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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: On reality: 6 of 55

Recently a friend asked me if it bothers me when strangers ask me about my physical situation. Much like with family and friends, I would actually prefer people to ask me directly rather than make assumptions. It does, however, bother me at certain times depending on the tone or situation. "Do you have MS?" is the question I...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Consequences: 3 of 10

The ubiquitous walk of Life has required a handful of my friends to face what might just be the most horribly heart wrenching challenges they will ever encounter. The situations each of my friends has to contend with are quite different but all face severe struggles nonetheless. Once the out of body/ surreal feeling phase fa...
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Having hope: 18 of 24

My blog was working just fine for me when I entered a post in late February but when I clicked publish in early March, all the writing from my post disappeared and the only thing that saved was the title. I checked every entry that had been posted on my blog and found that not one of them would save any additional text and a...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Laughter: 10 of 13

When a Priest came in my hospital room and asked if I would like to receive the body of Christ on a daily basis, I agreed. Why not? I needed all the help I could get. He explained that he would say the "Our Father" and I could join in as best I could and then he would administer the Body. As he began the prayer, I started th...