Tag: personal stories
member name: Linda Douglas
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May 29, 2006 12:58 PM EDT --
I have known for many years that I have an addictive personality. It has been a struggle at times to bring myself back to life after falling deep into addictive thinking and behavior. . . .
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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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September 10, 2006 01:25 PM EDT --
If you have never been hiking with a four year old you are missing out on one of the great joys of life.
Let me take you with me back to yesterday afternoon. I arrived at my son's . . .
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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 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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July 29, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Free Spirit
My father's youngest brother,
same age as my mother,
handsome as a movie star
with deep brown eyes.
I adored him.
His guilt for having
poured the coffee
that spilled . . .
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August 05, 2006 07:36 AM EDT --
Help!! My head is spinning. I have a decision to make and it is making me crazy.
For twenty six years I lived in southeast Virginia while my parents lived in northern Wisconsin. . . .
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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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August 27, 2006 03:28 PM EDT --
I had my two granddaughters with me for the past three days and in addition to a lot of hiking and board games we pieced together a small quilt to be given to their baby sister for her first birthday. . . .
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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 30, 2006 12:18 PM EDT --
I was up and at 'em early this morning to drive up to Pitcher Mountain in Stoddard, NH to pick wild blueberries. The idea of a short hike near mountain pastures and wide vistas appealed to me. . . .
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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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August 12, 2006 06:26 PM EDT --
Over the past few years I have noticed a rise in the number of medical intuitives. Carolyn Myss was one of the first persons who used her ability to psychically/intuitively diagnose a person's . . .
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July 29, 2006 06:13 PM EDT --
Bitter Violet
She wore her bitterness like the
scarf she wore to keep her pin curls
in place.
Eleven children in fifteen Depression
years by a man who only came home
from . . .
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August 08, 2006 07:24 AM EDT --
Does the urge to sooth a crying baby
ever leave a woman who has even
just once given birth?
The desire to breathe in the baby scent,
wipe away tears,
smooth down the sweaty hair?
. . .
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June 11, 2006 03:30 PM EDT --
The rain finally took a break today. I was elated. I didn't know what to do first. However, after a quick run into town to get a few groceries I realized that the wind was stirring . . .
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May 29, 2006 12:17 PM EDT --
Waking up on warm summer mornings to the sound of birds in the big pine tree outside my window brings to mind the small farm on which my family lived when I was in grade school. It was not a large . . .
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July 08, 2006 08:23 PM EDT --
Since many of you were so kind in your encouragement a couple of weeks ago I want to update you on the progress of my new resolve.
I am surprised at the diligence at which I am sticking to my new program. . . .
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July 22, 2006 06:45 PM EDT --
It has been about five weeks now and I am feeling pretty good. I have lost around 20 lbs. and no longer feel like a bloated whale. I still have a long way to go but I feel lighter on my feet . . .
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