Foreboding
- By fannieb
- June 27, 2015
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Celeste felt uncomfortable about what might unfold that day. Though earlier she had felt particularly at peace in her emotions and thoughts, she now felt a slight bubbling just under … Continue Reading →
Midlife Crisis
- By fannieb
- June 25, 2015
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I am working in Corporate America because as an adolescent I saw a businessman climb the corporate ladder and become very “successful”-money, corporate cars, travel, title, power. I saw this … Continue Reading →
The Bells
- By fannieb
- June 23, 2015
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Bells ringing, clanging, cleansing. On Sunday, church service was held at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston South Carolina only four days after Dylann Roof allegedly killed nine Bible study participants. … Continue Reading →
“What you do speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you say.”
- By fannieb
- June 14, 2015
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Have you ever discounted someone or their opinion because of a past experience you had with him? I have. And sometimes I’m not even doing it consciously. An email comes … Continue Reading →
Undying Dreams
- By fannieb
- June 10, 2015
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Nothing is coincidental – from my seemingly instant instinctual drive to move to a French-speaking country, to the animals that litter my path (both living and dead), to the unrewarding … Continue Reading →
Evolution
- By fannieb
- June 6, 2015
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At the beginning of the fall semester of my junior year in college there was an incoming freshman who struck me as being very poised; so much so, that almost … Continue Reading →
Inheritance
- By fannieb
- May 30, 2015
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I am my mother’s daughter. I am my father’s child. No longer do I resist this fate, Though I had for quite a while. Forging my own identity In … Continue Reading →
Serendipity
- By fannieb
- May 27, 2015
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Curiosity killed the cat; satisfaction brought it back. Perhaps in another lifetime I was a cat for I am very curious and love to learn and understand things. This can … Continue Reading →
Leaps and Bounds
- By fannieb
- May 25, 2015
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Rabbits, I’ve been told, mean fear. When I come across them on my morning walks everything in their actions reinforces this. They immediately freeze and as I move in their … Continue Reading →
Touching People
- By fannieb
- May 23, 2015
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“If I could do anything between now and the end of the year, what would it be?” As I walked the treadmill this morning, I pondered this question that was … Continue Reading →