Take Chances, Live Life, Regret Nothing

In working on this past weekend’s post  – “My Week in Pins” – I came across this pin and I found it extremely inspiring and thought-provoking. So I thought I’d pass it along. Maybe it will light a fire under your caboose and encourage you to take chances, life life, and regret nothing! There are 17 short sentences in this quote. 1. Take chances. I feel I take at least one chance a day, if not more. Some days I may not take any chances, but there are other days when I take several chances. I take chances on friendships, […]

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I’m Just Gunna Be Me…

I find that as I get older, I’m becoming more comfortable with myself. I found this on Pinterest and decided that everyone – at one time or another – has felt these emotions. In a day and time when every generation still worries about what other people think about them, I think it’s time to put a stop to it. I, myself, have felt or thought every emotion in the list above, but as I said earlier, I’m at the age now where what others think of me is not so important after all. Those people who love me and […]

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How to Deal with Rude People

“Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude.”  ~Maurice Baring I subscribe to a blog by Jennifer L. Scott called “The Daily Connoisseur”, who just posted yesterday about “how to deal with rude people.” We’ve all either dealt with rude people or we were the rude person.  Been there, done that… am I right? Ms. Scott just named a couple of ways to deal with rude people and then gave a cute anecdote about how she herself failed to follow her own rules on how to deal with rude people. (http://dailyconnoisseur.blogspot.com) […]

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Short Story: Late Night Phone Call

A couple of years ago, I wrote several short stories with the intent of submitting them to short story competitions. I did enter one of my short stories, but I didn’t win anything. This was the second short story I wrote, which was based on a writing prompt from Writer’s Digest (I think). Late Night Phone Call is about a woman, Deidra, who receives a late night phone call from a friend, Stephanie, who is in danger and needs Deidra’s help. I hope you enjoy it… and thanks for taking the time to read it! Also, feel free to leave comments, […]

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