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I am a 45 year old wife and mother of 2 boys, one of whom is married the other is in the Navy. We live in North Louisiana and I work for the local news paper I do the obits and legal advertising. I love to doodle with my writing ideas...

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Storms: 1 of 17
The sky and Gulf of Mexico met and both were black, the wind blew hard making the trees bend toward the ground. Cars bumper to bumper, lights and wipers on. This is not the way it had looked the day before when tourist were enjoying the beach and sites of the coast, no this day everyone was rushing , scared, getting out of t... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Drunk driving: 3 of 16
What a horrible thing to know that someone has died and think I am partly to blame or am I. When my husband and I were dating he left my house one Friday night to go home the drive was sixty miles to his house, a long winding road and several bars in between. We had dated for about 5 months at that time, and our wedding was ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Why does God allow his children to suffer?: 1 of 5
The Heavenly Father allows pain and heartache to come into our lives to make us stronger. To show the faith that we have in him to others and it helps us to draw closer to him. In my life alone I have seen what can happen when I stray away from my loving Father. When I am not on my knees praying or worshiping Him like I shou... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry : Salvation: 6 of 28
Carry me back Lord to that place so long ago, where I knelt on my knees to pray. Help me remember that feeling that I felt on my salvation day. You poured your mercy on me, it was so sweet, in you I was complete. Now troubles are all around me, o' how heavy my life weighs. Help me Lord to go back to the way I felt that day, ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Growing up: 15 of 64
Ever since Christmas my mind has been wandering back, back to memories of my childhood. I can still smell the smells at Christmas I can still feel the cold. I guess what got me started was a can of hard candy, you know the kind some are filled some are not, they fancy kind that is always around during the holidays along with... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Growing up: 27 of 98
I was born in the early 1960's in fact I was only a couple of months old when President Kennedy was shot. Where has the time gone, it seems that just yesterday I was riding bikes, picking berries and building playhouses or forts (that would have been considering who my playmates were at the time) and climbing trees. If my pl... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Uncertainty: 11 of 38
She gathered all of her belongings and put them in a small case, she would run as fast as she could away from the problems that seemed to keep coming at her and coming at her. Today would be the first day of the rest of her life, she thought to her self, the old clich that she had heard for so long. But where would she go an... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Christian: 87 of 296
I was a little lamb afraid of storms that came, but the Shepherd picked me up and took away my shame. I am no longer afraid of storms that come my way, for the Shepherd now cares for me and in His shelter I stay. I would have to be sacrificed for my sins and woes, but the Shepherd took my place and my sins are covered by his... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas The existence of Santa Claus: 8 of 26
About thirteen years ago my husband and I were watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on television, and they were talking about how much the Santa's at Macy's made during a season. My husband told me that he ought to be a Santa, that he thought he would make a good one, I agreed and told him that we ought to try it the... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Our children: 14 of 40
Children are a blessing from the Father up above, sent to us to hold, sent to us to love. We have them when they are babies to hold to our breast, then they start to toddle, and start putting us to the test. They come and get up on our knees, and with a great big hug, they start to show from their heart, they are learning ho... More..