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Sheila commented on the post, secluded 2 weeks, 5 days ago
She pushed everyone away. All she wanted was to run. No phone calls, texts, nothing, just silence. She wanted to be secluded from the truth and the sad, pitying eyes.
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Sheila commented on the post, airstream 1 month ago
The silver airstream trailer zipped passed me on the highway as it pulled into our neighbors driveway. It was large and gleaming and looked like something out of the space age. I was only thirteen, but to me it was my way out. I couldn’t wait to see the inside.
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Sheila commented on the post, manhattan 1 month ago
The lights of Manhattan have never looked so bright. I stood on the sidewalk and waited for him. He promised to be here promptly at eight. Our future was just beginning when the lights went out.
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Sheila commented on the post, rocker 1 month ago
She opened the window to let the stale air out of the room. The wind blew in stirring the curtains and she heard the creak of the floor as the old worn rocker moved gently in the breeze. Tears sprang to her eyes with the realization she would never sit in the chair again.
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Sheila commented on the post, auburn 1 month, 1 week ago
It was the white glistening of her skin that brought him to the edge of the water, but the stunning auburn hair floating among the twisted tree branches and debris that made him fall to his knees and weep.
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Sheila commented on the post, loom 1 month, 1 week ago
She climbed the latter to the attic. The floor creaked underneath her weight. Cobwebs clung to every surface . She reached for the first sheet and whipped it from the large thing it covered. It was the most beautiful antique loom she’d ever seen and a roll of precious silk still engaged.
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Sheila commented on the post, branch 2 months, 1 week ago
“I’m done; deal with it.” She screamed, turning and running toward the house. Tears mixed with the rain pelting her skin like razor blades. She heard the loud roar of thunder and crackle of the tree branch. She stopped and listened. Turning she ran toward him. “Hold on, I’m coming.”
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Sheila commented on the post, weakling 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I’ve never considered myself anything other than a strong, decisive woman. Independent, and self assured. But this past year has tried me like o other, and I feel defeated. Poked and prodded, I have withdrawn, become dependent on others like the weakling I’ve become.
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Sheila commented on the post, fatigue 4 months ago
It takes more effort than she has to slide her feet into her bedroom shoes. The fatigue is overwhelming. The doctor told her to take it easy, but what does he know. Is he going to send a housekeeper, a maid, and nanny to her house to take care of her two kids? “Mommy, I’m hungry.”
“I’m coming, sweetheart.”
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Sheila commented on the post, flat 4 months ago
His words fell flat. I was expecting roses and dinner on Valentine’s Day. Instead I got he walked in the door, his face hardly hiding the his despair. His hands empty hung at his side and all the color had drained from his face. My heart dropped. I stepped closer in the new red dress I’d bought for the occasion, “What’s wrong, honey?” I asked, my voice shaky. His words fell flat. “I don’t love you anymore,” He said.
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Sheila commented on the post, claims 4 months, 1 week ago
The number of claims are mounting up . I could probably wallpaper my house with them. Dental claims in the bath, medical in the kitchen, and surgical in the bedroom. That ought to be a conversation starter.
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Sheila commented on the post, wall 4 months, 2 weeks ago
It feels as if I’m up against a wall I can’t move, and the others are getting closer threatening to crush me. My arms stretch out trying to stop the weight pushing inward crushing me to death, but it is to no avail. I feel the movement under the quiver of my weaken arms and strain against the inevitable.
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Sheila commented on the post, features 4 months, 2 weeks ago
She used to have such womanly features. Men reached out to her whenever she walked are into a room, but out of the blue a disease began to ravage her and now her features are distorted leaving wondering “What’s the point?”
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Sheila commented on the post, swell 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I pulled him close for the first time in a very long time. It felt like God had smiled down on us and the sun came out. I felt our hearts beating to the heat of the passion in our loins and swell to near bursting with love and joy.
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Sheila commented on the post, ahead 4 months, 3 weeks ago
I’m looking ahead not behind, but sometimes it is very hard. The things that have happened to me make it very difficult to forget much less forgive.
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Sheila commented on the post, real 4 months, 3 weeks ago
He wined and dined her liked no other man ever had. He treated her like a queen, and took her to the most expensive places, but she knew when something was too good to be to be true, it was rarely the real thing.
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Sheila commented on the post, choose 5 months ago
I choose to play this hand. I don’t like it. it is a lousy hand i’ve been dealt, but the alternative is to throw my cards in and I’m not ready. I’m not a quitter. You’ll beat me fair and square, or I’ll die trying.
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Sheila commented on the post, end 5 months ago
I managed to get the whole story written, re-written, edited and out to my
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Sheila commented on the post, politician 5 months, 1 week ago
She could work a room better than any politician. The minute she walked in, she began talking and people listened. They knew her name, smiled, and nodded, “of course.”
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Sheila commented on the post, promise 5 months, 1 week ago
I promise to write more often, I said. But, words sick in my head. My fingers go slowly across the keyboard and letters are scrambled on my tongue. Keep typing, keep trying, the words will come.
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