Others see me as confident, intelligent, capable, talented, a born leader, one who should be, one who is competent. But I know me, and that’s not me. I can’t remember names, have no idea which direction is where, cannot spell, […]
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I Wished I Had Her Body
My older sister was tall and thin, could reach top shelves flat-footed, fit clothes from the rack provided they covered her knees. I lacked inches in height, had excess in girth, wore “chubby” then in an allegedly “kinder gentler age, “plus […]
Continue reading »Pushing Against
“Whatever you are pushing against, you are stuck to.” ~ Werner Erhard What don’t you want to do? I don’t want to write a poem tonight nor do I want to cheat by recycling an old one. Werner Erhard, according to […]
Continue reading »Desperate Enough to Excel
Diet’s didn’t work, the weight lurked, ruled, oppressed. Overeaters Anonymous? You’ve got to be kidding. People sitting in a circle, reading, talking, chanting rituals. No diets, no reporting, no plans to follow. Just talk about insanity, some higher power, resentments, […]
Continue reading »The World In God’s Hands
Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:15 (NIV) What will be has been before, and our God remembers it. God recalls the future like […]
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