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Archive for the ‘Creative Writing’ Category
Essays: Family
How I Spent My Thanksgiving Vacation or 20 Relatives in 144 Hours OK, the title needs work but I have just completed a whirlwind family reunion tour to upstate N.Y. Victor, N.Y. to be exact. Victor is right near Rochester, not too far from Utica, about an hour and a half to Buffalo, pretty far from Syracuse, kinda close to Saratoga, a short trip to Albany and closer, it seems, to my home of Anchorage, Alaska than it is to New York City.
Earning Their Wings Any good vacation story has to include something about the actual journey, to or from the destination. This story is no different. Of course, flying cross-country with a 5 year old (Seth) and a 6 Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsHumor: Exercise
People…I really do want to lose weight. I am committed. I know the benefits of exercise and I have tried really hard. How hard have I tried? Well, I get up every morning at 6:00am and I go for a jog, but I don’t get very far before something starts hitting me in the back of the head. It is my butt! By the time I go 10 feet I have a huge headache and I have to stop. Any advice on helping me solve this problem would be greatly appreciated.
The jogging thing didn’t work out so I decided to go buy myself a 10-speed bicycle. I bought the works. I bought the extra large helmet, the water bottle Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsShort stories: Spiritual
We called it The Church. Not because it was at all holy but because the regulars gathered every Sunday at the little bar on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas. The body of believers numbered about 15. Matt was a carpenter by trade and an alcoholic by profession. George was eccentric in a way that young children would appreciate, but the average person just considered weird. He wore a different hat everyday from his collection of 100s. The middle-aged couple, Beth and Dave, were quiet listeners, mostly. Beth not-so-secretly hated the place but didn’t trust Dave alone at a bar. Plus a group of off-duty police officers. I joined The Church with some graduate student roommates. We were all shepherded by Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsReflections: Motorcycling
I met my husband 20 years ago. He had been riding motorcycles since he was 16, about 18 years before we met. He couldn’t give it up so, in my 40’s, I learned to ride.
The saying, “I will follow you anywhere” is never truer than when you are on the back of a moving motorcycle.
I hear so many riders praising the experience of cycling: the speed, the road noise, the vibration. That’s all well and good, but there is something beyond that.
Motorcycling is meditation in motion: It is pure sensation of being at one with Nature. You can smell things you cannot smell in a closed car. You can feel the wind in your face, unlike Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsSongs: Open hearts
SONG FOR JULIAN
I know we never met
You must be a sweet boy
I hope you like Virginia
May it give you joy
I can’t call you my stepson
But I love you anyway
Plus your brother and sister
We all feel the same
CHORUS
Give your dreams wings
Let them fly
Be bold, be strong
Don’t be shy
‘Cause Julian, we’re pulling for you
Your brother, sister, and I
Study and work hard for what you want
Don’t have any fear
Be what you want to be
A firefighter, a clown, or an engineer
Take the stage and give hope
Remember all those who care
Your future is ahead of you
Never forget to share
CHORUS
CHORUS
You’re a sweet, little one
A nice four year Read the rest of this entry »
Memoirs: Birth stories
It was fathers day 2005, me and my family went out of town to see my grandfather, during the whole day i was having cramps, and felt pressure just below my stomach, didnt think to much about it, only because i was 6 months along, throughout the day i would keep checking if i was bleeding and i was not.Later that day, i went out with a girlfriend of mine and hung out, got some food and came home and ate about 10 pm. i was still feeling the cramps, after i went to bed, i really started feeling the contractions, and i went to the restroom and realized that i was bleeding, my dad took me to the hospital, Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsTestimonies: Disabled and denied social security – Part 2
Appealing an SSI Decision
Social Security told me my daughter was cured. How nice of them. They never saw her or sent her to the doctor. All they had to go by was an IEP that was written to make her sound good. During the appeals process I learned some valuable lessons on how to appeal and how to prepare for it. Although I would not recommend it, we appealed without an attorney.
If the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) has been sugarcoated to make your child look good request another IEP meeting and make sure it is accurate. Schools don’t like to label children, but Social Security insists on it.
If a behavior assessment has been done by a social worker have Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsMemoirs: Living in the military as a family
My father was the first one in our family to serve in the military. That was back prior to, and through WWII. He had a brother that worked thirty six years in the pentagon, and never missed a days work in all those years, but never served in the military. However, he had a son that served as an officer in the US Army for six years.
Then I came along! At the tender age of seventeen, needing my parents permission to sign up, I eagerly took and passed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Test (ASVAB).
My parents wanted me to go on to college, and had all the arrangements made for me to do just that. However, college, at Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsReflections: Valentines Day
As we celebrate Valentines Day every February 14th, I would like to share my story several years ago when I and my husband celebrated Valentines Day.
It was difficult enough to choose what the best gift I would give to my beloved one, especially in Valentines Day. There were so many Valentines stuff were more feminine, like roses, chocolates, many kinds of valentines bears, etc. Most of them had red theme in their colors. Of course, I would like to give a really different and special gift to my husband that came from my heart.
Several days before Valentines Day, I wrote 3 poetries at an online Indonesian news, www.kabarindonesia.com in celebrating this day. I hadn’t thought Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsPoetry: I am
I am imortal with a soul that lives forever
I was a beast with the devil’s image
I was fake by not knowing the real me, and…
I died at the age of fifteen
Sharp thorned eyes that blaze in daze
A bear face that’s stiff in gloom
Isolation, I think myself to sleep in my blur dimmed room
I was a child of corn
Worthless as a worm
My heart stumbled through a storm
By the answer of me being born
I am a messanger sent from heaven by God
Watching everything that heathens do
An angel in disguise is why I must save a few
I was hypnotized by society and every theory that is present
This world is victimised with Read the rest of this entry »