...in everlasting words... by Liz Flaherty

"A word is deadWhen it is said,Some say.I say it justBegins to liveThat day."  Emily Dickenson
As a writer, words are some of my favorite things. I love word games even though I'm not good at them. I love looking them up, using them in sentences, using ones in writing that I wouldn't use in conversation because...really, extrapolate? I can't even pronounce it correctly.

It's an ongoing thing. All the way back in first grade, when we got our first paperback Dick and Jane readers, I fel...