it could be match books, or seashells, acorns or all those pretty...
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Nov.17.2012
November 17
TIMELY
Spend a minute to rub the sleep gently from your eyes.
Spend an hour smoothing lotion from one end to the other.
Spend a day in tribute to the gifts you give and gifts given you.
Spend a week researching your goals, dreams and...
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Oct.31.2012
October 31
OPENHEARTED GRIEF
Tell a tale of openhearted grief and closed-minded terror. Bend the limits of misery. Pour over the damned feelings and tired excuses. Level the cupful of measured tyranny and wipe the drooling face of denial. The...
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Oct.30.2012
If Roe v Wade were repealed the annual cost to the taxpayer is $1.3 trillion*. And that's not counting the cost of building the orphanages it will take to house the unwanted children that were formerly unwanted pregnancies (see below for the total $12.4 trillion 18 year cost.) They'll need a roof....
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Sep.02.2012
I recall the moment when the orange moon struck me like thunder.
My impatient heart wept in silent pain. Trying to sleep off the restlessness was no use at all.
I recall the ocean turning black from rage.
It’s all about timing they say. One moment can be perfect and the next...
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Jun.20.2012
The ConvictionAuthor: Robert Dugoni
Abandonment takes many different forms and can be defined in many ways. Although some think they are there when others need them in reality they are not. Young people perceive the world in their own way and adults do not often grasp their problems, see through...
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May.22.2012
May 22
SOOT
I diligently work to remove the soot, the residue from the last time I tried to hot wire my brain. When I attempted the short circuit of my safety-thinking, I caught my life on fire and the flames, though brief, were spectacular. Electric fires...
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Apr.26.2012
April 26
HOW THINGS SEEM
Not everyone who pushes me down is my enemy and not everyone who pulls me up is my friend. I have been seduced by the closeness of people who used me as their shield. When I have been held in the place of honor, the point man of life...
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Oct.25.2011
................October 25
Behind Closed Doors
The children of happy fathers make no sense to me. I have known no such peace. What is it to live in a world where there is a man who likes you, someone who approves? I feel like my chin would have...
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