Tag: stories
group name: womenwise
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April 23, 2006 05:55 AM EDT --
"To forgive points to an inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we primarily seek the removal of anger" - Merriam Webster Dictionary
Forgiveness is . . . more
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August 19, 2008 04:06 PM EDT --
I've written some stories. None of them are published, or anywhere near being so. Some aren't even complete...but these are what I'm working on:
For the Love of a Daughter
Love controls . . . more
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May 21, 2006 02:01 PM EDT --
I woke up this morning with a feeling in my gut that I haven't experienced in a very long time. Fear.
It's that awful wrenching, twisted, aching feeling that something - somewhere - is terribly . . . more
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March 25, 2006 10:20 PM EST --
*our house
6 years ago we bought our first home. It is 79 years old and it shows. Over the years many, many owners have moved in and did what they thought was remodeling; I'll explain.
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April 26, 2006 09:42 PM EDT --
*Please don't take this as a need for self pity
I need to get this off my chest so proceed with caution*
I have a mental illness
Or two
Or three
It depends on whose . . . more
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August 11, 2008 09:24 PM EDT --
I went to my parents this weekend. I do not get up there much since they live way up north. The fun part of going to my parents is I get to hear all the stories of when my brother's and I were little. . . . more
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May 17, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --
"What have you accomplished this year? " The interviewer asked with eyebrows raised.
My mind attempted to formulate the perfect answer, but all I could think of was the four . . . more
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June 25, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
Yesterday afternoon I called my son. I didn't get an answer and I didn't leave a message. I knew that I wasn't going to be home for him to call me back. He has caller ID, . . . more
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June 12, 2006 05:15 PM EDT --
If you heard an enormous sigh of relief emanating from the NY metro area around 1:00 this afternoon it was me. I just heard that I am not, after all, responsible for permanently disfiguring my four . . . more
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May 15, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
When I was four, we went to Sears. You wore seamed stockings, a black dress and a hat with a veil.
All I ever wanted was to try on dresses.
When I was six, I went to kindergarten.
All I ever wanted . . . more
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August 01, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
My Kentucky grandmother kept a small cedar box hidden beneath the lace ruffles skirting her bed. I found it playing hide and seek with my sisters, my stomach pressed into the dust-covered worn floorboards. . . . more
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April 28, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
Memories
Feelings
Racing through my mind
What is real and what is not
Shhh
That noise
What was it
Did you hear it
My throat begins to constrict
I struggle to breathe
The shadows . . . more
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August 05, 2006 07:36 AM EDT --
Help!! My head is spinning. I have a decision to make and it is making me crazy.
For twenty six years I lived in southeast Virginia while my parents lived in northern Wisconsin. . . . more
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April 27, 2006 05:05 PM EDT --
Martha Jette wrote an article about being a grandmother and it got me to thinking about my daughter Beth who is 17. Can I imagine her having a child right now? When I was her age she was already 5 months . . . more
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May 27, 2007 12:09 PM EDT --
"No, you don't know HOW I feel."
While I appreciated the fact that this person wanted to comfort me, and I didn't want to be rude, I had to cut him off. How could he . . . more
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July 25, 2007 08:48 AM EDT --
Part -1
In the beautiful valley of Kashmir, a place blessed with beauty and bounty like no other place on Earth, their love bloomed. The onset of spring brings colors to Kashmir valley; . . . more
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May 14, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
The Bathrobe
I knew it was inevitable.
Genetics are the strongest force in the world
And there is a point when acceptance is the only answer.
I had seen her face in my grandmother
But still . . . more
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May 30, 2006 08:26 PM EDT --
He had known for a while that he would be taking the trip sometime soon. He wasn't sure when. He just knew that there was no avoiding the inevitable and preparations might as well start . . . more
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April 09, 2006 12:22 PM EDT --
My Grandmother was in the hospital a few weeks ago when she told me that she was embarrassed by the fact that she had not shaved the hairs on her chin. It was very sad because she was stuck in the . . . more
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May 29, 2006 12:58 PM EDT --
I have known for many years that I have an addictive personality. It has been a struggle at times to bring myself back to life after falling deep into addictive thinking and behavior. . . . more
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