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- In Loving Memory of My Mom – One Year Gone
- My BRCA Journey – Surgery Time – Salpingo Oophorectomy
- The Long Goodbye – My BRCA Journey
- First Love
- The Chandelier’s Revenge
- And Then It Was Over
- Weekend Getaway
- This is Fine
- WANTED: A Forever Family
- Dear Me
- The Armistice (Take Two)
- A Stolen Moment
- Third Time’s a Charm
- Out on the Lake
- The Armistice
- A Test of Time
- The Gate to Forever
- This is America
- The Passage
- The Paintbrush
- Monday Madness
- Winter Died
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- The Job Interview
- Colorado – A Reason for Everything
- BRCA2 — Decisions, Decisions
- My BRCA is Broke-A… Now What?
- When You’re Strong
- Before and After
- Pieces of My Life
- Let Me Eat Cake
- And The Dog Shall Inherit The Earth
- When I Was A Superhero
- The Girl with the Twinkling Eyes
- Damaged Goods
- A Most Cherished Prize
- How To Be A Writer
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- Are People Really Good at Heart?
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- Sinners
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- The Heart Never Forgets
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- The Fixer
- Gone
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- The Humerus Doctor
- Loosin’ It
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- No Rest for the Weary
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- A Living Doll
- Playing with Fire
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- The Baby Blue Convertible and Me
- Writing Martyrdom
- Turtlenecks
- The Fixer
- A Goat Most Grand
- Tiger by the Sea
- I’ll Be Seeing You
- Keeping the Faith
- Begin Again
- The Water’s Edge
- Cracks In The Concrete
- Nothing To Say
- Gardenias
- Getting To Know The REAL Me
- Sunday School
- My Banana Blog
- Wildflowers In Waiting
- The Great Ditch Day Debacle
- Tommy Lasorda, Baseball, Bucket Lists and Me
- Lost: One Directionally Challenged Muse
- Vapor Dinosaurs
- Social Media and the Introvert
- Lessons From My Dog
- Fun With UberFacts Featuring The Simpson’s
- Lessons, I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Lessons
- Happy New Year…Again? (Flash Fiction)
- Je Suis Juif. I Am Jewish.
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In Loving Memory of My Mom – One Year Gone
April 10th is one year since my mom passed away. I can’t call it an anniversary that sounds too much like a celebration to me. How can it be a year already? Wasn’t she just here yesterday? It feels like … Continue reading
My BRCA Journey – Surgery Time – Salpingo Oophorectomy
What being BRCA positive means: It’s been a year since my mom’s ovarian cancer diagnosis. Thankfully she’s been in remission for a few months now and she’s feeling, and I might add looking, great. It’s just shy of a … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, brca, cancer, Health, Health and Wellnes, Medical, writing
Tagged brca, BRCA positive, brca2, cancer, hereditary cancer, hysterectomy, knowledge is power, PREVIVOR, Salpingo oophorectomy, unbracable
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The Long Goodbye – My BRCA Journey
Since the day I received the news I was BRCA2 positive I’ve run the gamut of emotions. I mean, I know that’s not an earth shattering declaration, I was told my lifetime risk of breast cancer is extremely high, along … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Health and Wellnes, writing
Tagged brca, brca2, cancer, dna, Genetic testing, HEALTH and WELLNESS, hysterectomy, mastectomy, mutant genes, PREVIVOR, prophylactic mastectomy, support
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First Love
DAY 22 of the Flashnano Challenge. Flashnano is a challenge that involves writing 30 stories in 30 days throughout the month of November. A new writing prompt every day. As a reminder, at this stage I don’t edit these it’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in nostalgia, short story, writing
Tagged am writing, childhood, essay, first love, Humor, life, Music, short story, writing, writing challenge, writing prompt, young love
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The Chandelier’s Revenge
DAY 21 of the Flashnano Challenge. Flashnano is a challenge that involves writing 30 stories in 30 days throughout the month of November. A new writing prompt every day. As a reminder, at this stage I don’t edit these it’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, flash fiction, short story, writing
Tagged am writing, five sentence story, flash fiction, Flashnano, MicroFlash, Story Prompt, writing, writing challenge, writing prompt
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And Then It Was Over
DAY 20 of the Flashnano Challenge. Flashnano is a challenge that involves writing 30 stories in 30 days throughout the month of November. A new writing prompt every day. As a reminder, at this stage I don’t edit these it’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, flash fiction, Humor, Politics, short story, writing
Tagged amwriting, Flashnano, funny, Humor, Politics, satire, Story Prompt, writing, writing challenge
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Weekend Getaway
DAY 19 of the Flashnano Challenge. Flashnano is a challenge that involves writing 30 stories in 30 days throughout the month of November. A new writing prompt every day. As a reminder, at this stage I don’t edit these it’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, childhood, musings, nostalgia, random, writing
Tagged Beach, blog, blogging, family, life, memories, random, southern California, Story Prompt, storytime, Ventura, writing prompt
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This is Fine
DAY 18 of the Flashnano Challenge. Flashnano is a challenge that involves writing 30 stories in 30 days throughout the month of November. A new writing prompt every day. As a reminder, at this stage I don’t edit these it’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, writing
Tagged blog, blogging, Humor, random, writing, writing challenge, writing prompt
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WANTED: A Forever Family
DAY 17 of the Flashnano Challenge. Flashnano is a challenge that involves writing 30 stories in 30 days throughout the month of November. A new writing prompt every day. As a reminder, at this stage I don’t edit these it’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in writing
Tagged adopt don’t shop, cat rescue, Dog rescue, dogs, family, Humor, pet rescue, writing, writing challenge, writing prompt
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Dear Me
DAY 16 of the Flashnano Challenge. Flashnano is a challenge that involves writing 30 stories in 30 days throughout the month of November. A new writing prompt every day. As a reminder, at this stage I don’t edit these it’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, childhood, Essay, flash fiction, life, musings, short story, writing
Tagged advice, amwriting, blog, blogging, introvert, letter to self, life, Memoir, mental health, social anxiety, writing
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