C. Streetlights's Blog, page 11
July 3, 2015
Gotten Over Getting Over It
Gotten Over Getting Over It,C Streetlights
Double the length of timeand I still sleep with my feet over the edge the door wide open pillows bricking me in. I’m twice my age and I still won’t drive home the same way twice. Answer an unknown number. or sit with my back to a door, hallway, or open room. I’m almost 40 and still won’t ... Read More
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June 26, 2015
Ashes to ashes
Shame and blame are interesting cousins. Oneis the oxygen to the other’s flame, feeding a frenzied flame to a point where sometimes nobody can remember what began the spark in the first place. At times, once the smoke clears and the soggy ash clings to the ruins, people will sigh and say, “Perhaps it doesn’t matter anymore”, too overwhelmed by ... Read More
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June 11, 2015
Gravitational Pull
Gravitational Pull,C Streetlights
When I was in college I had a strange experience in that I had to be x-rayed so a doctor at my university’s medical center could determine why I was having difficulty breathing. As he and I studied my x-ray together in awkward silence I, in my youthful fear for what would happen to me, waited for him to explain to ...
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June 4, 2015
Duggarville
*****Trigger Warning***** My phone has been chiming from the moment news of a young teenaged Josh Duggar acting “inexcusably for which [he was] extremely sorry and deeply regret[ed]”. My Facebook notifications were flooding with tags to various news articles almost as quickly as texts from various people — all wanting to know my opinion on the Duggar situation. Everyone has something ...
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May 29, 2015
Gray is my safe word
Gray is my safe word,C Streetlights
When a writer only has an audience of five — and I think one of them might have wandered off somewhere so I may be down to four — it is easy for her to forget that she should announce Enormous News for the rest of her imaginary audience. It occurred to me today that I may have forgotten to ...
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May 22, 2015
Fight and Flight
Fight and Flight,C Streetlights
There are many times during motherhood when I have felt the fight and flight response which is why I asked my good friend Kelly about Mother Warriors right before her first grandchild made his grand appearance into this world. I knew she would offer her own unique perspective of what it meant to be a mother warrior and she didn’t ...
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May 17, 2015
Rainbow Warrior
Rainbow Warrior,C Streetlights
If I say “Mother Warrior”, you say/see/think/feel, etc… I asked Brad the same thing as Jeanne Hewell-Chambers and assured him that any interpretation would be fine. He could write a memoir piece, an essay, take a photograph… Honest, Brad, anything! What came next was a series of emails from him: What about this? Could I do this? Or how about that? ...
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May 15, 2015
You Might Be a Mother Warrior If…
You Might Be a Mother Warrior If…,C Streetlights
If I say “Mother Warrior”, you say/see/think/feel, etc… Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, Chief Mother Warrior This is what I asked Jeanne Hewell-Chambers a little while ago when I asked if she would be willing to guest blog for me. And let me tell you something, Jeanne sure says, sees, thinks, feels, and etcs a whole helluva lot. I first met Jeanne on ...
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May 9, 2015
One Time, When My Life Was Stolen…
One Time, When My Life Was Stolen…,C Streetlights
“We need to talk” might be the four worst words exchanged between friends. Generally speaking you know fantastic news won’t be following. It’s not like a person will say, “We need to talk because I have 1500 fifteen hundred cupcakes to give you. Right now.” I have to tell you: 1500 cupcakes is a definite reason to celebrate. Please contact ...
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May 4, 2015
The Solstice
It still takes my breath away. Even now the wind picks up speed down the canyon. I can hear it as if it is running away from the past or perhaps it is chasing after a fire I can’t see. I can hear the chaos of wind chimes in my yard, creating a harmonic discord that still soothes me — only ...
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