What Shapes Me How One Tragedy Helped Shape the Writer I Am Thanks to David von Diemar @davidvondiemar for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/jM6Y2nhsAtk At nineteen, I was still young enough to believe that maybe I was invincible, not that I believed that I would never…

Thanks to Glenn Carstens-Peters @glenncarstenspeters for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/npxXWgQ33ZQ On September.15, I published my 3000th story on Medium, my first was published in February of 2018, if memory serves me, I joined the MPP almost immediately but the rules were different back then, first…

The Song Remembers When, 2008–2015 In September of 2008, my oldest niece was e almost twelve, and my younger niece wouldn’t be born until, November, about a week and a half before Amber turned twelve, and music marked much of my life then as it does now, and it helped…

The Moments that Define Us — Life is defined by where were you moments, especially adult life is defined by where were you moments the most recent being where were you when Queen Elizabeth died, as for me I woke up to the news in my California home, but for the coming generation that will mark…

Sorting Through the Voices in Our Heads A Review Hold That Thought Sorting Through the Voices in Our Heads by Gem Fadling Pub Date 20 Sep 2022 InterVarsity Press, IVP Christian | Nonfiction (Adult) | Religion & Spirituality I am reviewing a copy of Hold That Thought through InterVarsity Press…

When a Bully Unintentionally Kills Thanks to Kat J @kj2018 for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/NPmR0RblyhQ Bullying certainly is not a new concept though with the invention of social media, it has been taken to a new level, but this is a story of bullying that…

Thanks to Fa Barboza @fan11 for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/yRB81uWKK-M “Somedays are hard.” Anna-leis sighed. “I’m reminded of my limitations and sometimes it’s humiliating.” Clarence could see the tears in her eyes, the frustration the pain. “Sweetheart, it’s okay. You are allowed to have bad…

Thanks to charlesdeluvio @charlesdeluvio for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/RrZI0UD12So The modern view of reality is based in straight lines and angles. When someone goes somewhere or gives directions, the method of orientation is based on ‘straight ahead’, ‘turn left’ and ‘turn right’. But Nature doesn’t…

A Fictional Tale… Chapter One, Part One… Thanks to Tetiana Bykovets @tetiana_bykovets for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/TzN2odwnesg *I wrote this years ago, so why am I sharing it, because it’s far from my best work, simple to mark my growth as a writer. Chapter One: …