Tag: random musings
member name: Latasha W.
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November 15, 2006 11:06 AM EST --
I've been on disability for over two years. There, I said it. Sometimes I will tell someone I am very close to that I haven't seen it a while, but most of the time I don't . . .
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November 04, 2006 12:17 AM EST --
http://threwinthetowel.gather.com/
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November 22, 2006 10:22 PM EST --
While I'm at my sister's waiting for a free oven so I can stick the turkey in for a slow roast, I thought I'd take a break and wish you a happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully by now, all . . .
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December 04, 2006 12:20 PM EST --
Originally posted on http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?AuthorID=38046
O Lord, I seek calm within the storm
When I feel as if I am being tossed to and fro
Like driftwood . . .
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December 05, 2006 11:39 AM EST --
I blog on a Web site for a local alternative newspaper, and I talked about my struggle with the winter blues. I also referred to a couple of articles about SAD that may help others. Here's . . .
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September 09, 2007 11:26 PM EDT --
At the A Nappy Hair Affair Web site, anyone can participate in a monthly Napfirmations contest where you can submit a writing that is a positive affirmation about people of African descent. It can . . .
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September 09, 2007 11:35 PM EDT --
I've weaned myself off the meds, and I'm doing great so far. I'm handling stress a lot better than I used to, and I'm optimistic about the future. I think that if I make it . . .
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July 09, 2007 09:51 AM EDT --
From joniandfriends.org:
"Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips." –Psalm 141:3
It happens so often. You're itching to say something, but before you . . .
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April 22, 2007 10:33 PM EDT --
I am still saddened and disheartened by what happened to those 32 innocent people, and I offer my sincerest condolences to the victims' family and friends.
In light of the horrendous killing spree . . .
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November 03, 2006 01:05 PM EST --
I started life as a cry baby. The doctor had no explanation for it, so my mom ignored it. My grandmother lived with us, so I clung to her like a leech to a blood vessel.
I was an overachiever . . .
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December 09, 2006 05:08 PM EST --
My birthday is on the 21st. I had always told myself that no matter how old I got, I would be proud of my age. The problem I'm having is thinking about how much I have not accomplished . . .
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January 27, 2007 07:39 PM EST --
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord . . .
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February 03, 2007 09:45 PM EST --
I'm still not through shredding and throwing away old papers. I decided to work on it some more today, and I was amazed to find documents dating back to 1996! My poor little $13 shredder . . .
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March 23, 2007 01:39 PM EDT --
I had been dealing with a serious depression relapse since November or December, and it seemed like there was no end in sight. I wasn't motivated to do anything, and I felt more tired then usual. . . .
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September 04, 2007 10:37 AM EDT --
"I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist."
Paul Harvey
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November 04, 2006 11:12 PM EST --
My earliest memories had to do with isolation and not liking a lot of touchy-feeley moments.
I was reading around age 3, so I spent a lot of time in the living room reading (and drawing in) my books. . . .
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November 05, 2006 11:51 PM EST --
It's all right to cry
Crying gets the sad out of you
It's all right to cry
It might make you feel better...
This song wasn't sung by a 5'2" kindergarten teacher, but by a 300-plus-pound . . .
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November 13, 2006 09:57 AM EST --
My church had begun their yearly consecration last Sunday, and I planned to participate again this year. They are praying for a new church building, increased membership, etc., so I was going to . . .
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November 06, 2006 11:31 PM EST --
The saying originated in boxing. If the contender was being beaten to a pulp and did not believe he could win, he had the option of throwing the towel into the ring as a sign of surrender. . . .
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November 24, 2006 02:13 PM EST --
Early Thanksgiving morning, I woke up to the sound of the oven timer going off. I got off the couch, took the turkey out and covered it with foil to keep it moist. I went back to the couch, . . .
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