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Just Live. Runner-Up in Echoes of the Year’s Lessons Challenge. Content Warning.
I had been told that no one would care if I were dead, and the person who told me that, also let me know that they would've happily thrown me off my own balcony, but luckily for me, they stopped themselves from doing it..... well bless their cotton socks! That was good of them, now wasn't it? That was at the end of 2023.
By Jess Boyesabout a year ago in Motivation
A splash of tea and drama
This past year has been a real doozy. But, I try to keep on kicking, even when it’s hard to even pick myself up to start the day. My heart beats for my children: Ismael, David and Noah. My youngest son David, who was born on 2/21/2024 was diagnosed with Spina Bifida before he was born. We had to do a repair in utero (myelomeningocele) to prevent spinal cord damage and possible paralyzation, which was such an arduous, complicated process.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Motivation
Life Is but a Series of Decisions
I’m not an anxious person, but bouts of anxiety have been seizing my insides lately. It began in the wee hours before a heavy rainfall. By mid-morning my bedroom was flooded. I moved things off the floor and heaved my dresser onto my bed to prevent water damage, all the while madly proclaiming ‘life is happening for me and not to me’ repeatedly in my head. Fortunately, I had a lunch date. When I returned, the water had receded.
By Neelam Sharmaabout a year ago in Motivation
Vocal & my relationship to publishing traditionally
Ever since my small writing beginnings, when I started writing on Vocal in February 2021, I had been in a truly terrible slump & funk when it came to my writing. I had so many unfinished projects, ideas, half finished manuscripts and first chapters that were going nowhere.
By Melissa Ingoldsby2 years ago in Motivation
Why Just Write Is The Best Advice You Don’t Listen To
Before the last 6 months, I hadn’t written anything that wasn’t for my job or university for a number of years. I wanted to write more, I used to write all the time just for fun. I used to write poems and short stories that were just for me. I used to show them to certain members of my family but it was the process of writing them that I really enjoyed.
By Michael Naylor2 years ago in Motivation
To Give Your Last Twenty
He walks oddly, shuffling and nearly tripping down the hallway toward his apartment door. I slow my pace, allowing my neighbor— a stuffy ex-marine with one missing tooth, a strong odor of liquor and two weeks' worth of unwashed stench always accompanying him—to reach his door. I crinkle my nose, nearly gagging as he dawdles ahead.
By Ashley2 years ago in Motivation
