Fiction, Poetry, Letters, & Other Creative Musings
How We Got To Happily Ever After I stayed in bed, curled into the fetal position, and waited for the nausea to pass. It was usually only bad for a few hours in the morning. For the past few weeks, Jay had been getting Kierra up and ready for first grade. He would let me... Continue Reading →
Have you ever read a book that speaks to you so much that you have to put it down after reading only a few pages or just a chapter? This has happened to me a few times and has happened to me again. I picked up this book and it is simply ministering to my... Continue Reading →
I woke up from a dream that I was both hoping not to finish and anxious to see what happened at the end. I dream in epic fashion. It is not uncommon for my dreams to go from romantic comedy to gangster movie to Marvel comic action movie to musical to WTF in a matter... Continue Reading →
To be posted on the door of the shell you inhabit in every effort to encourage a bit more than your head to come out: you are smarter than you think talented at levels you can’t understand more beautiful than you can ever seem to see you have healing powers dance dangerously close on the... Continue Reading →
slicing into me smooth & clean like paper or a ninja’s blade takes a moment to sting rarely bleeds the pain has an echo through the canyons of my soul aftershocks through my mind days, weeks, months later like they just cut through my ear canal your words… Turtleberry 2011
would I love music more than my boyfriend? yes yes, I would should he ever make me choose between him and the masterpiece that is the X&Y cd I would chuck the deuces plug my head phones into my iPod and walk away while Coldplay attempts to fix me if my love ever decided to... Continue Reading →
Every now and again you need to pat yourself on the back and tell yourself that you are beautiful. Every now and again you need to remind yourself how much you love yourself. This post is that for me... at least for today. I like to think that I was a cute kid! I have... Continue Reading →
Okay so I know this may sound weird but I am really thankful for my past loves.No seriously. (Stop laughing and/or giving me the side eye.)I was tweeting yesterday about understanding your personal love language. Your love language (by my definition) is the way you show love. It can also be the way you best... Continue Reading →
So, I have found the need to write myself out of this depressed state that I am in. Of course you wonder… “Why so depressed? Don’t you realize how blessed you are compared to others?” Blah Blah Blah Yes, I realized that I am an extremely blessed woman. I have a million things to be... Continue Reading →
The hard part about breakups is realizing who gets custody of the “friends”. Seriously, this is incredibly tricky when couples run in the same circles. It often makes me wary about even dating someone who runs in the same circle as me. Why add more drama to an already uncomfortable situation? Their friends were always... Continue Reading →
Inside the Shell 