Published inSuddenslip Interspersed·Apr 23Member-onlythoughts-1 What happened to justice?My side note — what a life, yes? Sometimes it feels like one crisis after another. I have not been diligent in allowing to Samantha to tell her story. I am so sorry. There is a darkness which has no power, but the illusion of power in our lives. I…Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Published inSuddenslip Interspersed·Sep 23, 2022Member-onlyInterval 5: Where’s the tape?Where’s the tape? I can’t find it. I saw it yesterday. I know it’s where I saw it, but I don’t remember the actual space. I can see it on top of something, laying there. It’s like duct tape, but is actually called tuck tape. Tuck tape. Hehehehehe 😄. Get…Fiction3 min readFiction3 min read
Published inSuddenslip Interspersed·Sep 22, 2022Member-onlyInterval 4: I have to get back to the basics or is it, do something new, because I’ve got the basics down?That’s me up there. It is was cold that night and I had my hair back. Also had a coat and clothes 🥴. ☺️ Seriously, that was a tough day all around. I received a text from someone I used to work with years ago. I asked her to look…Fiction1 min readFiction1 min read
Published inSuddenslip Interspersed·Sep 7, 2022Member-onlyInterval 3: Have you ever felt panicky?Have you ever felt panicky? Like everything’s unraveling inside and outside of you? It’s like these past few months, I mean past couple of years, I’ve felt like I’m in a nightmare. Not all the time, not every day, but when it happens…. Ugh. I’m sorry it took so long…Fiction4 min readFiction4 min read
Jul 8, 2022Member-onlythe fWord, my grandson, and stereotypesMy grandson’s daycare worker told his parents he said the fWord several times today. Mind you my grandson is 23 1/2 months old. That’s 2 years and 1 1/2 months old. He’s only been on this earth for just over 2 years, while the day care worker (assuming she is…Life10 min readLife10 min read
Published inSuddenslip Interspersed·Mar 30, 2022Member-onlyInterval 2: Her beginningI’m not sure about what’s going on. What’s stopping me from telling you this story. Sometimes it’s as though this vice, this grip on my soul — is stopping me. What is it? Oh gosh, this is so hard. Or is it? Right? Maybe I should go back to the…Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Mar 23, 2022Member-onlyThe Road We’re OnWhat is it about loving someone that feels so good? I mean, loving a grandchild is the most of the mostest. Right? Is mostest a word? I think so. It’s on the website Definition of MOSTEST most·est | \ ˈmō-stəst \ nonstandard, often humorous - used in place of most (as in imitation of childlike speech) …www.merriam-webster.com 😊 I look at the road we’re on. It’s supposed to be this seamless, straight path, a…Life6 min readLife6 min read
Published inSuddenslip Interspersed·Mar 15, 2022Member-onlyInterval 1: The TelegramIt always comes back to the telegram. I thought it wasn’t real, but there it is. Sent to a ‘medium’ called Medium. Funny isn’t it? Words always have power in one way or the other. How do we not see this? Apparently susy dodson was the one assigned to keep…Fiction4 min readFiction4 min read
Feb 15, 2021Member-onlyHow do you soothe a hurting soul? A broken heart? A torn spirit?How do you soothe a hurting soul? A broken heart? A torn spirit? Oh God in heaven, do you hear the cry of the people? How do you do it? Hear the cries? The hearts wounded almost beyond repair? I’m laying, (or is it lying) here typing away on my…Life5 min readLife5 min read
Jan 6, 2021Member-onlythe absence of goodi haven’t written in a while. 😏 hmmmmmmm… i learned how to get emojis to work on my mac 😊 CTL CMD space bar! what an accomplishment, yes? Hehehehe. it’s been an ‘interesting,’ to the say the least, journey these past few years, months, days. it’s late. again! really? i’ve…Hope6 min readHope6 min read