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The novel-The Shattered Vase

I finally approved the final proof of my novel, The Shattered Vase. I had submitted the manuscript in June and had hired a proofreader to go through it. However, it took four more months of grueling proofreading before I considered it good enough to release. My...

THE FACADE OF FACEBOOK

It took me a long time to befriend Facebook. Once I did it became a casual friend, not a close confidant. I connect with it mainly to see events which I may be interested in attending. I get a bit irritated sometimes with people who constantly post selfies on...

BLAME OR SURRENDER?

You know how when something doesn’t work out it is so easy to lay blame on someone or something else? Recently I quit my job because I just couldn’t make any money at that company. I thought about my jobs that I have had in nursing and I realized I was...

WISDOM PASSED ON

My mother is the kind of woman who was constantly giving unwanted wisdom. She would stick her nose in everywhere and tell me what I was doing wrong. I used to get so irritated with her. Now I wish I had listened more to her. She was not always right but she had a lot...

Dinner with a friend

I went to dinner tonight with a good friend. I had heard that she was going through a difficult time with her marriage and during dinner she admitted a divorce was on the horizon for her. We chatted about life in general and I told her my thoughts on a second...