Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?
Text me when you get there. Do you want some food? Do you need anything? Hurry, come in, it’s cold outside. Are you hungry? Do you need a hug? I saw this and thought of you. I knew that would make you laugh. Be careful, people drive like maniacs.
I’ve been outside three times today
Clearing off the car
Shoveling the driveway
Putting down the salt
I’ve used up all my gloves
I don’t like mittens
My hands get cold
They’re all that’s left in the closet
The only thing that is dry
I told the closet I miss my mother
This, the first big snow
Without you
As I mindlessly grabbed your mittens
I wiggled my fingers in
These were your favorite pair
I felt the outlines of your hands
They had worn down the fleece
I can feel where you touched
the ghost shape of your fingers
Different from mine
But still half of me
I miss my mother
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Where can you reduce clutter in your life?
First of all, we need to start with the snow. Declutter it in its entirety.
What is your favorite animal?
I’m beginning to think WordPress doesn’t pay attention to my posts. Or the opposite: is spying on me.
Read Susie’s origin story, part one here.
I posted an update about Susie‘s origin story, part two yesterday, which you can read here.
Please feel free to peruse my blog for other cat themed stories. You’ll find several.
So, yeah, it’s cats. Thanks for paying attention WordPress. *sarcasm font*
In what ways do you communicate online?
Keyboard communicators
Trying to say something
Innocent or funny
Message not received
Lost in translation
From intent
To perception
Misunderstandings
Disagreements
Explaining
Begets
More misunderstandings
Text is tone deaf
What is wrong with us?
A bout of vertigo has kept me out of commission for most of the day, but don’t fear, as soon as this resolves, I will return to Susie’s story.
Vestibular migraine: not for the faint of heart or stomach.
Think back on your most memorable road trip.
Highway miles
Turn to country roads
Take me home
To the place
I belong
Mothman Prophecies
Makes sense
Here
Back to highway
Small towns
One road
Where are the bathrooms?
Hungry
Tired
Small towns branch out
To cornfields
Hundreds of miles
Cornfields
Tucked within is
A small town
Or is it all smoke and mirrors
Giant stadiums
Practice courts
Hotels
Famous faces
Feet emerge from car
Leg Cramps
No time to rest
Set up the interviews
Tomorrow it starts
Anticipation
With the toss of the coin
Heads or tails
Play begins
Game, set, match
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What snack would you eat right now?
Chocolate
Revered by the Mayans
Used as currency
Given as gifts
It was sent from the gods
Given as gifts
Golden coins of chocolate currency
Consumed by the masses
Chocolate
Come up with a crazy business idea.
Imagine this
Not a harebrained scheme
Only a flip of the wrist
As we turn the page
In half of a month
We will say goodbye
To all of these prompts
That make me want to poke myself in the eye
Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?
A baby’s blanket
Acrylic, blue
Held by a little girl
Chaos was all that she knew
It sits in the basement
Folded and clean
Stored away with other memories
Forever felt but not seen
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“It's Amy,” I said. 