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About me - Peggy Gildon

I am a 52 year old divorced mother of two grown children and 3 going on 4 beautiful granddaughters.
I have written all my life for myself, family and friends. Making a living always got in the way of my dream to be a writer.
Now I find myself unemployed and

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: If we only knew when . . .: 1 of 15
The Good Old DaysRemember when Sunday wasn't just another dayYou wore your finest clothes to Church and you knelt down to prayYou didn't lock your doors at night, your kids could walk to schoolParents watched the children play, and taught the golden ruleThere were baseball games every night in every neighborhoodAnd you knew y... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Developing your own belief system as you mature: 1 of 13
It was Thanksgiving vacation and my granddaughter Kaitlyn didn't want to go to daycare she wanted to go to my house. I had planned on taking my poems that I had framed and decoupaged to the Swap shop; it was the biggest shopping day of the year.After losing a job and having great difficulty finding work I started writing insp... More..
Health & Fitness > Addiction How to live a life that is joyous and free from addiction: 1 of 6
After having been addicted to prescription pain relievers for about 7 years I was arrested October 27, 2004. My doctor had just three months earlier dropped me because he knew I was abusing the drugs. That didn't stop me I just found a connection and bought them from friends. I had so many pain pills on me the charge was not ... More..
Food & Drink > Dining Etiquette How tipping works: 15 of 87
Because restaurants want to keep prices down the wait staff gets paid less than minimum wage; in some states the wage is as little as $2.00 per hour while others pay $3.65. The government allows this as long as the server earns (yes earns) tips to make the wage equal to the actual minimum wage. The servers must at the end of ... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Addiction: 5 of 27
Curtis is a tattoo artist, a father of three girls, a son, a brother, and my daughter Amy's soul mate. He is also an addict, a car jacker, a liar and a thief. He is personable, a hard worker, a friend and an enemy. He had been in prison twice; when he got out the second time he was thirty years old. He said he wanted ... More..
Health & Fitness > Substance Abuse Recovery from substance abuse: 5 of 27
As a teenager I used drugs, THC, my favorite, was a barbiturate. I remember my lips feeling numb and I knew the high was coming.Fortunately I met a man who didn't use, and I quit using. We got married and all was well. It was when we started having problems that my doctor suggested Valium. Oh, yeah, calmed me right down! But ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Drug addiction: 63 of 303
THROUGH A CHILDS EYEChildren don't need drugs to make it through the dayThey have to learn to share and get along at playThe stress they face to learn new things must be quite a lotInformation flows continuously but they're not smoking potSome kid takes their toy away or makes them the butt of a jokeThey take their marbles an... More..
Health & Fitness > Addiction Helping a friend overcome an addiction: 7 of 23
The only way you or I can help a friend overcome addiction is if they want to quit. We can be there when they want to talk, cry, rant, and rave. We can listen. We can hug, and hold. We can go to a meeting, offer support, we can divert, we can amuse. But we can't quit for them. They have to be willing to do the work, to feel t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death of a friend: 64 of 200
THEY DIDN'T KNOWThey didn't know that one choicecould result in their deathThey didn't know that this day theywould breathe their last breathThey didn't know the danger of drug useThey didn't know their organs couldn't take the abuseThey didn't know how it feels to be freeThey didn't know how to deal with realityThey didn't k... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Drugs: 25 of 65
DEVILS AND DEMONSI'm lost in my addiction and life is just a fantasyI chase a high to numb my pain, no dealing with realityI go with the devil wherever he leadsHe takes care of me, he satisfies my needsTogether we feed my addiction and watch it growHe laughs at my family "What do they know?"He has no fear as he watches me pra... More..