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Discard the Need to be Understood

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On the armchair lay an old doily that she fiddled with as she spoke. "I remember the day clearly, the day I stopped caring what Joseph thought. It was such freedom, such a marked day for me. I realized that I didn't need to explain myself to him, didn't need him to understand how he wronged me."

She stopped to give her next words some thought, "When the day comes," said Eleanor, clear and succinct, "that you do not care what someone thinks of you, that is the day you're free of them."

Eleanor i...

A Spell Checker Never Hurt

Photo credit to: Audius Meskauskas from Creative Commons

To all my writer friends:

Spell Check

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It plainly marques four my revue

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Eye strike a key and type a word

And weight four it two say

Weather eye am wrong oar write

It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee fore two long

And eye can put the error rite

Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your...

Faith Comes From Within Not Without

"…my faith has nothing to do with individual opinions or ideals. My faith is directly connected to the source so it is not shaken by their mistakes."

Salma Keir talking to her charge in Caring for Eleanor

Sticks and Stones

"There are many way to hit someone," said Eleanor with the wisdom of age. "Some people do it with fists, others do it with words."

Caring for Eleanor

Do We Know What the Future Holds

"You didn't leave?" whispered Eleanor.
"No, I did not leave."
She walked to the chair, sitting down close to Eleanor.
"I think, I gave Mikel the idea that he could do anything he wanted with me and that I would not leave him," she concluded. "Mikel still thinks I cannot leave him."
"But you know you can."
"Can I? Do I know that Eleanor? How do I know that? What would I do? I make very little money. The girls would have so little. They go to a good school, they live in a beautiful home…," she...

Consequences May Be Worth The Risk

"Are you telling me to leave Mikel?" asked Salma, grasping at straws.
"I would never presume to tell anyone what to do. I would expect you to decide for yourself without fear of repercussions. There are consequences to leaving but you can handle it. You're a strong woman."
"Me? Strong?"
"Yes, strong and capable!"
"What will Mikel do?" asked the foolish woman.
"Do? Mikel will do what he needs to do. Deal with it like all the other husbands who are left behind do."
"No what will Mikel do without...

It Could Happen Again

It Could Happen Again (March 2011)

* Fiction > Women's Fiction > Friendship

* Fiction > Women's Fiction > Domestic Life

Description

The struggle of a mother to free herself from the tyranny of a man she once loved, but now threatened her peace of mind, her life and the life of her children.





"This book, says it all with just the right balance. The challenges faced by the woman desperate to leave, the torn agony by the friends who watch and the complacency of the society that tangles itself w...

CHF vs a Great Diuretic Salad

It was suggested to me because of the heat to drink a spoonful of Baking Soda mixed in an eight ounce glass of water. I was told that it would help alleviate the heat waves that accost me in the afternoons and early evenings.

I tried and folks let me tell you, at this age you should not drink a spoonful of Sodium Bicarbonate. Yep, it is Salt! Needless to say, I felt nauseated at first but later in the day I felt lethargic.

When I went out for my evening walk with my husband, I felt my chest...

Forgiveness Kindness Joy

Forgiveness teaches kindness;

Kindness breeds contentment;

Contentment becomes Joy;

Joy spreads to others.