Being disappointed.
Disappointing.
Being misunderstood.
Misunderstanding.
Being treated harshly.
Being harsh.
Being ignored.
Ignoring.
Being despised.
Despising.
Being deceived.
Deceiving.
Gestures.
Gesturing.
Being dismissed.
Dismissing.
Not getting an apology.
Not apologizing.
A word.
A look.
A sigh.
A rolling of the eyes.
Sarcasm.
Disinterest.
Distance.
Silence.
Apathy.
Carelessness.
If I kept a record of the wrongs - the times that hurtful things pierced my heart inflicting pain - against the times I have been the heart-wounder, I wonder which way the scale would tip?
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I think November-the-fourth was my cousin Diana's birthday. Whether it is or not, every year on the fourth of November, I think a lot about her.
My childhood came to an abrupt halt when we left my birth city of Des Moines when I was 10. We moved across the state where my parents would start a new church [...]
Stormie got in trouble with her Kindergarten teacher for telling other children there wasn't really a Santa Claus.
We're not those Christians that think "Santa" is just a mixed up way of saying "Satan." Au contraire. We just let Santa Claus be a part of the whole kit and caboodle of the celebrating, but his part [...]
“Who ever thought up the word, ‘mammogram?’ Everytime I hear it I think I’m supposed to put my breast in an envelope and mail it to some one.” -Jan King
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It's a cool, crisp 64-degrees just past 10:30 am this fine fall morning - right here inside my kitchen! That's right, folks, Dave and I have not turned on the heat one time yet this fall (meaning the appliance in the basement with a pilot light, not, you know, the other heat…*blush), even though it [...]
"Oprah Winfrey's star-studded, spectacular event raises $3 million for Barack Obama's presidency campaign," read the headlines a couple of months ago.
I dread the presidential campaigning we are already beginning to endure. There will be more pompous posturing and deceit and just plain meanness than I can stand. It is hard enough to listen to the issues [...]
So here is the thing. I don't really like cake and I cannot bake very well (I can bake bread and I can cook at least 3 or 4 fabulous meals, but baking sweets? No.).
Somehow, though, this trend is developing (is it because I am mad about Duff, The Ace of [...]
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