Tag: writing
member name: Cheryl W.
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September 10, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
I remember the day as if it was yesterday. I woke up, got dressed and went to work at the group home where I was a Case Manager for abused and neglected children.
By the time I got there, they . . .
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March 18, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
I don't usually rant, but what a couple of days it has been! My older sister, God bless her, was due to come visit me yesterday around noon. She had a 2 hour drive, and it's a drive . . .
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July 18, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
I sat alone in the small café, trying to appear worldly and confident enough in myself to have dinner alone. After all, lots of people eat alone. I, myself, had seen many a woman sitting at a table . . .
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June 29, 2006 05:04 PM EDT --
For the first time since being on Gather, I have been bitten by the ratings monster several times in the past week. And as much as I have prided myself on not caring about ratings in the past, I have . . .
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August 13, 2006 10:40 AM EDT --
Ego is a healthy thing for a writer to have. Without it, we would probably not have the confidence to ever submit any of our writing for publication. Without it, we would have no incentive . . .
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February 13, 2008 01:20 PM EST --
For some reason, today I was remembering the first time I ever received a Valentine. I'm not talking about Valentines such as the ones we all made for our classmates in school. . . .
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October 01, 2006 09:00 AM EDT --
Here I am again, pounding away on the keyboard writing things other than that which is calling to me. I feel frustrated and angry at myself for having so little discipline.
I always wanted . . .
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June 18, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
I see you across the room...with her...the one I despise with all of my being. She smiles at you and bats her eyes like she has something special to offer. You smile back and take it . . .
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April 04, 2007 12:46 PM EDT --
They call to me,
are a wellspring inside of me,
and I could not stop them
even if I tried;
Words flow
like a stream,
gentle to my soul,
guided by my spirit,
shared with those
who care . . .
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October 30, 2007 03:29 PM EDT --
There's nothing quite like an October day,
for it brings back cherished memories...
Memories of my childhood as my sister and me
dressed up in our Halloween costumes
for the . . .
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November 29, 2007 11:57 AM EST --
I grew up in the North Carolina mountains, and lived in a few different homes. But the one I most remember was on Main Street right across from the Catholic church. It was brick with a huge front porch. . . .
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March 26, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
The sun rises,
The sun sets.
Another day to love, to laugh, to live;
Yet so often we don't appreciate
these hours so freely given.
We spew venom,
cast stones,
and . . .
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February 23, 2007 02:22 PM EST --
It is so frustrating to me to work very hard on my writing, only to have my efforts judged on the basis of how much money it will make. I know that for someone who is not a writer (like my husband) . . .
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March 02, 2009 05:46 PM EST --
Some days I pray for a bit of peace. I'm not talking about peace of mind, for I have that. I'm talking about the peace that comes from a few moments of quiet.
These days, quiet . . .
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February 20, 2008 08:49 AM EST --
Green shoot
Splash of yellow
Breaking through winter's ground
Warmth of spring is soon approaching
Death fades
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April 22, 2008 12:16 PM EDT --
Oh, to be lost in springtime,
where lilacs scent the air
and cherry blossoms fall like snow
upon the green earth;
To be lost in love's sweet bliss,
that whirlwind of longing,
the perpetual . . .
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August 31, 2008 04:10 PM EDT --
She had worn masks all of her life. Masks had served a purpose in her growing years. She had laughed when things weren't really funny. She had pretended to be surprised when she always knew what . . .
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September 17, 2009 05:30 PM EDT --
I enjoy both reading blogs and writing in my blogs. I find them both entertaining as well as informative.
My biggest problem in blogging is in knowing how to drive traffic to my blog. . . .
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October 17, 2009 09:36 AM EDT --
This is a true story. As much as I wish it wasn’t…it is. I try not to think about what happened that night fifteen years ago, but it changed me. I felt raw fear like I have never . . .
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February 24, 2008 11:33 AM EST --
Strange and beautiful,
silent stalker filled with grace;
Death is a whisper;
Time, a dark shadow looming,
reflecting on mirrored glass.
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