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Through the eyes of a writer and traveler 😁! Life and some spiritual musings. |
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Welcome Y'all 🤠. I'm into animal rescue and rights. Positive vibes and activism! 😻🙏 It's been interesting for the past 20 years. Good folks on here and a great 😃 writing community. It's time for rethinking my writing and growing as a person . Sharing how to help others and ourselves 😉 has always been my motivation! Hugs 🤗 to new and old peeps! " The journey of 10,000 miles Begins with one step 🪜. --Lao Tzu What you don't like Don't do to another. Rabbi Hillel Do unto others as you would have someone Do unto you. Jesus 🙏 |
| {/font ... Hi, Ya'll! I'm working on the fonts and my goal is to get them bigger in my 2nd fav style. I want it to be readable to all! Working off ye old Chromebook! This will be short. I've been doing whatever to get better. Believe me,it's been a lot of doing and letting go of foods in my life. Cutting down my ciggies too. I want my 70th year to be a healthy and productive one! I'm taking a " Writers boot camp from Hay house" It's 4 days and I hope to get some pointers for my writing. My Port is a hot mess! So much to pull together. My days are up and down with how i'm feeling but giving it my Capricorn all! I'm behind in saying hey via email to some folks,but they know what's up so I won't stress it! Sending hugs and luv . More later! Rain check on emojis! |
| Hi y'all 👋 2025 is supposed to be a strange year according to Astrology. It's starting off not very good. The tragedy in New Orleans and now the fires in California. And many other people involved in situations like that 😔. I was going to write ✍️ about my stomach issues but not for now. It's bad I can say it. Hopefully not fatal. So maybe there is still time for me to get writing done this year! I found my way to Jackson's Facebook page and just felt like writing. I decided to copy it here just because. Blessings 🙏 and thanks for my friends here who keep me supported no matter what ❤️🌈.... I believe you can hear me Jackson, somewhere by that Rainbow Bridge . I feel your presence every day. I look at the little dog toy my grandson gave me 4 years ago sitting on my bed. Just like you used to. You still bring tears to my eyes and soul. I hope you have peace 🕊️ and well always know how much I still love you. I've been very sick and trying to get better. They looked inside and there were a lot of ulcers. I haven't been able to keep up on this page or most of my Writing.Com except my blog and a vignette I wrote for a contest. She's sick and will get back to judging it when she can. So we started this page together almost 5 years ago. You passed on Jan 28, 2020. That was a terrible year. My grandson ended his life. His mom didn't want me in hers My friend and teacher passed away from COVID. It still hurts writing about it all. I keep wanting to write ✍️ an article about you. I have pictures that come up on Facebook in my memories. As if you were still here. As if you never were taken from me in death. I want to write about how we saved you and the good times. I still remember how many things you destroyed also. And had to be replaced, not all could. The damage was done before we ever met. You were half dead and probably were hungry for your whole 3 months. I didn't know about separation anxiety in puppies. I didn't know a lot but I did My best. They said " I gave you the best 6 months you could ever have" Then they put you to sleep after we gave you treats. I felt your spirit pass through me ❤️. Then you were gone 😞. I throw myself on you Saying I love you Zei Guzent Be well. That moment forever ♾️ with me every day and night. |
| Hi, y'all 👋🤠! I wanted to thank you for holding my hand ( virtually!) And reaching out to me during my stress test! Sometimes we feel alone and forget God G-d Jesus sees us and knows what's going on. When I wrote my last post, I felt like George Bailey in it's a wonderful life, when he's about to meet Clarence the angel. It was not a good headspace but I wrote what I was going through and soon it was like when everyone was helping George when he got home! Folks here ( and my good friend MABs) cared enough to reach back to me. Cheered me up and even had me laughing ( sometimes not an easy task!) They shared personal experiences and prayed and gave of themselves and their good souls. There's so much love and caring for people here on Writing dot com. An email or a word of support can do so much. As we start this New Year 🎊 of 2025 let's be thankful for each other and appreciate the Storymaster and StoryMistress for what they created here. For some of us a place to worship along with others who live to write ✍️😻🙏! A place to share our writing and also our good days and sometimes our bad, scared sad ones too. That's what life is about to be there for each other and build bonds and know,we are making a better world 🌎🌍! Tomorrow is my big day ugh! I feel more peaceful and hopeful than I did and that's a huge thing 💕. All my best to y'all 😁! See ya when I see ya Thanks Ps so happy people are still enjoying Help is just a click away... Hoping for # 2! |
| Hey, y'all 👋. Today is a strange day. I've been worried about the endoscopy coming this Tuesday morning. I have all this preparation for it and was trying to keep it to myself pretty much. Today sis said " you need to make a list of people to call,in case you don't wake up or something happens. I don't even know your phone number!" Well it's logical of course but took me to a higher level of more things to worry about! Probably nothing ( she said) will happen but just in case. I had been thinking about death and Angelo's Bikerider passing, just before Christmas. I wrote something about it and to him but forgot about it, until I was looking for paper to make her a list. In the middle of the night sometimes, thinking that my portfolio here will be my existing writing and what an unfinished mess it is! That I may not get a chance to write that book. We never know. I dropped my good friend MABs and email just before coming here. Wrote her pretty much what I said here. My last post seemed to be an inspiration to some, which means a lot to me. Life isn't easy but there are good moments and connections with people that make it worthwhile. I was prayed for by Pwheeler in the TLC Prayer Parlor and that was a blessing indeed. Tomorrow after 1 pm, clear liquid s chicken broth, orange jello and ginger ale will be the foods of the day. Tuesday morning my thyroid meds and Blood pressure med with 2 sips of water. No smoking but I'm sure I'll have one cig and be a big pile of nerves! I'm not sure when I'll be back,if it goes well probably Wed I'm hoping. My daughter sent me a picture of her and she looks a lot like me 💗. I don't have too many people on my contacts list but each one means much! I should write Storymaster just in case because one never knows what a day may bring. I'm trying to be optimistic as all this swirls around me. That whatever is wrong can be fixed. That's all I have.🙏 So pray for me if you can. I appreciate it. Hopefully will be back soon 🤠! Ps after I shared this, she needed my other information and said "she doesn't see why doing this should upset me. That it's no big deal. That she shouldn't have said anything. That I'm making more than it is. I was planning on wiping down my desk and things in my room with Murphy soap! Vacuuming and getting my room nice for the week. None of that got done. It's 2 PM and I'm tired. Is it just me making a deal out of nothing or just not feeling like joking about it right now. Anyway hope you're day is better than mine! |
| Hi 👋 y'all! Hoping your holidays 😉 were merry and bright 🌞! Mine were super and also a few bummers. My last post was filled with a prayer 🙏🤲 and some history of our life. I was almost too down to write ✍️ but in the past,used to write in journals. Over a hundred at least. Somehow I got away from the paper and pen 🖋️ in my hands and started Blogs on several sites. Always abandoning them for a time and/or starting a new one about another topic and adding whatever was currently going on in my life. One was Autism and our experience with ( hers) our grandson and how he went from a non-speaking child of 3 stuck in his own little world and over a few years into a brilliant child who still struggled, but who communicated and was definitely living in our world! The same child that I would sometimes have to carry out of stores ( at 60 to 80 lbs!) get in the car and calm down. He's a teenager and you can't tell any of what it took to make it happen. He has a favorite memory that when I still lived in Oregon,he would ask me " Grandma Dee Dee tell me the story when I hit you in the head with my book-please!) Every family has its tales! It's stories of relatives past and present. Moment's in time that matters to somebody that becomes part of who they are. I'm blessed because one little boy I wouldn't give up on, became who I believed in. That even though some " experts" didn't believe it was possible, I KNEW it WAS! One night before bedtime I said to my sister " I'm going to try and read " Lil Man" a bedtime story." She looked at me like I said I was going to climb Mount Everest! She said "Okay good luck with that one! Dee I know you mean well and your heart is in the right place, just don't get your hopes up. We can only do so much, but try if you want. Don't expect too much, you know how he is . I walked into his room and said " hey honey it's time for bed and tonight I'm going to read you a story. Look it's called Good Night Moon 🌝! He looks at me with suspicious eyes and a scowl. I started to read the first line" In the great green room " By the time I was saying great, he grabbed the book and threw it at my head! I was not hurt ( except my feelings) surprised yet not. I looked at Lil Man and said" That's ok , your tired. We'll try tomorrow night. I love you sweetie. This went on every night for about a week or so. I'd start to read and he'd grab the book and threw it on the bed. One night he listened to a couple of words. In the great. Slowly it became a sentence! In the great green room Then There was a telephone And a red balloon 🎈. ( Since all my journals are lost, maybe on my old WordPress blog I wrote the exact time it took, longer than a month I'm sure!❤️) This is a longer version but the truth 😉. After a long while,he listened to the whole book and every night he started asking for his story! Then he started reading it with me and a few months later. I started reading more stories to him, until he had so many books we had to get more shelves. I almost stopped writing this because of a situation here. We have a very old tub and it's got a tiny drain hole. It's a nasty tub that won't come clean,no matter what we use. It's also got old glue from those nonslip stickers. She wants to get a paint scraper from the dollar store tomorrow. I'm going to take a metal hanger and try to snake it out. The water takes forever to go down and buying drain cleaner gets expensive every month. If this was my journal--; this would be what I would write ✍️. Only no one would see it. I'm not going to be a fancy writer ever. So it doesn't matter what I write about. I'll never be in the quills or get nominated for anything and that's ok. I'm surprised I entered a contest and didn't pull out at the last minute! Guess I'm just me! I was on LinkedIn ( I have a page) and was looking for a remote Proofreading job. I really can't make more than 85 bucks a month or I'd be in trouble. They'll take half of whatever I make and the rent would go up. But I was looking anyway and saw a volunteer position to help underprivileged high school students that want to be writers. I thought maybe I could help encourage them! And answer questions. I was excited about it. Until I saw they want professional people and that was the end of that. New year eve was crazy. I set my alarm for 6 AM We had a big day ahead. By 9:17 was about to go to sleep when people started setting off loud fireworks. It sounded like bombing going on. It was out in front, down the block and behind the building. Cheryl's window was shaking and she could see the bright light each time one exploded. A lady came out to yell but to no avail. It went on for hours. On the left BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM, then the right ( see above) Then down the block I thought " how much money did these idiots spend to keep children and seniors and everyone awake? I was pissed 😡 as I'm sure most of the people in this complex were. But you can't yell at people anymore because they will target you and they could have a gun. So you can't do anything... I tried to get some sleep 😴 but it was broken by the noise. 6 AM came and I made coffee and by 9:30 out the door 🚪. We vacuumed out the car and put things in the trunk. Drove to Walmart and left the car for an oil change and went food,kitty litter and food shopping. At the self-checkout, the man in front of us was loading his riding cart and suddenly he called for the checker. He has a Humana spend card ( like us for seniors) but it wouldn't take it. We were concerned ( There's been times when we did a huge shop like over a hundred bucks and the same thing happened to us. We left everything when they said " we can't do anything, it's a third-party glitch." We went to Win Dixie after and had no problem but things were more expensive.) We were hoping that it wasn't going to happen again. The man took his bags and was going to leave anyway but our friend at the door who knows us and the times we had the problem! Took the cart back to someone to put back. Meanwhile we were scanning ours out of the riding cart and cart I was pushing. Cheryl bagged and I used her card to pay for part of it and said out loud " Jesus please let this card work oh Lord!" I went from stressing to relief when it said accepted! I prayed the same words loud when using my card and it worked! Sandra at the door checking our receipt was happy to hear ours worked! We wished each other a blessed New Year's and headed for a money order for rent. Barbara got it ready and we also wished each other the same. Both are older black ladies and some of the best people you could ever meet! I'm thankful to the people who picked me up with faith here, when I felt like mine was gone this week. I don't have too many people but I appreciate those near and far who believe in God G-d and Jesus and live it, not just talk 🦜 it! So best wishes from Dee Dee in real life 🙏! |
| Thanks to all the wonderful folks who have been so supportive here throughout the 20 years, since I first joined with the pen name dddreamcat! A lot of what I've been writing about is what I have to, mainly living these past 3 years. It's as if everything before was a mirage. The traveling across the country the planning for it, the adventure, and the stress along the way. The plans for writing about it and my life since birth have become stuck in limbo. The plans for the future and the decisions behind it now maybe just poof and gone. Our hope for the future is bleak today. Her sight has gotten worse and it's always been left to us to figure it out. Since we met as teenagers in an apartment in Brooklyn decades ago. Over the years we learned skills like chopping wood 🪓 🪵, growing a garden. She fought fire for the US Forrest Service and practically ran a whole supermarket for 14 years ( being able to help in every department) I almost became a nurse but did my best as a CNA. When times called for it we worked odd jobs in retail, health care, social media ambassador for a Ballet studio. And other positions. We tried for years to own a house with a yard but always falling through the cracks ( not enough income or credit when we were younger or long enough work experience.) programs like Habitat for Humanity or Saint Vincent de Paul didn't pan out. Instead we made each rental house our home and took care of it and made improvements like adding roses and other flowers and added to the soil. Built stairs and other things to make sure it was up to code, during the times we were raising our grandkids with special needs and brought them everywhere to improve their lives. Tons of pictures remind me of all the times we brought good and made things happen. For us and for others like a homeless family we saw one day. They had been burned out from the Paradise fire in California. ( When we lived in Oregon.) We gave the mom of four information for First Place Family Shelter and other resources in Eugene. I gave her $20.00 and said " You'll all be alright we're praying for you 🙏" We always helped when we could... Now we are in Mississippi and it's not looking good for us. There are no resources here and that's why we were going to move to Florida. For a bus line and the hope of making our last time on earth better than being stuck in an apartment,day after day. No parks and the ride to the beach is too long now. Because I've been spending so much time trying for health care and so on, we've been stuck inside a dark Apt with not much light. We had to hang extra light bulbs in the kitchen so she can see. The TV looks mostly black and white and she can't make out a lot of what she sees. I do the narratives . For the last year we were working hard on something that could have changed our life. In the end it was another dead end sadly. So today I will thank the nice souls for the MB' s and I did finish my entry for the Vagrant Vignettes contest! It may be my last writing of something new, after so long. I don't know right now. I do know that if I didn't have here to be and belong, it would be terrible for me. I keep things inside because who wants to know the truth sometimes. Very few but there are those who get it. Because they have been there themselves. And have lived it or have a deeper empathy for others, through faith or reality 🙏 🕯️ 🌹. I didn't plan to write ✍️ any of this once again but a voice in my head said " you should get it out. " It also said " What if you wrote an ebook about all of this and your life?" I think " what does it matter anymore? What would it do? Who would care anyway? Even if they do, no one can help because it's just too big of problems. Even God G-d can't or won't help. The ship is sinking and taking on water 🌊 💦 it's like the Tarot card The Tower , which means the collapse of the building or of everything in your life." So it's how it's meant to be. We played Mega Bucks yesterday ( it was over a Billion) We thought about helping dogs and taking in animals if we had a place like that. We always think the same dreams, because that's all they are. Nothing changes except to get worse. So what's the moral to that? How can I keep hope alive when there's not much to hope for anymore, because it's out of our reach and realm? It's not a pity party but stone 🪨 cold reality. I wanted this to be a better year and it hasn't even started. Funny thing that my Jewish birthday is Jan 1st ! That's how it falls on the Jewish calendar. Ironic it's Christmas and Hanukkah and New Year's. Maybe something magical will happen but I don't know what could anymore. It feels like all hell is breaking loose --not fair devil... Thanks for turning in and I wish I had a happier one today. Blessings 🪻 ☯️ for the new year y'all. |
| For everything there is a season - indeed my dear friends, both here on WDC, Facebook and elsewhere in between. This week was both hard yet uplifting. A lot going on in my own microcosmic world and beyond. Besides that we are celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah 🎄🕎 or Yule etc. there was sad news here of hearing of the sickness and then the passing of our dear writer friend Angelo Bikerider. He was a good soul and good writer here. Early this year I was blessed to meet him,in the class Jim Hall invited members here to. It was a great class that taught the difference between Showing the emotions of your character, rather than Telling. During the middle of it, I was super sick and missed a lot. Reluctantly I came back towards the end and Jim,Viv, Amethyst Angel and Bikerider all encouraged me to finish with them and not give up! That was huge and why I love this community 💖. I hope to be able to include Angelo's final lesson in a future post. It was a super piece of writing and showed clearly the emotions of his character's in the Story 😊. For me coming back to it this week,was difficult but worth getting to know more about this soul. I saw his photo and it was perfect for who he was in the outside world. Friendly and kind. A man who loved his wife and family deeply. During a conversation,he shared those words and that it helped him with his writing. I could see it then and now so much more. I'd like to review it soon. In my own realm, I've been adjusting to the reality of my age! Hitting 70 is a big deal 🤝! Attitude is so important. Commitment is another. In some ways I'll never get better! It sucks but what IS still working is what I need to focus on. The what CAN I DO, rather than NOT! So tomorrow I start my five minutes of ballet 🩰🎉! To keep my muscles strong, so they can help the crappy bones 🦴! I started writing a vignette a month ago but dropped it, dealing with health management. I picked it up this week and hope to have it finished this week, before the end of the contest 😀. My sis talked me out of dropping out it . It seems so much of my energy has been geared towards " getting better". And stomach issues these past few months. Like having " morning sickness" almost every day, makes starting the day lousy, but making it out of bed and not giving up is my choice. And a blessing for which I give thanks to God G-d ( almost) every day 🙏. And for the people in my life ❤️. It's hard enough getting older, but to be forgotten is the worst. So I celebrate 💐 this day and Angelo's life. Whatever you celebrate 🎉 make it a meaningful day. Blessing's y'all! 😻🎆🥰😉🦋🐞🕯️🌹🎄🕎✍️🥳🧁🎶🎂💜👸🎈 |
| Tag your it 😁❄️! Ha in case you didn't get hit by a C-note snow 🌨️ ball. No one gets left behind! I've been busy this week with the usual 😳 suspects! Laundry 🧺 and food shopping. We didn't go to Walmart. Instead hit Aldi's for some super deals. Cereal these days is a trip. The price is going up to $7 for the same box-not. Instead sis got raisin bran and I picked honey puffs. Each was $1.99 yah! By the way they taste great and have no chemicals in them, I looked at the ingredients. The Fruit loop knock off,had paprika instead of red dye #3. Some of their products are from Germany, where the store started. We spent $30.00 instead of probably 80. Full cart. Meat, raisin bread, fancy cookies for Xmas and more. After went to Win Dixie and did good there too. Today I leaned on my heating pad and listened to some music 🎵🎸 then I put Magical mystery tour on YouTube and felt my muse again. Grabbed my drumsticks and sang and played along. I felt good and forgot about my body issues for a while . Nice for a change 😃😺. Have to do litter box, wrap more presents and whatever else today. This is about where my writing is for now and popping over to tag and such. Working on pacing myself in this body. Finding a balance ⚖️ and will be writing down appointments for January. Endoscopy and Physical therapy so far. Later will see what I have for the vignettes contest. Not sure right now but time will tell. Have a happy Saturday y'all! |
| Thanks y'all and Lilli for your awesome comment on last post 😺📯. I got out from the appointment 2 cigarettes 🚬 ago or so. After filling out a tablet and pages of what's going on. The bottom line is my spine can't be fixed 😞😭 period. I will go to physical therapy. Get back to my house 🏠 Ballet 🩰 To strengthen my muscles. As freaked out as I am about getting 💉 needles in my spine. It's a chance at some relief as my bones have little cushion anymore. I saw and took a picture of my x-ray 🩻. It's gotten worse since 3 years ago. I'm not quitting smoking but will work on cutting ✂️ down. I'm only human! I cried after the nurse left but have to be strong. Thanks for being there for me. 🙏💟🤕🙀🕯️🕎⛪⛄ Almost home. |
| Good morning 🌄 and hi y'all. It's been 6 days ( daze) since I shared here. Thanks for keeping my notification 🔔 bell ringing ☺️. I really mean it. It kept me grounded and connected to y'all and this community. So update, last Wed I saw the orthopedic person at the clinic. They took about 8 x rays and put them on a disk 💿. I'm seeing a spine surgeon specialist in a few. The transport van just dropped me off. I will be back later to fill you in. I'm nervous, hopeful and feel yuk. Hugs 🤗 |
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