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Soul’s Energy
When I struggle for meaning, I write, sometimes songs. Soul’s Energy is me grappling with the loss of my niece, Selena Rachelle. She was only fifty-one. Still I find it difficult to write words about her passing or the loss I have felt, but I did write a song with two of my cowriters, Mark…
Jada and the Kittens
My Sweet Jada (April 2009 – June 2023) was my companion for almost fourteen year This could be a post about mourning, but it is not. I do not have words to describe how losing Jada hurts. If you have ever lost a dog, you know. If not, you probably would not understand even if…
A long and Winding Path
Then I was forty, a little over halfway to now. My life was on track with my childhood dreams. I was a wife, a mother, and a secondary school English teacher. Those three fit together. By the time I was forty-one, my life had changed drastically. I was still a wife and a mother but…
On Being a Writer
In the first grade, I wrote a short (short) story about a cigarette-smoking goat driving a car. In the 6th grade, I sent a national magazine a handwritten short story manuscript about a young girl whose family moved too often for her to make and keep friends. I have the notebook with the goat story.…
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