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Once I thought tears were a weakness. Once I thought I should be ashamed of not being strong enough to control my tears. So I hid them, from everyone, and never let anyone see me cry. I had learned early on as a child that tears only made daddy angrier, made him not listen, and [...]
I was having one of my infamous talks with Ryan, you know, the types of talks where we speculate and extrapolate on just about anything and everything, stay up late and solve all the problems of the known universe, then go to sleep and wake up the next morning and totally forget all the solutions. [...]
“I trust you.” I never knew how important those three words were. …I trust you. More important than saying I love you is knowing that in a relationship there is trust. The only thing missing from some of my past relationships was that one crucial ingredient. Trust. Bookmark to:web design
Contrary to popular belief, making love really has very little to do with sex. No, in fact, making love doesn’t really require sex at all. Although, adding sex to making love can really bring two powerful parts of loving together into a relationship, and that is the ultimate goal when in love with someone. But [...]
(*Originally written in 2006. Well worth revisiting this one.) The dance was nice. The music was great, but a little loud. It was very hot on the dance floor, but we found a personal wind tunnel near the entrance where we sat to cool us down. And there on the dance floor was this early [...]
Do you lurk in the shadows watching me? I am so exposed. I put everything out there, hoping you will see, will read me, will view me—will watch me and know how I feel, how I still feel. Open, my life is a book, written on pages before you, and everyone can read it, read [...]
The odds of winning the last mega-millions big lottery that was all over the news were something like 1 in 176 million chances of winning. That’s pretty long odds, right there. Yet, ever hopeful, people buy tickets to the lottery every day. Why? Because human beings seem to like playing the odds. One of the [...]
Since becoming a writer, many have asked me the source of my inspiration, what it is that compels me to write. The answer is always different, depending on my mood, what’s foremost in my mind that day, or what is currently inspiring me. Though the answers are almost always different, they are all true. If [...]
http://www.facebook.com/michelleldevon/posts/10151449220990226 Read my facebook post and see others’ comments. Poetry.com, a known poetry ‘contest’ scam site, has re-launched a new website. Today, they sent me an email that they lied about saying I had opted-in to the mailing on March 26th of this year – I most certainly did NOT, as many of you know [...]
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The rays of the sun reflected off the lake surface, in shimmering, brilliant strands. The group of girls stood near the pond, changing into swim clothing after the long hike and horse ride down the path through the woods. The lake was not swimmable, for the water was too murky, too dirty. Not from pollution [...]
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