Tag: love
group name: importantthings
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October 29, 2006 10:15 AM EST --
This poem is dedicated to a courageous, inspiring and very special young lady, whom I am privileged to call friend. She has recently undergone a deep personal loss. I hope this verse gives her some solace, . . . more
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October 12, 2006 02:05 PM EDT --
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*This brief essay is for Wendy S., whose article referenced above made me think about my own Big Problem with Dating.*
Recently I have been thinking about . . . more
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January 25, 2007 11:02 AM EST --
Recently I entered into A Pleasant Arrangment with a woman of my acquaintance who seems to want exactly what I want right now: an enjoyable, part-time, drama-free, no-stress Affair. . . . more
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September 16, 2006 03:27 PM EDT --
I wrote this several months ago and published it on another site. But I wrote it so I can publish it wherever I want, right? By the way, Jacob is now 14 months old.
I am a first-time mom . . . more
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November 24, 2006 01:13 AM EST --
Over the past few days, I have been attempting to access the emotional state of a character from whose point of view I want to write a story. This character is in a situation I haven't . . . more
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February 11, 2007 03:59 PM EST --
I have always had a strong sense that people come into our lives for a reason; sometimes one person serves multiple purposes -- in my view, that's the most efficient manner of human interaction . . . more
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October 06, 2006 07:54 AM EDT --
Dedicated to Amanda W, who has shown remarkable strength and force of will. May all love of life be with you and your thirst for life be unquestioned.
ODE TO WHAT OPPOSES MY DEATH
I traveled . . . more
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May 14, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
This is a repost of an article I published last September. Vicky asked us to tell our story about how we met the love of our life. This is mine. It comes at the perfect time since we'll . . . more
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October 26, 2006 06:29 AM EDT --
Hello Cole,
Do I speak in tongues?
Do I feel calloused?
Do your eyes see beyond me?
Do you know of love?
You squirm, I adjust
You belch, I excuse myself
You whimper, I smile
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August 19, 2008 06:17 PM EDT --
Little Pieces of Me
A few years ago I had quite a different life. I suddenly found myself a young single mother with three children to journey through life with. My neavu unmarried status was not a . . . more
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October 05, 2006 11:12 AM EDT --
Winford- Speedway 5-17-59
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November 08, 2007 09:49 AM EST --
I would like to ask all of my Gather friends to keep a friend of mine in their thoughts and prayers today.
Joshua is 19 years old and deaf. He has finally gotten the courage to have the cochlear . . . more
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January 14, 2008 07:45 PM EST --
Last week my daughter phoned and during our conversation asked, "How do you feel about the 14th?" A bit confused, I asked her, "What's the 14th?", to which she replied, . . . more
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September 30, 2006 05:33 PM EDT --
Before he died
he asked for a bowl of strawberries.
He knew he should not have them
But he said
"What the heck -
Death is coming no matter what
I eat."
So I went down by the . . . more
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August 01, 2007 09:18 PM EDT --
Last Mother's Day, my sister, brother and I, bought and planted a yellow rose bush in my garden for Mom. She watched as we planted it, knowing that . . . more
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September 15, 2006 11:06 AM EDT --
NONE BUT FAMINE CAN LAY ME OUT
When the earthquake breaks, it loosens my burden
When the volcano blows, it releases my fire
When the flood waters flow, it cleanses my soul
When the hurricane turns, . . . more
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September 19, 2006 04:04 PM EDT --
My stomach digests itself in shame
My back longs for your calloused hands
My heart beats in tempered spurts
My mind's synapses have gone awry
The damage has been done
I've scars on soul and wrists . . . more
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November 01, 2006 10:11 AM EST --
Dry electric winds swept through her skin. She shivered from the heat. Trailing behind the fairy and the knight, she knew she'd never keep up. The warrior pierced her with his sword, the sprite . . . more
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March 01, 2008 08:26 PM EST --
I'll be busy in the next few days. My Mom is in the hospital again. She has been undergoing strong chemo for her metastatic breast cancer.
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October 20, 2006 11:10 PM EDT --
She came into my world the smallest of seven puppies. I almost lost her because her brother pushed on her head so hard that his nail torn her head and she was bleeding. I knew I would lose . . . more
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