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Moving on after My Son’s Death

I still try to find the answer to how to overcome this great loss.

It has been a rough month to recover from this blow to my emotional core. I’ve had my bouts of wrenching sobbing and uncontrollable tears. Yet, I still push forward.

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Beloved Son – My Son

That Notification – Death of a Loved One

You see it happen all the time in television shows where the police department sends a couple of officers to the home of a former addict. They knock on the door and wait for someone to answer, knowing that the news they have to tell is going to be despairing for the recipient.

Mmm… that news was delivered to me on Monday, May 30th, 2022 – This Memorial Day.

My son was found deceased in his home by a friend of his that would routinely check on him...

If we were having coffee, I would tell you… School is almost done!

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That’s right. I just entered my last Undergraduate class. I will have one month off during July, and then I will finish off my Bachelor Degree and at the same time, begin my Graduate classes. I expect to finish the Bachelor Degree this coming October 2019. Three years ago, I could barely imagine getting this far with my education. College was only a pipe dream up until 2016 when I began poking around on the Franklin Pierce University website. I thought it...

Tasty Homemade Dog Food for Keelaa

After watching the video for making Muttloaf, I decided to go ahead and give it a try. The recipe was pretty easy, and all the ingredients were simple.

The recipe I used is as follows:

2 lbs of 80% ground beef  ( I went with more fat content because Keelaa does not get too much fat in her diet. 2 medium to large carrots – shredded or ground 3 medium potatoes – shredded or ground 1 can of kidney beans ( color does not matter) 4 fresh eggs

I mixed all the above ingredients in a large bowl as...

Relatable for NaNoWriMo

Some writers will NaNo to the extreme and then there is that one writer.

The month is not over yet. There is still time to get some words in.

NaNoWriMo 2 Days and Counting

Gearing up for NaNoWriMo this week. I am not sure how much I will be able to accomplish, but I will give it a try once again. I keep reminding myself that I will have about 5 manuscripts to complete when school is done two years from now.

This year, I will be panstering NaNoWriMo. I also hope to be able to write a bunch of crap. I will turn my editor off and just write whatever comes to mind. My goal will be to throw every monkey wrench I can find to keep my characters from getting what they...

Time Pieces: A Short Story Collection – #KindleUnlimited – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005H7Q852/... via @amazon

I have a Kindle Unlimited Deal for you!

My short story collection, Time Pieces: A Short Story Collection is found exclusively on Amazon Kindle Unlimited. If you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, great, you can read my book for free whenever you want.

The deal I am talking about is open to all Kindle users. I have a free period coming up that is from Sunday, October 28, 2018, starting at 8 am PDT and ending Sunday, November 4, 2018, at 12 am PDT.

I picked Halloween week because there are a c...

Wild Wonders on Grey’s Anatomy Season 15

I don’t spend a lot of time watching TV, but there are a couple of shows that I do try to keep up with and Grey’s Anatomy is one of those shows. Over the years television series have grown bolder and stranger, and when they add that bit of weird element to the storyline, I find myself remembering that this is a fiction created for entertainment, not a reality show or nonfiction.

 

If you don’t like spoilers – STOP READING NOW!

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Season 15 Premiere – With a Wonder and a Wild Desire

 

The theme...

If We were having Coffee – I would tell you my goings on

Goings On-

No, I did not work on any of my wips this week. I still did do some writing, with my weekly assignment for class. This term is Organizational Behavior and Fundamentals of Taxation. I never knew that doing taxes could be so interesting. I am already compiling a ton of deductions that I may be able to take in the coming year.

Since I was not working on any of my manuscripts, what have I been doing?

InDesign –

I have played around some more with the Adobe software, InDesign. The more...

What Karla Wants – Relaunch #Iamwriting

I made the decision this past week to relaunch What Karla Wants with a paperback edition through Ingram Spark. Talk about a learning curve, the Adobe Indesign software is complicated to learn, but once mastered it will open up a whole new area for me in the world of publishing.

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I not only managed to make a cover using the Adobe software but also formatted the interior of the book. It did not come out exactly...