Tag: surviving
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December 19, 2006 09:39 PM EST --
We were there, at the edge.
Tough, weathered at an early age.
Did we give up, did we sacrifice?
Where were you, near the edge?
We survived, we fought for you.
Riding out beyond the fringe. . . . more
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September 19, 2006 09:41 PM EDT --
Gloria died today. As as I sit here typing these words, I can feel myself falling again, tumbling back through time to a place of grief I felt so long ago, when my mother's own fight against cancer . . . more
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December 10, 2007 03:46 AM EST --
Recently, someone tried to hurt me by saying they were sick of my holier than thou attitude. It didn't really hurt me because I don't have a holier than thou attitude. I think it was because of . . . more
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September 11, 2006 12:56 AM EDT --
In September of 2001, I was at the bottom of a new cycle in life. My online business had failed and I was reqrouping, planning to relocate and start a new life. I was just getting enough of my health back . . . more
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June 28, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
A couple of years ago my friend John heard that a friend of his was terminally ill. He hadn’t seen this friend in many years and so was struggling over whether to visit him or not. Knowing . . . more
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November 27, 2007 08:31 AM EST --
For some, the holidays are a whirlwind of tree decorating, turkey carving, watching It's a Wonderful Life whilst sipping eggnog by the fire and cuddling our loved ones. This is a time for bonding, . . . more
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July 10, 2006 09:46 AM EDT --
Jamais Vu Verdant
Once around the late November,yes, . . . more
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March 09, 2007 06:35 AM EST --
The train slowly pulls
out of the station,
with only the engineer
on board, following
the lines into a new day.
Feeding the tender box,
picking up steam,
the destination is
suddenly canceled, . . . more
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January 15, 2008 03:23 PM EST --
Her mother had asked
the photagraper
that took the photos
of her scars from the
accident
whether he could take
a photo of her face
so she could see
. . . more
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May 24, 2006 10:12 PM EDT --
Republish to Disability Forum
It was 3:15 a.m. according to the glow of the digital clock next to my bed. I had been up and to the bathroom twice since I had turned out my light five hours . . . more
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October 14, 2007 08:38 PM EDT --
As any of you who have looked at a map of the Pacific Ocean and have spotted the tiny little specks that represent the chain of Hawaiian Islands can see, we are separated by a . . . more
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December 17, 2007 11:47 PM EST --
Well, so it hasn't been the most stress free trip so far-but, today we did some fun things. Thankfully, our coats were not stolen because we certainly needed them in Orlando . . . more
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April 24, 2008 06:16 PM EDT --
One of the first victims: Wolf 253M -- a celebrity wolf, affectionately known as "Limpy", the beloved member of Yellowstone's Druid Peak pack -- and one of the first . . . more
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December 12, 2007 03:13 AM EST --
Images swirl in my minds eye,
Past, present, and future cries
Where I've been, where I head
Things I heard, things I said
Memories overwhelm me
Emotions flood me out to sea
Trying . . . more
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July 11, 2006 06:07 PM EDT --
Oh, God.....Where would we be if it was'nt for Sam ,and his nieces and nephews in the military?
Would we be dreaming how we could be living free, in a land of so great ,an opportunity?
Thank God . . . more
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September 23, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
I was married for ten long years to a man who was, to say the least, an odd duck - or rather, a seriously troubled odd duck who flapped his wings too much (when not being remote and distant otherwise) and . . . more
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March 05, 2007 04:47 PM EST --
It was exceedingly hot that day. The sun bouncing off the concrete and the white walls of the building blinded me, causing me to squint to see if anyone I knew was there yet. Putting my sunglasses . . . more
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June 07, 2007 01:21 PM EDT --
So here's a novel idea [NOT] but it's one i currently hold near and dear to me, how many of us have had friends and/or family members [or perhaps themselves] battling or battled cancer, regardless . . . more
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December 14, 2007 04:00 AM EST --
There are some relationships for which I cling to the concept of spiritual immortality. After all, there is no down side to this argument. If I physically return to stardust or ashes at the end of my . . . more
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June 29, 2008 07:56 PM EDT --
Sadly enough, we will all have to survive a breakup of some type. Whether it is the breakup of a relationship or marriage, the aftermath can be brutal and leave lasting scars if not handled . . . more
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