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About me - Trenna Sue Hiler

Writing for me is the one thing that can calm all storms given time. It is a way to learn, listen, speak, share and heal. The subject is not as important as the time and the thought put into the work. Hopefully, it gets better with age.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Circle of life: 3 of 47
Frail, tired, weak, so smallParkinson's has stolen it allShe seems more peaceful when she finds sleepThe tremors slow and I don't hear her weepWhere is the Mom who held me so tight?She was the one who could make things rightHer great-grandchild is due and should be here soonWill they pass in the night by the light of the moon... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Working: 7 of 33
I've been flipping through stations and racking my little brain. The only songs I can find about working are all songs talking about leaving work, quitting work, hating work, and the famous take this job and shove it.Currently there's a song listed in country's top twenty where the man quits his job and grabs his girl to run ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimony: Being unprepared for marriage: 1 of 4
After 34 years of living in this big bright world and having friends and associates marry, divorce, stay married and share all this information you would think that I would have been prepared for the situation. I was not prepared at all. In fact after reviewing the facts the man, whom I dearly loved, just tricked me into this... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Living with heart disease: 4 of 10
No matter how many times you hear about someone having a heart attack most of them label it the same way "a wake up call". It's like deep down they may have known about a history, a risk factor, but now it's the confirmed "wake up call". You are now officially living with heart disease. There is no cure. You are able to help ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Elephants: 11 of 24

That large mountain a light shade of graySee it off in the distance?Wait, it movedIt's massive, and yet somehow gracefulAn elephant, yes in a wild life park, but off in the distanceDoes this create have memories of another home?They say they have long memoriesWait, see the babyIt looks so smallWill the memories for the little... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Why I hate the office Christmas party: 6 of 12
Nothing is worse than an order to be cheerful and celebrate. That is essentially what a company Christmas party turns into for me each year. I want to be the company curmudgeon and skip the whole thing, but my spouse has more social graces than I do.Why is it all so bad? Every year someone drinks too much and says too much an... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Healing the Helium addiction: 3 of 5
This week has been the most exhausting I've had in a long time. I was finally facing my Helium addiction. I had decided to try a new and creative approach.If I submitted an article I would then carefully rate 50 articles before I could submit any new work. Every two new articles I would them leapfrog one of my disasters. That... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My first conference call: 4 of 6
I must confess. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. This is not the attitude one should take to their very first corporate conference call, but there I was in all my glory. I was under the impression that we were meeting to solve a problem and I thought I may have a handle on the situation.The first clue that conference ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: What the International Day for Peace means to me: 4 of 5
Sometimes I am amazed the simple things of life that just pass me by. That's the way I felt when I was reading about International Peace Day. How had I missed this celebration my whole life? Why hadn't any of the schools I had been with celebrated? Well, now that I knew about it I was going to celebrate.2008 was going to be m... More..