Tag: family
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Eloise
The moss was cool under her bare feet. Her eyes scanned the forest floor for the leaves of that very specific plant she sought. These were her favorite days… The hottest days of August when the air smelled of baked forest… When then shade of the dense forest canopy kept her cool and the slightest…
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My 21st
If you have been paying attention, you know I was drinking long before my 21st birthday so you’d think that celebrating that birthday wouldn’t have been any big deal. While it wasn’t necessarily a big deal, it was great! Saturday Night/Southern California: A handful of friends and I (and a bunch of other patrons) stood…
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Mac Tíre (Part 3)
Pronounced Moc Cheer-a. Irish for “Wolf”. Click here for Part 1 (In case you want to read them in order) Cora couldn’t explain the familiarity with this wolf but it was obvious. She was also very curious, so she agreed to go back with him and hear him out. As she rose from the damp…
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A Recipe for Hope
It had been about 15 years since I’d seen Angus. Still not sure what I’d done to make my son so angry, I always baked a cake for his birthday. This year, as always, I was baking his favorite. Hoping…always hoping that this year he’d come home and there would be his favorite cake and…
Claiming My Voice: From the darkness, the light emerges. 