38 Years Toward Freedom

I’ve made a pact with myself to always write a What I’ve Learned type of essay on my birthday.
Last year was difficult. Not only in number for some reason but I was going through a lot of personal turmoil, most of which was secluded among a very small group of people. Without them, in their [...]

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Birthday Wish Contest Results (take 2)

Well, I spoke too soon it seems.  Minutes to a couple of hours after posting a comment that nobody participated in the Birthday Wish: What I’m Grateful For Contest, I had a few entries.  I honestly forgot the time zone issue.  And since I’m not super duper strict in the “contest ends precisely at XX”, [...]

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Tatiana’s Birthday Wish Contest

(Here’s your chance to win a FREE erotic photo from my collection…you only have 4 days including today.)
This morning I turned off my phone and internet, chose to not think about blogging, writing my novel or cleaning.  Instead I decided I had an even more important mission to accomplish. 
I’ve been asked over and over again [...]

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Motherhood Connections

 
Here’s a window to my world.  The candles and houseplants have been replaced by a barn and rollercoaster pegs on the window sill.  Standing on a chair is my two year old.  My curtains used to be Moroccan blue but the sun has faded them.  The view is what I see everyday, minus the snow [...]

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The 36th Birthday Speech

* my aunt and I downing tequila shots
 
Since today is my birthday, I figured I should blog. Why I say that, I don’t really know.

The weather is ugly today. I’m behind in school. My research paper is a pain in the ass. I’m running late on writing my monthly column, not to mention my [...]

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This One’s For You, Mom

Happy Birthday. I hope this makes you smile.

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Thank You, Mom

It’s my mom’s birthday today and I forgot to send her something. If I were in Florida I’d do something special for her. She always gets gypped too because Mother’s Day is right around her birthday so the two get rolled up into one, just like people who have birthdays around Christmas time.I really don’t [...]

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Birthdays & Blizzards: days to remember

We never get the blizzards, especially on special occassions. When the radio woke me up this morning and the weather report said 3 to 4 inches of snow in our area I rolled me eyes and said “sure” because it never snows here and if it does, it rarely sticks.This time I was wrong.
We had [...]

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