My journey through this world and how I see things….
It seems that the older we get, the harder we find it to take those little precious moments out of life and do things that truly bring us an immense amount of joy - pleasure, if you will. While I completely understand and know that we can't be a child again 24/7, I feel that… Continue reading What’s Your Pleasure?
Stay Strong Malice directed, Same words now said to my friend. Advise him, "Stay strong." © Susan Reed This Haiku was written in response to today's Daily Prompt: Take It From Me I remember when I graduated in 2000, they played a song at our graduation and it was full of advice. In the… Continue reading Stay Strong
In Response to today's Daily Prompt: Someone Else's Island We’ve all been asked what five objects we’d take with us to a desert island. Now it’s your best friend’s (or close relative’s) turn to be stranded: what five objects would you send him/her off with? The Island Dear sweet friend of mine,… Continue reading The Island
Once in a great while, you meet someone you just connect with. There is no rhyme or reason to it, you didn't grow up together. In fact, you grew up miles apart and have no common geographic ground. I moved over two hundred miles away from my home town to start a new life… Continue reading Rule Breaker
Open the first photo album you can find — real or virtual, your call — and stop at the first picture of yourself you see there . Tell us the story of that photo. Origin Looking through old photos, I'm stopped in my tracks. The moment we first said hello As… Continue reading Origin
For the past eighteen years, I have wanted to do something that I thought would never happen. Until today. I wanted to give my mama a birthday present. February 19, 1996 was the last time I would ever be able to celebrate my mother's birthday with her. After that, I couldn't give her a gift.… Continue reading “Time: A Harsh Mistress” Available
I have found myself thinking over the last year. The year 2013 was not that kind to me in the way of certain things I wanted to accomplish. I am pretty sure everyone has a rough patch in their lives and I suppose that was to be the year for mine. It really isn't a… Continue reading Finding My Way
…for tomorrow we die. The world is ending tomorrow! Tell us about your last dinner — the food, your dining companions, the setting, the conversation. If tomorrow this all came to an end, and I knew it, I would open my eyes from what I did earlier this morning. I would remember the… Continue reading Daily Prompt: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry…
THE OUTSIDERS GIF CHALLENGE Your 3rd gif is how you react when you move to Tulsa: Your 12th gif is you and your new friend going to the Nightly Double: Your 23rd gif is how you react when Dallas Winston starts dirty talking you at the movie: Your 7th gif is what you do when… Continue reading The Outsiders Gif Challenge
PARTY GIF CHALLENGE You’re at a party, the fourth gif is the person who started the party: The eighth gif is how they invite you to the party: The seventh gif with words is what they say to you when you first get to the party: The seventy-sixth gif is your reaction once you get… Continue reading Party Gif Challenge
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