Tag: people
member name: Linda Douglas
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June 08, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
I am sitting here wondering why some women think they can change the men in their lives?
One scenario goes like this: A smart, savvy woman who has completed her education and advanced in her career . . .
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September 29, 2006 06:59 AM EDT --
It is a rainy fall morning here in the beautiful state of New Hampshire and the weather is fitting my mood. It has been the end of a long work week and I am looking forward to the weekend. . . .
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January 06, 2007 10:36 PM EST --
What happened to the youthful days
when bedtime meant falling onto the sheets
in the wee hours of the morning,
mascara streaks across the pillowcase,
too tired to wash face
after dancing and . . .
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June 25, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
Yesterday afternoon I called my son. I didn't get an answer and I didn't leave a message. I knew that I wasn't going to be home for him to call me back. He has caller ID, . . .
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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 . . .
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July 23, 2006 08:48 AM EDT --
Ode to Morning
Unrushed Sunday mornings,
Moving slowly . . .
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August 19, 2006 05:50 AM EDT --
You may ask me very seriously,
"Why are you up at such an early hour?"
"You have no cows to milk, chickens to feed,
nor a dog to walk? The sun has not even
started its . . .
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September 22, 2006 07:01 AM EDT --
Back to Work
Now I lay me down to sleep
a bag of chamomile left to seep.
Two days abed with cold and ache
tomorrow the alarm will awake.
Back to work I shall go
even if the nose need blow. . . .
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January 21, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
Grief is such a tricky emotion. It shows up in a variety of ways.
My mother is gone. I am now an orphan. I tell myself that I knew this was coming. It was only a . . .
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May 14, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
The Bathrobe
I knew it was inevitable.
Genetics are the strongest force in the world
And there is a point when acceptance is the only answer.
I had seen her face in my grandmother
But still . . .
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June 06, 2006 08:03 PM EDT --
A life lived alone
Becomes a shelter from hurt
My own dark tower.
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June 16, 2006 09:09 AM EDT --
I am at work and I just got back from my morning walk. I found a great route that is basically a right hand turn out of the building and down Washington Street for a little less than a mile . . .
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August 18, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
Sometimes I wonder what "growing up" really means. There are days when I think I have "grown up" and days that I feel I may be lacking in maturity. But maturity is not the . . .
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May 30, 2006 08:26 PM EDT --
He had known for a while that he would be taking the trip sometime soon. He wasn't sure when. He just knew that there was no avoiding the inevitable and preparations might as well start . . .
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June 05, 2006 07:16 PM EDT --
Last week I admitted that I was addicted to television and that my life had become unmanageable. I am not making light of the 12 Step Program here. I am honest. I had become a slave to . . .
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July 05, 2006 09:06 PM EDT --
There is a loneliness that comes with a new attraction,
a reminder of closeness, kind words, intimate secrets,
of loves come and gone and mourned in the dark
spaces of nights spent . . .
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August 13, 2006 01:42 PM EDT --
The sound of my fat cat, Leo, washing himself at the foot of my bed woke me around 7 a.m. this morning. The sun was shining and I wanted to go hiking so I got up and fixed some breakfast and checked . . .
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September 16, 2006 08:11 AM EDT --
Each one of us has a comfort zone. It is that zone in which we feel comfortable with our thoughts and actions based on our beliefs about ourselves. Depending on our life experiences, that zone . . .
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June 06, 2006 07:59 PM EDT --
Melting memories,
Your face no longer a friend,
Fading hopes and dreams.
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November 17, 2006 01:56 PM EST --
I woke up this morning feeling better than I have in weeks. I was finally able to get a good night of sleep and the aura of anxiety that has been following me around since my mother was diagnosed . . .
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