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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Finding love: 1 of 61
If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's that we have to pay very close attention to the soft, still voice that sits precariously on the fine line between the conscious and subconscious.After ten years of being in a loveless and angry marriage, I made the decision to leave my husband because I'd unexpectedly fallen in ... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Growing Up: 4 of 78
I Don't Want to Grow UpShe was seventeen and scared to death of everything. "What's the point of life?" she'd ask her mother. "You get up, go to work, come home and do it all again the next day I just don't get it." Instead of doing homework, she would surround herself with piles of beauty magazines and gossip rags. After thu... More..
Style & Beauty > Body Image The futile battle against imperfections: 1 of 19
There's No Cure For CelluliteSorry, dolls, there really is no cure for cellulite. No amount of liposuction, mesotherapy, lasers, surgery, firming lotions, weight loss, exercise, prayer, magic or voo-doo will remove what your body was destined genetically to have. Aside from breasts and vaginas - the amount of fat we have in o... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Birthdays: 1 of 18
What's Your SignOn my 30th birthday, I had my astrological chart done by a groovy woman in the back of a groovy coffee house in a (you guessed it) groovy North Denver neighborhood. A friend of mine gave the reading to me as a gift, so she provided the lady who did my reading with my birthday - including the date and time - ab... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: For children: 28 of 223
Sara Collins and the Eye Patch Bully My name is Sara Collins and I am six years old. I am in first grade, and I either want to be a nuclear physicist or a princess when I grow up. Nuclear physicists are super smart, but they don't get to wear pretty tiaras in their hair. Mom says I can be the first to do both, so maybe I will... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Sanity: 3 of 19
I Love You - Now Leave Me AloneIt's hard to get a grip on what's going on in our lives when we're all tangled up in it. It's even harder to remember to take care of ourselves when our time and attention are constantly being routed to everyone around us (partners, children, friends, co-workers, social causes, school, bosses, n... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Memories: 19 of 102
"She [mother] had to be at work at some ungodly hour of the morning, so she was already a couple of hours into her work day by the time I woke up to get ready for school. I would usually just roll out of bed 20 minutes before school started, throw on something completely un-cool (probably a jumpsuit made of polyester or some ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My battles with eating disorders: 3 of 11
I have had an eating disorder since I was a teenager. Growing up, I was naturally thin and wasn't really so much obsessed with losing weight as I was with wanting to have control over my need to eat. It started out kind of like a game and I would win the game if I got through a day without eating. If I did eat, I would throw ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Girls: 4 of 13
This man is an animalmotivated purelyby his own primordialinstinctNot the instinct to procreaterather the urge to takepossession of anotherwithout their permissionWorming his way into herdelicate psychehe penetrates her mindfirstWinds his way through herlimbic systemleaving her achingwanting moreThen he moves down to her hear... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Blank page to inspiration: The writer's odyssey: 9 of 27
Writing on Writing A blank page, not unlike a blank canvas, is perfect. The pressure to create something worthy of being on such perfection is daunting to say the least. I avoid writing yet it is all I want to do. I wile the days away fantasizing about an airy, open home on the cliffs off the northern Californian coast. A wid... More..